Childcare Resources and Finder

• Crisis line and resources. 

• Live chat is available.

• Your Life Iowa also has a hotline and treatment search function. Use their facility locator.

• When you don’t know who to turn to about a problem with alcohol, substance, addiction, drugs, gambling, suicidal thoughts, housing, experiencing homelessness, or mental health, Your Life Iowa is here for you 24/7. We provide free, confidential support and connect you to resources meant to help you get your life back on track.

• If you are experiencing homelessness, they will connect you with Central Iowa Shelter and Services, which serves Jasper County. 

• Keywords: tobacco, vaping, suicide, homeless, unhoused, assistance

• Connects families with quality early care and education options and facilitates professional development opportunities for the adults who care for and educate our youngest Iowans. Nurse consultants are available for daycares. 
• Free Childcare Referrals/Parent Referral Hotline: 855-244-5301 or childcare@episervice.org or Looking for childcare?
• Community Development Specialist: 515-401-4957
• Provides consultation and training for childcare staff through our Child Care Consultant for that area.                                               
• Childcare consultant: 641-820-1923.
• Child Care Assistance- https://hhs.iowa.gov/programs/programs-and-services/child-care/CCA
• Employer:  https://iowaccrr.org/employers/
• Communities: https://iowaccrr.org/communities/

Local Contact: 

• Leah Bauman, Child Care Consultant Jasper, Marion, and Poweshiek Counties
• Child Care Resource & Referral of Central Iowa, Child Guidance Center Orchard Place

• lbauman@orchardplace.org


 

Child Care Assistance (CCA) is available to the children of income-eligible parents who are gone for a portion of the day due to employment or participation in academic or vocational training or PROMISE JOBS activities.  Assistance may also be available for a limited period of time to the children of a parent looking for employment.

Child Care Collaborative of Iowa: Our mission is to guide child care programs to improve financial practices and optimize resources that benefit children, families, and their business.

The Child Care Search Tool displays childcare providers with vacancies by geography or along a designated driving route. With this tool, Iowan’s can conveniently identify childcare providers near or between home and office.

This tool also offers essential information including IQ4K ratings, age filters, hours of operation, and subsidy acceptance.

For the best experience, please use a home computer or tablet to view the data within this tool.

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The Iowa State Office staff is dedicated to increasing child care's supply and business sustainability by strengthening home-based and center-based childcare programs through business and financial training, coaching, consulting, technical assistance and access to capital.

The Iowa staff also bolsters the workforce and economy by helping communities find the right-sized solutions for child care through consulting projects; including child care market analysis, strategic planning and financial modeling of future facilities and expansions.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FirstChildrensFinance/

Iowa AEYC offers a variety of programs to help early childhood professionals build their skills and provide high quality education for young children.

T.E.A.C.H. - Teacher Education and Compensation Helps

WAGE$ -  a salary supplement program offered by Iowa AEYC

 CDA - Child Development Assocate Credential

Programs, resources, & educational opportunities: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Business & Industry, Communities, Continuing Education, Families, & 4H & Youth Development. 

Food and family classes and childcare training. Garden Academy, Gardening. 4-H Youth Development, Master Gardener, Growing Together Iowa mini-grants, Plant Help, Lawn, Yard, Flowers, Edibles, Houseplants, soils, trees, 

Human Sciences: Aging, Early Childhood Education, Finance, Food Safety Classes such as ServSafe Health and Wellbeing, Nutrition, Parenting, Hotlines about family and home, Mental Health First Aid classes, disaster recovery assistance, 

Training or CEU

AnswerLine Toll-free: 800-262-3804
Local: 515-296-5883

• Questions relating to home and family
• Hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m.
• TTD (Telecommunications Device for Deaf Persons) available by calling 800-735-2942
• Multiple language interpretation available
• Email questions to answer@iastate.edu
• Available to Iowa residents only

Iowa Concern 800-447-1985

• Financial questions, legal education, stress counseling, crisis/disaster resources and referral
• Phones are answered all hours, all days
• TTD (Telecommunications Device for Deaf Persons) available by calling 800-735-2942
• Multiple language interpretation available

Mid Iowa Community Action (MICA) serves Jasper County. 

MICA Services in Jasper County include: 

• Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health
• I-Smile (Dental screenings in schools)
• WIC clinics in Newton & Colfax
• 1st Five (for providers)
• FaDSS/Family Development
•  Child Care Nurse Consultant- Poweshiek/Jasper      Iowa HHS
  • Tara Berstler, RN, 641-328-3237
• Housing Weatherization

Newton Capstone BH, Lower Level, 1st Ave

1st Tuesday 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
2nd Monday 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
2nd Tuesday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
2nd Wednesday 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
3rd Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Howard St. Christian Church in Colfax

1st Wednesday of every month
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m  

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