View Search Results

Utility Assistance: Provides assistance to low-income individuals for propane, wood and natural gas assistance. Partial payments are made to avoid utility cut-offs.

A clinic offering a full range of primary care services at affordable rates. Services include: Adolescent Health, Adult Medicine, Family planning, Geriatric, Gynecology, Immunization, Laboratory, Mental Health, Nutrition, Well Child services, X-ray, and referral services. Has a Hep C clinic for those with a diagnosis. Also offers a pharmaceutical assistance program for patients of the clinic who have no insurance and are unable to afford their medicines.

Providing information about the Monkeypox virus.

Based on availability, and guidance from the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services (MO DHSS) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Polk County Health Department will be providing the COVID-19 vaccinations.

Community Health Center providing adolescent and adult immunizations.

Public health clinic with various health services available.

Provides certain childhood immunizations.

Provides developmental assessments focusing on topics such as language and communication skills, independent living skills, social and emotional development and more.

Scholarships provided to careers for nurses, physicians, dentists, pharmacists or respiratory, physical, occupational therapists. Also provided for psychiatrists, radiologic technologists, medical technicians or fields of medical research.

Provides case management services.

Publishes an online resource directory for information on autism and effective treatment

Offers family support, benefits navigation support, resources, referrals, workshops and education for caregivers of individuals with Down Syndrome.

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.

Provides gas bill assistance and heating fuel assistance.

Provides diagnosis and treatment for individuals who have diseases or injuries which affect the internal organs, such as congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease, electrophysiology, high blood pressure and cholesterol. Internal medicine services are supported by on-site lab, pharmacy and radiology services.

Provides a chamber of commerce for businesses to connect.

Provides vocational training activities to individuals who are needing skills to enter an occupation. The client has already been assessed as interested and capable of successfully completing coursework for the occupation in which the training is being provided.

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.

The Children's Division Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline Unit (CA/NHU) accepts confidential reports of suspected child abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Reports are received through a toll-free telephone line which is answered seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Any person may report, and anonymous reports are accepted from individuals who are not mandated by occupation to report. Calls of concern can be made to each county office. Instructions may be given for the reporter to call the toll free number of the CA/NHU for the call to be made into a formal report.

Provides support to unemployed individuals in the form of resume assistance, interview practice, networking and internet utilizing volunteers.

Public Health - TB Screening: Provides tuberculosis screening to residents of Marion County.

Public library offering loans of books, cd's/dvd's, children storytelling and other services.

Providing education services to 6th through 8th grade students.

The Stephanie Vest Foundation is a non-profit organization that offers financial support to young families dealing with a cancer crisis. The foundation pays for things often overlooked by insurance companies, such as childcare, travel, mortgage, utility payments, etc. They help relieve the financial stress of cancer on these young families and give them piece of mind to focus on treatment and recovery

Family counseling services provided.