Assistance Programs
Des Moines, IA: Citadel Corps Community Center Assistance Programs Information
How We Help Overcome Poverty
We provide short- and long-term assistance and solutions to alleviate both the obvious and the subtle impact of poverty. We also work to identify and address the root issues that cause poverty. Programs include:
Mobile Breakfast Service
- Mobile Breakfast Service schedule: The Mobile Breakfast Canteen goes out on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings. On Tuesdays, it will move through the north side. On Thursdays, it moves through downtown. Wednesdays start around 8 a.m. and go through the south side.
- Mobile Breakfast Service program strengths: Our mobile breakfast service serves a hot egg casserole, as well as beverages, individually boxed cereals, donuts, hard-boiled eggs and other items when available to approximately 1,000 homeless and near-homeless people. For more information about the program or for details about how to volunteer, please call 515-282-3599.
Pathway of Hope
- Pathway of Hope population served: This strengths-based casework program serves families in Polk, Warren and Dallas counties. Our goal is to guide families with children 18 years and younger through crisis and instability to a place of security to ultimately break the intergenerational cycle of poverty. We work to build a community for Pathway families, enabling them to connect with and benefit from many of our programs and other community resources.
Program Schedule
Timezone: -06:00 USA Central Time (DST)
Location: Des Moines, IA: Citadel Corps Community Center
The Mobile Breakfast Canteen goes out on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings. On Tuesdays, it will move through the north side. On Thursdays, it moves through downtown. Wednesdays start around 8 a.m. and go through the south side.
Our mobile breakfast service serves a hot egg casserole, as well as beverages, individually boxed cereals, donuts, hard-boiled eggs and other items when available to approximately 1,000 homeless and near-homeless people. For more information about the program or for details about how to volunteer, please call 515-282-3599.
Stats
23%
Nearly 23 percent of individuals in Warren, Dallas and Polk counties cannot afford even basic necessities to sustain themselves and their families.
Meeting Human Need
We come alongside anyone who walks through our doors seeking help, and we serve without discrimination. Our goal is to meet basic human needs with compassion and love. We help individuals bridge the gap until stability can be achieved, and we also offer long-term case management to families struggling to halt the intergenerational cycle of poverty.
Other Services
