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Houses fire equipment and trains firefighters necessary for a quick and efficient response to fires when they occur.

Individuals or families needing to place their child(ren) into foster care should contact the office to discuss options. Also receives and reviews applications for families who would like to adopt or foster a child(ren)

Foster Adopt Connect provides training and support for foster, adoptive, and kinship families for the purpose of licensure and continuing parenting education. This can also include support groups for families within their system.

Multipurpose centers that serve as focal points for older adults in the community and which offer, at a single location, a wide variety of services and activities that are needed by and of interest to this population.

Involves intensive work with trained outreach staff, usually in the participant's home. Helps families set life goals, learn better parenting skills, learn job skills, improve education, seek employment, and make positive life choices.

Provides cleaning products to those in need.

Achieving Recovery, Resiliency & Responsibility Through Creativity (A.R.T.C.): One to three groups per week focused on completion of group projects addressing issues pertinent to consumers who are struggling with substance abuse, high risk behaviors and a variety of related issues. In addition creative expression is being utilized in individual therapy through the use of drawing journals, poetry journals, lyric analyses and various art projects and on a larger scale within our school-based prevention and early intervention programs.

Provides fire safety education to at-risk residents.

Provides free legal representation to low income clients in a number of civil legal problems; criminal defense representation is not provided; they handle cases involving public benefits, housing, unemployment compensation, family, consumer, education, employment, health and other matters.

Provides well-child visits, sick child visits, and immunizations for infants age 0-2 years old.

Internal medicine specialists treat a wide range of health conditions in adults including chronic conditions, such as asthma.

Provides periodic screenings for blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, cholesterol, scoliosis, vision and hearing.

Various Life Skills workshops are presented to small groups of participants to increase their knowledge and skills in areas that are important to managing life. Financial Planning: Values and goals, budgeting, credit, comparison shopping and buying a car. Parent Education; Communication skills & styles; self esteem issues; constructive discipline; creative play. Nutrition/Shopping Skills: Nutrition guidelines & food safety; food buying; consumer tips. Time/Stress Management: Effectively gain control of time usage & habits. Coping with stress; techniques to reduce stress; children & stress. Health Care: Family health care; normal child development; self health care. Employment Skills: Job readiness and retainment skills training.

Utility Assistance: Provides assistance to low-income individuals for propane, wood and natural gas assistance. Partial payments are made to avoid utility cut-offs.

Serves as a middle school for students in grades 6th-8th grade.

Provides monthly cash retirement benefits under the Social Security Retirement Benefits program.

Immunizations: Provides seasonal flu shots for adults and children.

Provides medical diagnostics and treatment services.

The Children's Division Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline Unit (CA/NHU) accepts confidential reports of suspected child abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Reports are received through a toll-free telephone line which is answered seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Any person may report, and anonymous reports are accepted from individuals who are not mandated by occupation to report. Calls of concern can be made to each county office. Instructions may be given for the reporter to call the toll free number of the CA/NHU for the call to be made into a formal report.

Provides a wide range of informational and educational programs in consumerism, agriculture, human development, business, and more.

The Consortium operates community clinics in Joplin, Anderson, and Cassville. Provides a wide range of medical care.

This program helps detect breast & cervical cancers in their earliest stages when they are easiest to treat. Free mammograms & pap tests will be provided to women who meet income and age requirements. Other services for women are offered at this sight.

Provides a variety of immunizations for children.

Primary Care Clinic with a physician and mid-level provider seeing patients of all ages.

Provides Copies of Missouri Birth Certificates.