Polk County, Iowa
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Free food or meals, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Free food or meals, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Free food or meals, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Food Bank of Iowa partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Food Bank of Iowa's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Community action agency for this county. Apply here for LIHEAP, the federal help with heating and electric bills, and ask about weatherization and other family programs. If you cannot reach them, call the Iowa HHS Community Action Agencies Unit at 515-776-8871.
Call first. Hours are not listed. Call first to ask what help is open now and what to bring.
Public housing apartments and Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) for low-income families, older adults and people with disabilities.
Call first. Office hours are not published. Call to ask about openings and the waiting list.
Public housing apartments and Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) for low-income families, older adults and people with disabilities.
Call first. Office hours are not published. Call to ask about openings and the waiting list.
Community health center. It sees patients with or without insurance and, as a federally funded health center, must offer discounts based on income.
Call first. Hours are not published on an official page we could check. Call first.
Community health center. It sees patients with or without insurance and, as a federally funded health center, must offer discounts based on income.
Call first. Hours are not published on an official page we could check. Call first.
Community health center. It sees patients with or without insurance and, as a federally funded health center, must offer discounts based on income.
Call first. Hours are not published on an official page we could check. Call first.
Community health center. It sees patients with or without insurance and, as a federally funded health center, must offer discounts based on income.
Call first. Hours are not published on an official page we could check. Call first.
Community health center. It sees patients with or without insurance and, as a federally funded health center, must offer discounts based on income.
Call first. Hours are not published on an official page we could check. Call first.
Community health center. It sees patients with or without insurance and, as a federally funded health center, must offer discounts based on income.
Call first. Hours are not published on an official page we could check. Call first.
Community health center. It sees patients with or without insurance and, as a federally funded health center, must offer discounts based on income.
Call first. Hours are not published on an official page we could check. Call first.
Call or text 988 to reach a trained crisis counselor any time, for a mental health crisis, thoughts of suicide or a substance use crisis. It is free and confidential. Veterans can press 1.
Free, confidential treatment referral and information for mental health and substance use, in English and Spanish. You can also text your ZIP code to 435748.
Dial 988, then press 1. Or text 838255, or chat at veteranscrisisline.net. Free and confidential. You do not need to be enrolled in VA health care.
VA benefits: 800-827-1000. VA health benefits: 877-222-8387. Homeless veterans, open 24 hours: 877-424-3838. MyVA411, the main VA line, open 24 hours: 800-698-2411.
Free civil legal help for people with low income, funded by the federal Legal Services Corporation: evictions and housing, family law and protective orders, public benefits, consumer debt and more. Call or apply online; they will tell you if they can take your case.
Call first. Hours are not listed. Call first to ask what help is open now and what to bring.
Free, confidential help for anyone hurt or threatened by a partner or family member: safety planning, shelter referrals and someone to talk to. Call 1-800-799-7233, text START to 88788, or chat at TheHotline.org. In an emergency, call 911.
Report abuse of a child or a dependent adult to Iowa Health and Human Services, any time. If a child is in danger right now, call 911 first.
The Iowa Health and Human Services line for questions or help applying for SNAP food benefits, cash help and other assistance programs.
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A listing goes up only after its phone and its address or hours match the organization's own page, or an official list.
Each card shows the day we checked it. If sources disagree, we say call first instead of guessing.
See something wrong, or know a place we missed? Send it in. Nothing changes until we have checked it.
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We have confirmed 46 places that can help in Polk County: CFUM, Children & Family Urban Movement in Des Moines (Free meals. Call for times), (515) 282-3242, call first; Community Kitchen in Des Moines (Free meals. Call for times), (515) 284-5719, call first; Salvation Army Canteen in Clive (Free meals. Call for times), (515) 282-3599, call first. 43 more are listed on this page. Please call first to confirm the ones marked call first. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
We have confirmed one place that can help in Polk County: IMPACT Community Action Partnership in Des Moines, (515) 518-4770. Please call first to confirm. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
We have confirmed 2 places that can help in Polk County: Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency, (515) 323-8950, call first; Central Iowa Regional Housing Authority in Grimes, (515) 986-1882, call first. Please call first to confirm the ones marked call first. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
We have confirmed 7 places that can help in Polk County: Primary Health Care at Mercy in Des Moines, (515) 643-4610, call first; Primary Health Care, Bery Engebretsen Clinic in Des Moines, (515) 248-1400, call first; Primary Health Care, East Side Clinic in Des Moines, (515) 248-1600, call first. 4 more are listed on this page. Please call first to confirm the ones marked call first. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
We have confirmed 2 places that can help in Polk County: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (24 hours a day, 7 days a week), 988; SAMHSA National Helpline (Open 24 hours a day, every day), (800) 662-4357. If you are in crisis right now, call or text 988. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
We have confirmed 2 places that can help in Polk County: Veterans Crisis Line (Open 24 hours a day, every day), 988; VA national phone lines (Benefits line, Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM Eastern), (800) 827-1000. A veteran in crisis can call 988 and press 1, or text 838255.
We have confirmed one place that can help in Polk County: Iowa Legal Aid, (800) 532-1275. Please call first to confirm. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
Yes. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to pay. Every listing is free, and so is adding or correcting one.
Church and community pantries often change days, move, or close for a holiday. When the sources we checked disagree, or an organization does not publish its hours, we say so instead of guessing. A quick call saves a trip.
Use the Add a listing or Suggest an update form. We confirm it against your own page or contact you, then change the listing. It is free.
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From each organization's own website or page, official sources such as housing authority and WIC clinic lists, and the public Find Food map of the Food Bank of Iowa find food map. We list the source on every card.
If you run a pantry or program, or you saw a listing that is wrong, tell us. We check every message against the organization's own page before anything changes.