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Community garden that provides produce to residents.

Provides a recovery support group

Missouri First Steps Early Intervention Program: provides families with referrals and assistance programs that best fit their child's developmental needs.

Distributes senior commodities

DGCKids connects parents individually and through groups in an effort to bring parents together and provide resources.

Epidemiological surveillance, investigation, education, documentation, reporting, and follow-up of various communicable diseases, these include, but are not limited to TB infection.

Multipurpose centers that serve as focal points for older adults in the community and which offer, at a single location, a wide variety of services and activities that are needed by and of interest to this population.

Provides nutrition education and food vouchers for pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children younger than age five.

Each participating household receives an allotment of food benefits based on the USDA's Thrifty Food Plan. This allotment is adjusted annually according to the U. S. Department of Labor's analysis of the cost of food. Missouri Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) is the method by which households receive and use food stamp benefits. Households may use their Missouri EBT card in any grocery store or retail location anywhere in the United States that has been authorized by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service and displays the Quest sign. The benefits may be used to purchase any food or food products prepared for human consumption except alcoholic beverages and tobacco, hot foods, or foods prepared for immediate consumption. Benefits may also be used to buy seeds and plants for use in gardens to produce food for the personal consumption of the household. Under certain conditions, members of the eligible households who are 60 years of age or older may use the benefits to pay for home delivered meals and other meals prepared for elderly persons.

County offices for Mercer in Missouri.

Residential Services for Developmentally Disabled Adult: Operates an eight bed Community-Integrated Living Arrangement (CILA) where adults with a developmental disability is supervised by on-site staff at all times, taught skills to increase their ability to live as independently as possible.

Low-income housing

Adult Outpatient Progressive Partial Hospitalization Program (PPHP): helps patients improve functioning and prevent relapses associated with chronic mental illness through group therapy and medication management for adults with a mental illness, dual diagnosis or substance abuse problem. Program is five days a week. Also, offers transportation to those in the program who reside within a 40 mile radius.

Provides blood pressure readings.

Offer childhood immunizations.

Provides practical, research-based information and programs to meet the educational needs of local citizens. Local staff develop and deliver programs based on needs identified by the local citizens and programs are provided by the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Provides various blood tests.

Housing Programs include Home Ownership, Down Payment Assistance, Homeless Prevention and Transitional Housing for those who are income eligible.

Serves as an adult protective services provider for the Illinois Department of Aging. Investigates reports of abuse and neglect of disabled adults and adults over 60.

Provides newborn screening tests.

Parent Aide and Assistance Services: Help parents increase awareness of child development and build empathy toward children to foster nurturing behavior. Parent aides model the skills necessary to help parents effectively raise their children in a healthy atmosphere.

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services through the local public health agencies in the state provides Tuberculosis control and prevention as well as case management and treatment of Tuberculosis Disease and Latent Tuberculosis Infection.

Communicable Disease: Planning, education, data reporting, and dissemination of information regarding communicable diseases. Enlists community support in developing and conducting interventions as well as providing care services that protects and educates individuals and the community.

Utility Assistance: Provides assistance to low-income individuals for electric bill assistance. Partial payments are made to avoid utility cut-offs.

BAILS will loan walking aids and assistive technology to people with disabilities with no deposit or payment for 60 days. The equipment inventory includes but is not limited to the following: Geri Chair, Manual Wheelchairs, Walkers with and without wheels, Shower Chairs, Lift Chair and Crutches.