Community Empowerment  Decatur County Resource Directory

Food | Housing | Financial

Last Updated: April 8, 2007

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Clarke County Extension Child Care Food Program
154 W. Jefferson, Osceola
Phone: 641-342-3316 or 641-342-3844
E-mail: dhaub@iastate.edu
Ages Served: Children in state-registered child care homes, birth – 12
Services Provided: State-registered child care home providers can receive payment for meals; Nutritious menu planning, record keeping information, and other child care related help available. Serving Clarke, Decatur and southern Warren counties.

Community of Christ
531 West Main, Lamoni
Phone: 641-784-3353
Website: www.CofchristLHC.org
Ages Served: All
Services Provided: Lamoni Service Center provides clothing and other household items.
                Visiting teams for shut-ins
                Financial Counseling
                Spiritual counseling
                Information and referral

Congregate Meal
203 N.E. 2nd, Leon
Phone: 641-446-4433
Ages Served: All
Services Provided: Meals for anyone. 12:00 M-F
                Home delivered meals

Congregate Meal
Crown Colony, Lamoni
Phone 641-784-6123
Ages: All Mon-Fri
Services: Meals for anyone
             Home delivered meals

Crown Colony Housing
200 Crown Colony, Lamoni
Phone: 641-784-7777
Ages: Aged or disabled
Services: Housing, congregate meals
             HUD qualified rent assistance

Decatur County General Assistance
201 NE Idaho St. . Leon
Phone: 641-446-7178
Email: deccpc@grm.net
Ages Served: All
Services provided to qualified applicants: Utility assistance, rental assistance, food voucher, clothing voucher, medical and dental services and prescription drug assistance, transportation expense, and county burial.

Decatur County Veterans Affairs
201 NE Idaho, Leon
Phone 641-446-7178
Email: decctyva@grm.net
Ages Served: All(must be an Honorably Discharged Veteran)
Services provided to qualified Veterans: Utility assistance, rental assistance, medical bills assistance, food voucher, gasoline for medical treatments, and burial assistance.

Lamoni Food Pantry
First Baptist Church
106 S. Cedar, Lamoni
Phone: 641-784-6734
Emergency food assistants for residents of the Lamoni School District.
No set hours—Call for an appointment

Lamoni Service Center
118 S. Linden, Lamoni
Phone 641-784-3821
Ages: All
Services: Used clothing and household items for sale and provided according to need or special circumstances. Also works with ministerial alliance and local churches.

Ministerial Alliance (Decatur County)
201 W. 1st St., Leon
Phone: 641-446-7343 or 641-446-4789
E-mail: tcparish@grm.net
Ages Served: Adults
Services Provided: Fuel assistance, Food, Gas, Utilities, One night shelter (this is after the other agencies in Decatur County have been visited).

SIRHA
219 N. Pine St., Creston
Phone: 641-782-8585
E-mail: sirha@iowatelecom.net
Ages Served: All (Families, elderly, disabled, and handicapped)
Services Provided: Rental assistance, Section 8, Public housing.

South Central Iowa CAP, Inc. /Decatur Co. Outreach Center
109 North Main, Leon
Phone: 641-446-4454
E-mail: decatur@grm.net
Ages Served: 0 – death
Services Provided: Utility assistance, weatherization, food pantry, emergency family loans, garden program, holiday toy project, volunteer program, budget counseling, rental assistance satellite office, EFSP program, information and referral to other available community resources.
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