Community Resources

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Bilingual Services

Our Savior Lutheran Church Food & Pet Food Pantry

Our Savior Lutheran Church Food & Pet Food Pantry

Food and Pet Food assistance for residents, income limits apply.

Call between 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Thursdays for an appointment or between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Fridays (712-522-3522).

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Pottawattamie County Elections

Seal of the County of Pottawattamie, Iowa

Resource for residents of Pottawattamie County looking to learn how to vote, find their elected officials, learn about becoming a candidate, or find past or upcoming election information.

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Pottawattamie County General Assistance

Pottawattamie County Homeless Link

Provides assistance for current month's rent, deposit for rent; utilities, medication, and burial costs. To be an agency of last resort.

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Pottawattamie County Public Health

Pottawattamie County Public Health

Offers health and wellness information & referrals as needed; immunizations for children with Medicaid or no insurance; free car/booster installations & checks; free sexual health & reproductive education, testing, treatment & prevention; and child Lead testing.

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Pottawattamie County Veterans Affairs

Pottawattamie County Homeless Link

Provides assistance with County, State, and Federal VA benefits.

Food Pantry available Monday-Friday for Veterans. Call for appointment (712-328-5797)

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Pottawattamie County WIC Program

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The WIC Program provides supplemental foods, breastfeeding education and support, and health and nutrition services to pregnant women, women who have recently had a baby, infants and children up until their 5th birthday.

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Project Everlast Council

Project Everlast

assistance and support to young people residing in Pottawattamie County age 16 - 25 who are not successfully connected to education or employment.

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Safe Haven

Safe Haven

The Safe Haven Act is a law that allows parents - or another person who has the parent's authorization - to leave an infant up to 90 days old at a hospital, health care facility, a fire station, through a newborn safety device, or to an Adoption Service Provider without fear of prosecution for ab

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Sheryl K. Johnson Child Care Center

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Saint Albert's state-of-the-art early child care center, built in 2009, is 6,000 square feet and serves children 6 weeks old up to 4 years of age. 

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Southwest Iowa Transit Agency

SWITA

Southwest Iowa Transit Agency (SWITA) offers a variety of transportation services in eight counties in Southwest Iowa (Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, and Shelby).

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Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States.

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The Salvation Army

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Rent assistance for eviction prevention: Must have 3 Day Notice, sustainable income, no Section 8 or income based rent, must have lived there for 6 months - Max help $400 - once per year

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Together

Together

Services include a Choice Food Pantry and Case Managers on-site for housing information, referrals, and assistance.

Food Pantry available Monday-Thursday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for walk-ins.

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Trivium Life Services

Trivium Life Services

Empowering individuals experiencing mental or physical disability to actively seek out opportunities for an enhanced quality of life. Supporting adults who, for various reasons, are unable to live independently.

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