The Library will be closing early Wednesday, November 27
The Library will be closing at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27 in observance of Thanksgiving.
Community Resources
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.
Phone Number
Pottawattamie County Veterans Affairs
Provides assistance with County, State, and Federal VA benefits.
Food Pantry available Monday-Friday for Veterans. Call for appointment (712-328-5797)
Phone Number
Pottawattamie County WIC Program
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.
Phone Number
Project Everlast Council
assistance and support to young people residing in Pottawattamie County age 16 - 25 who are not successfully connected to education or employment.
Phone Number
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
Sheryl K. Johnson Child Care Center
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.
Phone Number
Siena Francis House
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.
Phone Number
swishBOOM
Swishboom is an Omaha startup that recruits, vets, and verifies the best babysitters in the area to help families with childcare.
Phone Number
The Salvation Army
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
Phone Number
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.
Phone Number
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.
Phone Number
Visiting Nurse Association of Pottawattamie County Iowa (VNAPC)
VNA of Pottawattamie County delivers expert, compassionate care to under-resourced individuals and families in our community.
Phone Number
West Central Community Action
West Central Community Action (WCCA) Pottawattamie County Outreach Office provides assistance for energy efficiency and utilities including LIHEAP, Weatherization, ECIP and other crisis funds to help with residential furnace repairs/replacements, fuel delivery, reconnect fees, service continuity,
Phone Number
YES - Youth Emergency Services
YMCA Childcare
The YMCA's early childhood education programs are staffed with people who understand the cognitive, physical and social development of kids, the need children have to feel connected and supported in trying new things, and the caring and reinforcement parents and families need to help each other.
Phone Number
Your Life Iowa
24/7 crisis support across the state
Voice: 855-581-8111
Text: 855-895-8393
Phone Number