Official State Website: http://www.iowa.gov

President and Vice President: www.whitehouse.gov

State Representative: http://www.house.gov/

Senators: http://www.senate.gov/

Local Child Abuse Number: 800-362-2178 (nationwide)

Children's Rights Foundation:
1-800-329-KIDS
http://www.preventchildabusenow.org/

National Child Traumatic Stress Network:
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=abt_ntwk

Shelters

Emergency Residence Project
225 S Kellogg
Ames, Iowa 50010-6720
Phone: (515) 232-8075

Youth & Shelter Services, Inc.
420 Kellogg
Ames, Iowa 50010
Phone: (515) 233-3141
Fax: (515) 233-2440

HACAP Transitional Housing Program
809 13th Street
Belle Plaine, Iowa 52208
Phone: (319) 444-2553
Fax: (319) 444-2197

Boone Lighthouse Host Home
406 Benton
Boone, Iowa 50036
Phone: (515) 432-8358 or 7983
Fax: (515) 432-7657

St. John of the Cross Catholic Worker Community
1027 5th Ave SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403
Phone: (319) 362-9041

Willis Dady Emergency Shelter
1247 4th Ave SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403
Phone: (319) 362-7555
Fax: (319)362-7540

MICAH House
231 S 7th Street
Council Bluffs, Iowa 51501
Phone: (712) 323-4416
Fax: (712)322-6002

Cottage Family Resource Center
904 W 6th St.
Davenport, Iowa 52802
Phone: (563) 322-3751
Fax: (563) 323-3782

Humility of Mary Shelter, Inc. Transitional Housing for Single Parents
1228 East 12th Street
Davenport, Iowa 52803
Phone: (563) 326-1330
Fax: (563) 326-0756

Good Samaritan Urban Ministries
1353 9th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50314
Phone: (515) 283-0818
Fax: (515) 323-7089

Lighthouse
1216 MLK Pkway
Des Moines, Iowa 50314
Phone: (515) 288-7884
Fax: (515) 288-7885

St. Joseph Family Emergency Shelter
1535 11th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50314
Phone: (515) 282-1235

Washington Neighborhood Center
382 E 21st Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
Phone: (563) 588-3975
Fax: (563) 583-5382

Youth Shelter Care of North Central Iowa
301 Ave M West
Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501
Phone: (515) 955-4222
Fax: (515) 955-6828

Emma Cornelius Hospitality House
2733 Avenue N
Fort Madison, Iowa 52627
Phone: (319) 372-3983

HACAP
1515 Hawkeye Dr.
Hiawatha, Iowa 52233
Phone: (319) 393-7811
Fax: (319) 393-6263

Emergency Housing Project
331 N Gilbert
Iowa City, Iowa 52245
Phone: (319) 351-0326
Fax: (319) 351-2137

Emergency Housing Project, Inc. Homeless Shelter
331 North Gilbert Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52244
Phone: (319) 351-0326

HACAP
2007 Waterfront Dr.
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Phone: (319) 337-5765
Fax: (319) 337-5831

House of Compassion
211 W Church Street
Marshalltown, Iowa 50158
Phone: (641) 752-5999
Fax: (641) 752-7537

Gospel Mission
301 W 8th Street
Sioux City, Iowa 51103
Phone: (712) 255-1769
Fax: (712) 258-5951

Salvation Army Women and Children's Shelter
218 Logan Avenue
Waterloo, Iowa 50704
Phone: (319) 235-9358 Lodge # 232-0397
Fax: (319) 235-0310

Women's Shelters

Domestic Violence:
http://www.icadv.org/Default.htm
http://www.sboard.org/resources.htm?

Iowa Coalition against Domestic Violence
515 28th Street, #104
Des Moines, IA 50312
(515) 244-8028 Fax: (515) 244-7417
(800) 942-0333 In State Hotline
Website: http://www.icadv.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
http://www.ndvh.org/help/help_in_area.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
http://www.ncadv.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence:
http://www.nnedv.org

Directory of Women's Shelters:
http://wedirectyou.com/womennmr/women.htm

Sounding Board Counseling Center:
http://www.sboard.org then click on shelters in your State

Community Action Program:
http://www.dcaa.iowa.gov/
http://www.iowacommunityaction.com/
http://www.neicac.org/faqs.html
http://www.ncaf.org/linkcaas.htm

Head Start Program:
http://iowaheadstart.org/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/hsweb/index.jsp
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/ehs_tkit1.htm

State Listings of Charities

Federal Trade Commision: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/charity.htm

Iowa Department of Justice
Consumer Protection Division
1305 East Walnut Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
515-281-5926

http://www.state.ia.us/government/ag/consumer.html
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IACODE/2001/504A/

Search by State

Family and Youth Services:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/

Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/

Government Grants:
http://www.firstgov.gov/
http://www.grants.gov/
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

Housing Grants:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/

Health Care: For the Uninsured
http://ask.hrsa.gov/pc/

Help finding healthcare in your area:
http://www.healthfinder.gov/healthcare/

Emergency Food and Shelter:
http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/EFSP/WC.DLL?EFSP~FundedStates