Partner Agencies Directory

American Red Cross

The American Red Cross of Central Iowa provides relief to victims of disaster and helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.

Ames Community Preschool Center (ACPC)

Provides pre-school, before and after school, and summer child care on a sliding fee scale.

Assault Care Center (ACCESS)

Provides housing for abused women and families as well as crisis counseling and other services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Story County

Providing hope and opportunity to school aged youth through research-based youth development programs focused on academic success, healthy lifestyles, and character and leadership development.

Campfire Heart of Iowa

Provides great programming when youth are out of school, especially during school breaks. Camp Fire programs help boys and girls grow into responsible individuals and develop sound values through the guidance of adult leaders in an outdoor setting.

Center for Creative Justice

Provides probation services for first time and low risk criminal offenders.

Central Iowa RSVP

Recruits, screens, and matches adult volunteers aged 55+ with quality opportunities to share their skills, interests, and life experiences in response to a wide variety of community needs. Also manages a Volunteer Driver Transportation Program and Volunteer Management for Emergencies.

ChildServe

Provides and promotes comprehensive family centered services and supports that enable children with special health care needs to live at home with their families.

Creative Counseling Services

Help individuals and families maximize their potential by providing the highest quality therapy, substance abuse treatment, and community services delivered by qualified, caring, and highly trained staff.

Eyerly Ball

Focuses on the specific mental health needs of clients by helping them to identify their issues, set realistic goals, and take the necessary steps to help achieve their goals.

Friends of Iowa CASA

Court Appointed Special Advocates, appointed by judges to watch over and advocate for abused and neglected children.

Friendship Ark Homes

Community that provides homes and community supports for adults with intellectual disabilities helping them reach their fullest potential through faith, family, and friendship.

Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa

Offers group activities designed to help girls have fun while learning to use resources wisely and to become good citizens. Builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Good Neighbor Emergency Assistance

Provides emergency rent and utility assistance to prevent homelessness or disconnection. Helps with the purchase of healthy foods and gas vouchers to address transportation needs.

Heartland of Story County

Provides services to seniors (age 60+) in the program areas of adult day care, nutrition (congregate and home delivered meals), outreach, and activities.

HIRTA (Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency)

Provides public transit to all citizens of Story County.

Legal Aid of Story County

Provides legal assistance to income eligible residents of Story County on a broad range of civil matters, including but not limited to, family law, debtor/creditor and Social Security Disability Appeals.

Lutheran Services in Iowa

Provides services for people with disabilities; respite care, crisis child care; residential treatment for children; mental health assessments and in-home mental health services; parent education.

Mainstream Living

Provides services to persons with disabilities which are designed to enhance opportunities, create success, and fulfill dreams.

Mary Greeley Medical Center Home Health Care

Provides visiting nurse and home health services on a sliding fee scale; helps children and elderly adults maintain preventative health programs through community clinics; offers Meals on Wheels, Lifeline and Hospice services.

Mid-Iowa Community Action

Provides a range of services for people with low income, including a dental clinic, family development, emergency food, and WIC.

NAMI Central Iowa

Provides support, education, and advocacy for persons with mental illness and their family members.

Nevada Food at First

Provides free meals from rescued food and donations and prepared by volunteers to communities in Eastern Story County on Mondays and Thursday evenings.

Prairie Flower Children’s Center

Nature-based, play-based, child led childcare center. Sliding fee scales available.

Primary Health Care

Offers a spectrum of medical and dental services including family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB, Title X services, substance abuse, behavioral health, oral medicine, HIV care and services, pharmacy, lab, and x-ray. Enabling services are available to help patients with entitlements, case management, transportation, translation, and patient education.

Raising Readers in Story County

Promotes early language and literacy development in children from birth to 8 years of age and nurtures healthy parent-child relationships.

Story Time Childcare Center

Provides infant and toddler full-time care, pre-school, before/after school care and summer school-age care for families in Collins, Maxwell and the surrounding area.

The Arc of Story County

Offers a wide variety of supports and services to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

The Community Academy

Develops and offers year-round, community-based, extracurricular programming that meets the needs of youth in our community.

The Salvation Army

Provides an array of services for all residents of Story County including food pantry, fresh seasonal produce, personal care items, diapers/wipes, homelessness prevention assistance, Representative Payee Program, and emergency disaster services.

University Community Childcare

Provides infant, preschool, before/after school care, and summer school age care for students and working families on a sliding fee scale.

YSS

Comprehensive services for the prevention, diversion, and treatment of youth and family problems including education, afterschool, mentoring, counseling, crisis intervention, shelter, drug treatment, foster care, adoption, family development, and aftercare.

 

YWCA Ames-ISU

Offers programs designed to empower women and girls and to eliminate racism.