Cooling and Warming Centers

• Consider a friend or families home.
• All Jasper County public libraries and community centers along with some public buildings throughout Jasper County during normal business hours.
• In Newton, Salvation Army, Discover Hope and Capstone Connections Center during business hours.  
• Many other human service agencies, stores, and churches are willing to have a temporary assistance. 
• Also see Central Iowa Shelter. 
• Many communities have public swimming pools. Search swim in resource guide. 

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Other: Iowa Cooling Center search 211 Cooling Centers in Iowa

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Also see IMPACT programs. 

The Iowa Bureau of Refugee Services (BRS) is a federally funded office of the Iowa Department of Human Services and is charged with supporting the resettlement of refugees in Iowa. BRS works with a network of resettlement agencies (RA) across Iowa who do the bulk of the direct resettlement work with refugees.