Community Resources

Non-crisis mental health support. Ask for Faith, mental health liaison.

Food placed in backpacks for students in need for the weekend during the school year. Students are identified by school staff, administration, or through family application. Talk with your child's teacher or administration to sign up. PreK-8th grade.

Housing assistance for qualifying low-income, elderly, & families

Reserve a free prepared meal to pick up on Saturdays at 834 Park Street. Call by 12 pm on Saturday to reserve a meal, or by 12 pm on Friday to request a vegetarian meal. 

Non-crisis mental health & substance abuse listening line.

Accepts Medicaid, open 7am - 5pm, M - Th

Provide food assistance and personal hygiene items. Open Thursdays, 5pm-6:45pm

MICA provides nearly 20 different assistance programs, including a food pantry, WIC, Head Start, energy assistance, and crisis assistance.

Hours: Monday, Tuesday, and Friday 10 am - 4 pm

Registration required for 6 restaurant meals per month, must be aged 60+. 

Call 800-779-8707, option 3, and ask about "Iowa Cafe" to sign up or leave a message.

Low cost transportation, must schedule in advance

General assistance with rent, utilities, burial/cremation assistance

Prairie Ridge Integrated Behavioral Healthcare is a private, non-profit corporation offering a wide-range of inpatient/outpatient substance use with co-occurring disorders, mental health therapy, problem gambling treatment and prevention services for adults and children.

Outreach hours in Grinnell are Monday and Thursdays from 8am to 5pm. The main facility is in Marshalltown.

Accepts Medicaid

Language and literacy development of children 0-5

Provides food benefits to low-income families. Call or apply online

Includes behavioral/mental health. Service for Deaf & Hard of Hearing with Videophone. Disponible en Español.

New patient screenings available

Help during a mental health crisis, provides mobile outreach service. 24/7 support available. 

Find help for mental illness, substance use, problem gambling, and tobacco and nicotine dependence. 

Text: 855-895-8398 or Chat: yourlifeiowa.org