Healthy Beginnings is a home visitation program for pregnant moms and/or postnatal parents and parenting families. The program uses a family-centered model which promotes healthy birth outcomes and family education. This program has received the Iowa Family Support Credential.

6th floor of the Insurance Exchange Building in downtown Des Moines

Eternity church offers a mobile food pantry that travels to other locations in the Des Moines metro throughout the week on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Tuesday’s mobile food pantry is located at the corner of 4th street and Euclid Avenue
Wednesday’s mobile food pantry is located at 2600 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway
Friday’s mobile food pantry is located at 314 East Army Post Road

Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families helps families and individuals improve their financial position and connects them with their work and career goals.

The Center is a partnership between the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, United Way of Central Iowa and Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC). The partnership is providing solutions to three crucial needs identified by local residents: workforce training, employment opportunities and grocery and retail services.​

Innovative grief support services that promote hope and healing to individuals, children, and families. Ranging from dinner club gatherings for young adults, to opportunities to attend local events, Amanda the Panda engages participants in activities that promote socialization and help individuals, children, and families rebuild after the death of a loved one.

Stork’s nest is part of an educational incentive program. Participants can earn points for healthy behaviors suck as keeping medical appointments, WIC participation, breastfeeding, and school attendance. These points may be redeemed at the Storks Nest for needed baby items such as diapers, clothing, strollers, cribs, car seats.

One of Iowa’s oldest and most trusted non-profit organizations has a new name. HCI Care Services & Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa is now called EveryStep.

Our people and programs provide support and education to young moms; assistance to immigrants and refugees; wellness services to communities; in-home care to people who are ill, injured or facing the end of life; and compassionate support to families during times of grief and loss.

Bidwell Pantry operates a Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) food panty. People seeking assistance can visit one of the DMARC food pantries to receive a three-day supply of food once per month.

Bidwell Pantry has additional daily food items available. Bidwell Pantry also provides clothing, and household items. All services are first come, first served.

• Offers a wide range of services for children and families including behavioral health intervention services, outpatient mental health therapy, and foster care and adoption services.

• Family Connections is a team of nurses, social workers, and early childhood educators who offer resources and programs for pregnant and parenting families in North Iowa. Family Connections provides comprehensive home visits for residents of Cerro Gordo, Hancock, and Worth counties as well as parent education classes available for individuals in all counties.

Family Connections is a program designed to help families improve their overall health and well-being. Families work one-on-one with a family development specialist who helps the family understand the importance of regular health screenings and their role in their child’s physical and mental development. The family development specialist also empowers the family to discover their own goals and dreams for the future. Family Connections utilizes a comprehensive goal-setting system.

• Helps families with children under the age of 2 and pregnant women prepare for a new baby and provide the best care possible after the baby arrives. In home services are available to pregnant women and infants with medical needs.

• Family Foundations is a program available to pregnant women and families with children up to the age of 5 years old. Offers services in Webster, Calhoun, and Pocahontas counties.

• Provides families in Linn County with group education and assists with resources and connections for children. Provides parenting information and 6–8-week family learning groups.

• Family STEPS is an in-home parent education and family support programs that use a family-centered approach.

Healthy Child Care Iowa supports registered nurse child care health consultants (CCHC) throughout Iowa. The child care nurse consultants provide on-site consultations, technical assistance, and training to child care providers.

There is a toll-free talk line available to child care providers and families for health related questions and to be connected to a child care nurse consultant. The Healthy Families hotline number is 1-800-369-2229.

Firefly is a vital part of Western Iowa, offering crucial support services through their family, health, and literacy programs. Our dedication shines bright, empowering families and promoting well-being for all. Firefly ensures that everyone has access to essential services to be school ready, healthy and thriving by age 5.

The Food Bank of Iowa Mobile Pantry Program is designed to provide a flexible food assistance resource in locations that don’t have access to traditional resources. At each mobile pantry distribution, a Food Bank of Iowa truck delivers a customized load of food—produce, meat, bread and non-perishable items are common—to the prearranged mobile pantry site. Local volunteers set up a distribution system that looks much like a farmers market, distributing food to families and individuals in need throughout the scheduled time.

Food Book of Iowa partners with school districts across the state to provide food pantries in area schools. Information about which schools have Food Bank of Iowa pantries is available on the Food Bank of Iowa website.

The Food Bank of Iowa Mobile Pantry Program is designed to provide a flexible food assistance resource in locations that don’t have access to traditional resources. At each mobile pantry distribution, a Food Bank of Iowa truck delivers a customized load of food—produce, meat, bread and non-perishable items are common—to the prearranged mobile pantry site. Local volunteers set up a distribution system that looks much like a farmers market, distributing food to families and individuals in need throughout the scheduled time.

Food Book of Iowa partners with school districts across the state to provide food pantries in area schools. Information about which schools have Food Bank of Iowa pantries is available on the Food Bank of Iowa website.

Collaborates and combine resources and programs to best serve children and families across Iowa.

Combine and collaborate with programs and resources to best serve children and families across Iowa.

The Friendship Center has been in existence since 1982 and has been a fixture in the MLK neighborhood of Des Moines, for more than 20 years. The Friendship Center begun through the ministry of the Baptist Convention of Iowa, the center now exists as a nonprofit organization. The Friendship Center offer several services that meet family and individuals’ physical needs in the community.

The Friendship Center offers a food pantry & clothing closet during their monthly Family Game Nights.  Anyone is welcome to participate. The Friendship Center also offers a supplemental Food program to neighbors in the immediate area.  Baby supplies and personal care items may be available as well. English as a Second Language classes are offered with childcare.