Community Action of Southeast Iowa

About Community Action of Southeast Iowa

From education and child care to food and shelter, Community Action of Southeast Iowa provides more than 20 programs and services to the residents of Des Moines, Henry, Lee and Louisa Counties in order to “help people help themselves” become self-sufficient. Among those programs and services are: Head Start; Early Head Start; Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); Weatherization; Child and Adult Care Food Program; Parents as Teachers; Family Development Self Sufficiency (FaDSS); Emergency Food and Shelter; Homeless Prevention Program; Medication Assistance Program (MAP); and the Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC), which also serves Muscatine County residents. Five Community Action Centers in the four counties serve as focal points for providing information, referrals and assistance to those in need. Each center is staffed by agency personnel and volunteers who are knowledgeable about the Community Action programs and other resources available in their communities.