Community Resources

The Eddie Davis Community Center's purpose and goals are to provide education, recreational, human, family services, job training, elderly services and referral services to citizens in the community.  In addition, services are available to individuals and families throughout the western suburbs, the metropolitan area, Polk County and surrounding counties, Warren, Dallas and Madison.

Phone: (515) 277-1103

At DMACC’s Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families, located on the DMACC Urban Campus, we're helping families and individuals improve their financial position as we help them achieve their work and career goals.

Phone: (515) 697-7700

Iowa VR is an employment program for individuals who experience a disability. We focus on service delivery that assists individuals to prepare for, obtain, retain, and advance in employment. For those who have been determined eligible, it is an individualized program that delivers employment services based on your unique individualized employment plan. 

Phone: 1-800-532-1486

The State of Iowa's website for unemployment benefits, coronavirus relief, and disaster unemployment assistance.

Des Moines Office:

200 Army Post Road
Des Moines, IA 50315

Phone: (515) 281-9619

Organization that provides services for over 900 persons with intellectual disabilities and their families.

Phone: (515) 262-8888

Raccoon Forks Microbusinesses, owned and operated by Optimae LifeServices, create jobs in central Iowa for individuals with disabilities, mental illnesses and other barriers to employment.

The SVdP in Des Moines provides personal assistance with food, clothing, educational and job training and other services to people facing economic, emotional or spiritual crises. SVdP also provides services for returning services or those directly impacted by incarceration through their Immersion program.

Windsor Heights Office and Retail Store:

801 73rd St, Windsor Heights, IA 50324

Phone: (515) 282-8327

South Side Location:

520 Army Post Road, Des Moines, IA 50315

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