Operation Threshold

Low-income home energy assistance program - program provides eligible low-income households with a one-time per year payment to assist with the cost of heating their homes during the winter. In fiscal year 2022, the program provided assistance to approximately 4,814 households in the organization's three-county service area.

Weatherization assistance program - program works to reduce energy costs for eligible households by installing insulation, repairing furnaces and/or water heaters, and replacing refrigerators, furnaces and freezers when necessary. In fiscal year 2022, the program weatherized 54 homes, repaired 50 furnaces, replaced 38 furnaces, repaired 30 water heaters, replaced 30 water heaters, replaced 0 refrigerators, replaced 0 freezers, and conducted health and safety measures on 51 homes.

Women, infants, and children program - provides nutrition education and food vouchers to income eligible pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and children up to age five. In fiscal year 2022, the program served approximately 7,305 participants in its six county region. Program includes $3,454,136 of noncash wic vouchers provided directly to eligible participants by the Iowa department of public health.

Family support and parent education services programs offer a comprehensive system for delivering family support services including home visitation and group-based parent education programming for families with children.the maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting program (miechv) provides evidence-based home visitation services to improve health and developmental outcomes for at-risk young children, improves coordination of services for at-risk communities, and identifies and provides comprehensive services to improve outcomes for families who reside in at-risk communities.the organization maintains community service centers in each county of its primary service area.rental housing programs - the organization manages single and multi-family housing units for use by eligible families.family development and self sufficiency - program provides family development and self sufficiency counseling assistance to low-income households.other programs included: volunteer coop, community service block grant (csbg) programs, tenant based rental assistance programs, energy efficiency programs, cedar valley refugee program, volunteer programs, seasonal programs, the grundy county food pantry, and crisis and emergency child care.