Healthcare and Medical - Other Resources (Not Providers)
Disclaimer: This information was provided by agencies in the community. It may not be all-encompassing and some information changes often. For Jasper County offices and contact information, browse our county directory.
Updates: If you have an addition or edit to our Resource Guide, please contact us at jaspercocares@jasperia.org.
AIDS/HIV Healthcare Premium Program - Bureau of HIV, STI and Hepatitis, Iowa HHS
Helps persons living with AIDS/HIV-related illness by paying their health insurance premiums when they become too ill to work.
Des Moines, IA 50319
American Cancer Society
Provides information on cancer, staying healthy, treatment & support (transportation/lodging) & more. Helps with questions about health insurance.
Des Moines, IA 50309
American Heart Association
Our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. As we move into the second century of our work, we are advancing health and hope for everyone, everywhere.
American Lung Association- Iowa
Provides guidance and resources to assist those who want to quit smoking.
Quitline Iowa 800-QUIT-NOW
Keywords; Tobacco, vape, smoking, quit smoking, dip, vaping, stats, e-cig, e-cigarettes, clean air, stop smoking, teen vape, stop cig, help, quitline, quit line, quit now
Des Moines, IA 50322
Dementia Friendly Iowa
- Dementia Friendly Iowa promotes change and education in communities to create a more welcoming, safe, and respectful space for people living with dementia and their caregivers.
Find Help (find assistance)
Find free or reduced-cost resources like food, housing, financial assistance, health care, and more.
Help starts here.
Iowa Cancer Consortium
The Iowa Cancer Consortium is Iowa’s statewide comprehensive cancer coalition. As a leader in cancer control, the Iowa Cancer Consortium offers the state’s cancer stakeholders access to resources, expertise, and non-competitive collaboration across traditional boundaries for a bigger impact in cancer prevention, early detection, treatment and quality of life.
Grant opportunities on the website.
North Liberty, IA 52317
Iowa Cancer Plan
Iowa Community Hub
CHPcommunity is a local nonprofit organization managing the Iowa Community HUB that is made up of a network of partners coming together to support evidence-based health promotion programs and services in Iowa.
Keywords: Fall Prevention Program, A Matter of Balance, Stepping ON, Tai Chi for Arthritis, and Falls Prevention. HARP, Better Choices, Better Health, Cancer Education, Diabetes Prevention, Diabetes Management, 5-2-1-0, Healthy LifeStars
Iowa Donor Network
- Working Together to Transform Lives Through the Gift of Organ & Tissue Donation
Life Serve Blood Donation
Your donation with LifeServe will help save your neighbor, a friend, family member or a stranger in your community!
Radon Resources (Iowa) Testing and Kits
Red Cross (American Red Cross)
24 hour phone number: 515-243-4054
Volunteer, give blood, take a class, free smoke detectors
Assistance can include funds for emergency travel, burial of a loved one, emergency food and shelter, etc. The Aid Societies determine the financial assistance package that will be offered – a grant or a loan. The Red Cross is the mechanism to expedite access to these financial resources.
Des Moines, IA 50312
Refugee Services
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.
Des Moines, IA 50319
RX 4 Prevention
Rx4Prevention is an independent Iowa-based mobile vaccine service. We have been working with facilities like yours in Iowa and surrounding states for over ten years. Preventing disease with vaccines is our business's sole focus. All our pharmacists are experienced, certified immunizers.
We specialize in ensuring residents are offered recommended vaccines at no cost to your organization. We streamline the process to safeguard residents and decrease the workload of your staff. Let Rx4Prevention help you manage vaccine needs so your staff can instead focus on your residents' day-to-day care.
State of Iowa Condom Delivery Program
This program allows Iowa residents to receive a free envelope of sexual wellness supplies delivered discreetly to their door, up to twice per 30 days. If you would like to receive a second envelope, please fill out the form twice. Please note that all addresses are subject to verification and unverifiable addresses will not receive a shipment.
Key words: Condoms, birth control, prevention, sexual health
The Mission Cancer & Blood part of University of Iowa Health Care
Mission Cancer + Blood offers high-quality oncology care in community settings with on-site labs, chemotherapy infusion suites, clinical trials, and multi-disciplinary tumor boards at locations all across Iowa. A cornerstone in cancer care in communities across Iowa for over 40 years, Mission has more than 20 community clinics located in rural communities or other health care organizations, keeping high-quality cancer care local for patients.
The organization became part of UI Health Care in late 2024, providing patients with the enhanced resources that come along with backing from a National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated comprehensive cancer center, as well as access to a wide portfolio of clinical trials and rare cancer expertise.
The Mission Cancer Foundation Financial Assistance Fund provides up to $500 of financial assistance annually to adult cancer patients undergoing medical oncology treatment in Central Iowa.
Assistance helps cover expenses, including:
- Rent or mortgage
- Utilities
- Telephone
- Transportation
Des Moines , IA 50309
Cancer
Cancer Clinical Trials in Iowa
Explore your treatment options and learn how you can contribute to cancer research.
HPV resources
HPV resources
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- HPV IQ website: https://www.hpviq.org/
- Iowa Immunizes website: www.IowaImmunizes.org
- Link to the video that was shown, "Remembering Lisa": https://youtu.be/qRbF3q9WCHI?si=z0Cv__MDkwKunNg6
- A fact sheet from the Iowa Cancer Registry: Cancer Spotlight Series on Oral Cavity & Pharynx Cancer in Iowa (2023):
https://shri.public-health.uiowa.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/4-9-OCP-Cancer-Two-Pager.pdf
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- HPV Immunization Data 2024 fact sheet from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services:
https://publications.iowa.gov/51784/1/2024%20HPV%20Vaccine%20Data%20Summary.pdf
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- A resource from the Iowa Immunizes Coalition, "HPV Vaccine: Why Iowans need this Cancer Prevention Vaccine": https://www.iowaimmunizes.org/wp-content/uploads/IAIM-HPV-Handout-2025.pdf
- The HPV immunization webpage on the Iowa HHS website (has links to additional videos included on there): https://hhs.iowa.gov/immunization/hpv
- An Iowa HHS YouTube video: Kris's Message for Providers about HPV Vaccination: https://youtu.be/aPkiKTBHKHo?si=xwjfMV71jG-bDGfn
- The Iowa Cancer Plan, which has a section on immunization, including HPV immunization:
https://canceriowa.org/cancer-plan/introduction/#chapter-2_priority-4
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- National HPV Vaccination Round Table https://hpvroundtable.org/
Immunizations
Immunize.org
Medication Donations
Safe Net Rx (Medication donations)
Established in 2001, SafeNetRx was created as an Iowa-based non-profit to provide affordable medicines to needy patients. In 2007 we pioneered the Drug Donation Repository model to collect, inspect, and distribute unused medicines. Together we are building a national drug donation system where unused medication can be redirected to clinics and pharmacies caring for needy patients.
Other keywords: drug donation, medication, medical supplies, pharmacy, charitable, medications
Grimes, IA 50111
Naloxone
Iowa Harm Reduction Coalition
IHRC works to create health equity in Iowa communities through advocacy, education, and drug user health services.
We are committed to building power among people impacted by the war on drugs, including people who use drugs and communities of color; committed to acceptance of stigmatized and minoritized peoples and people who use drugs; and committed to dismantling systems of race, class, and gender-based privilege.
Health & Social Services
Using a drug user health framework, IHRC provides comprehensive health and social services to people who use or inject drugs.
Services prioritize the unique health concerns of people who use drugs, including overdose prevention, prevention of disease transmission, treatment for substance use dependency, and homelessness. IHRC utilizes a harm reduction model and meets participants literally where they're at, offering services in multiple low-barrier settings, including home deliveries, mobile outreach, and office-based services.
IHRC offers services in four metro areas and 23 of Iowa's 99 counties. We are consistently expanding our services and service area, and we offer groups of individuals the opportunity to bring harm reduction services to their community by implementing chapters of the Iowa Harm Reduction Coalition.
IHRC's service portfolio can be divided into two programmatic areas: overdose & infectious disease. All services offered are centered on the prevention and treatment of overdose and infectious disease. With regards to overdose, services include overdose prevention training, naloxone distribution, intensive patient navigation for linkage to care, and engagement in peer recovery support services. With regards to infectious disease, services include counselling, education, and distribution of materials for the prevention of viral, bacterial, and fungal infections associated with drug use (emphasizing HIV, hepatitis C, abscess, bacteremia, and endocarditis); HIV and hepatitis C testing; wound care; and patient navigation and intensive case management for linkage to care for hepatitis C.
Risk Reduction Kits
We offer safer injection and risk reduction kits, which include cottons, cookers, ties, sterile water, antibiotic wipes, vitamin C, band-aids, and condoms. By improving access to these materials, we help people who inject heroin, meth, and other drugs reduce their risk of contracting HIV and hepatitis C.
Naloxone Kits
Naloxone is the life-saving medication used to reverse an opioid overdose and is also commonly known as Narcan. We provide free naloxone kits and training on naloxone use to individuals, families, and organizations, and do not require a prescription or insurance.
Syringe Clean Up
Used syringes are often found in public spaces and construction sites throughout Eastern Iowa. We provide free syringe clean up and disposal of sharps upon request via our hotline, (319) 214-0540.
HIV/HCV Rapid Testing
IHRC provides free HIV and hepatitis C rapid testing. Tests can be administered anywhere, anytime, and are available at IHRC’s office, via outreach locations, or can take place in an individual’s home.
Hotline
We operate a 24-hour hotline to answer questions related to safer injection, vein health, and wound care. We also schedule supply mailings, deliveries, and drop-offs through this number.
To schedule or request a supply mailing or delivery in Iowa City or Cedar Rapids, please call (319) 214-0540. For access in Des Moines & Central Rapids, please call (515) 957-1252. Please note that we are unable to provide comprehensive medical advice through this hotline. In case of an emergency, please call 911.
Fentanyl Test Strips
Because fentanyl increases the risk of overdose when present in heroin, meth, and cocaine, we provide drug testing materials that allow participants to test their drugs. Drug testing allows individuals to make informed decisions about their use and to reduce the risk of overdose.
Linkage to Housing & Homelessness Services
For individuals experiencing homelessness, we provide linkage to supportive services and rapid re-housing programs.
Linkage to Substance Use & Drug Treatment
Because treatment can be difficult to access in Iowa, we work with individuals to help them gain access to local methadone and suboxone treatment programs, also known as MAT, for opiate dependency.
Patient Navigation for Hepatitis C
We provide linkage into care and patient navigation services for individuals living with hepatitis C. Because receiving curative hepatitis C treatment is a complicated process, we offer patient navigation services primarily for individuals enrolled in IA Medicaid.
Virtual Overdose Prevention Site
For people using drugs by themselves, IHRC offers a courtesy call or safety check system. Send a text message with your address and location to our anonymous hotline (319-214-0540) and request a safety check within a certain number of minutes. If you do not answer a phone call at that time, we will alert emergency medical services. If you’d like someone to stay on the phone with you, you may call the number above.
Rural Naloxone Access
IHRC mails naloxone around Iowa through the national naloxone mailing system, NEXT naloxone. Request a kit through NEXT, our website, or our hotline. IHRC also provides naloxone training to farmers, agricultural workers, and people working in Iowa feedlots to expand overdose prevention to rural communities in our state.
Sex Worker Support
IHRC provides outreach services to people engaging in club-based and full-service sex work. Services include access to condoms & lube, Narcan distribution to local clubs, and non-judgmental and confidential counseling. Have a bad date? Call or text IHRC to help us share information about bad dates to keep others in the sex work community safe.
Des Moines, IA 50309
Naloxone (Narcan) Free - Drake Community Library Grinnell
A Naloxone vending machine is available at Drake Community Library, filled by Poweshiek County Public Health.
Keywords: Naloxone, Narcan, Overdose
Grinnell, IA 50112
Naloxone (Narcan) Free - Hy-Vee Pharmacy
Community-Based Pharmacy Program
In Iowa, individuals can access free naloxone without a prescription at community-based pharmacies through a partnership with the Board of Pharmacy.
Important: Participating pharmacies may change, so please call ahead to make sure the pharmacy is still part of the program.
Keywords: Naloxone, Narcan, Overdose
Newton , IA 50208
Naloxone (Narcan) Free - Medicap Pharmacy
Community-Based Pharmacy Program
In Iowa, individuals can access free naloxone without a prescription at community-based pharmacies through a partnership with the Board of Pharmacy.
Important: Participating pharmacies may change, so please call ahead to make sure the pharmacy is still part of the program.
Keywords: Naloxone, Narcan, Overdose
Newton, IA 50208
Naloxone (Narcan) Free - Pella Regional Retail Pharmacy - Prairie City
Community-Based Pharmacy Program
In Iowa, individuals can access free naloxone without a prescription at community-based pharmacies through a partnership with the Board of Pharmacy.
Important: Participating pharmacies may change, so please call ahead to make sure the pharmacy is still part of the program.
Keywords: Naloxone, Narcan, Overdose
Prairie City, IA 50228
Naloxone (Narcan) Free - Spring City Pharmacy
Community-Based Pharmacy Program
In Iowa, individuals can access free naloxone without a prescription at community-based pharmacies through a partnership with the Board of Pharmacy.
Important: Participating pharmacies may change, so please call ahead to make sure the pharmacy is still part of the program.
Keywords: Naloxone, Narcan, Overdose
Colfax, IA 50054
Naloxone (Narcan) Free - Walgreens Pharmacy
Community-Based Pharmacy Program
In Iowa, individuals can access free naloxone without a prescription at community-based pharmacies through a partnership with the Board of Pharmacy.
Important: Participating pharmacies may change, so please call ahead to make sure the pharmacy is still part of the program.
Keywords: Naloxone, Narcan, Overdose
Newton, IA 50208
Naloxone (Narcan) Free - Walmart Pharmacy
Community-Based Pharmacy Program
In Iowa, individuals can access free naloxone without a prescription at community-based pharmacies through a partnership with the Board of Pharmacy.
Important: Participating pharmacies may change, so please call ahead to make sure the pharmacy is still part of the program.
Newton, IA 50208
Networking
Jasper County Cares Coalition
- The Jasper County Cares Coalition (JCCC) consists of numerous health, human services, nonprofits, law enforcement, healthcare, schools, etc. that serve Jasper County. Jasper County Cares aims to strategically address the health, safety, and well-being of individuals.
- Jasper County Cares focus on gaps of healthcare service in Jasper County and the Jasper County Community Health Assessment and Health Improvement Plan.
- There is a leadership team that is active in decision making of the vision for the group.
- The group is coordinated by the Jasper County Health Department Administrator.
- The meetings are held monthly on the second Wednesday of the month, except in January and July. Time: 10:30 AM at the Administration Building.
- This is not a government organization of Jasper County.
- Please contact us if you would like more information or to be added to the distribution list. Email: jaspercocares@jasperia.org
- The agendas and post packets are posted on the website. Jasper Co Cares website
- The online Jasper County Resource Guide or Directory is updated regularly. Please email changes to jaspercocares@jasperia.org
- All agencies can submit free events to the Jasper Co. calendar. Jasper Co. Calendar
Keywords: Jasper Co Cares, JCC, Health and Human Service, Health Providers,
Newton, IA 50208
Prevention programs
Employee and Family Resources (EFR)
Gambling, substance misuse, employee assistance services, case management, professional development, & education/communication to youth, adults, & families. EFR provides prevention education in schools. Substance abuse and overdose education (narcan).
24/7 Help Line: 515-244-6090 or 800-327-4692
Des Moines, IA 50309
Tobacco
Quitline Iowa
Free tobacco cessation program.
See website for coaching, education, or medication information.
Keywords: tobacco, smoking, vaping, vape, cigarettes
Wigs
Strands of Strength
Established in 2011 by a cancer survivor, Strands of Strength (SOS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide new wigs free of charge to cancer patients in financial need and suffering hair loss due to treatment. The wigs offered by Strands of Strength disguise hair loss, decrease feelings of vulnerability, and provide greater self-esteem, hopefully resulting in the personal strength needed to successfully battle the disease.
Keywords: Cancer, wig, hair loss, oncology,
