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Member of the Des Moines Area Religious Council Food Pantry Network and partners with the Food Bank of Iowa to help feed those in need. Also provides personal hygiene items, diapers, wipes, formula and pet food.

Offers the following services:

- Provides temporary refuge for lost, stray, or unwanted animals.
- Facilitates adoptions of animals to new owners.
- Offers a variety of behavior training courses, fear free training, and pet education classes for pet owners.

The Foster Program offers animals a temporary home for animals waiting on a forever home.
Types of animals in the program:
- Short-Term Animal Refuge (STAR).
- All-Star Dogs, dogs that are in the behavior program.
- Dogs and Puppies.
- Cats and Kittens.
- Parrots and Other Pet Birds.
- Rabbits, Hamsters, and Gerbils.

Offers veterans a chance to benefit from an animal by providing:

- Training Programs.
- Fostering.
- Reduced Adoption Fees.

Also provides active duty military members with foster care for animals during deployment.

Responds to calls and aids in the rescuing of abandoned, sick or injured or stray animals. provides adoption services.

Provides inoculation of dogs/cats against rabies and issuing inoculation tags for each dog/cat owned and or housed within the county, handling calls for service concerning all animal bites, animal welfare, and problems relating to invasive dogs/cats throughout the county, and handling stray dogs/cats in the unincorporated part of the county.

All volunteer animal rescue organization. Obtains medical care and shelter for stray and abandoned cats and dogs until they are adopted by utilizing a wide network of volunteer animal foster homes.

Animals available for adoption are listed on the website, with some cats available at the local PetSmart.

Provides veterinary care for (veterinary exam, core vaccinations, spay/ neuter services, microchipping, worming), and finds permanent adoptive homes for homeless dogs.

All dogs are housed in foster homes.

Animal services, including aid to surrendered animals and finding adoptive homes for the animals. Agency is volunteer-run.

Provides many animal services to the county. Animal Control involves the humane capture of loose animals and enforcement of state and county laws pertaining to animals.

Provides a safe haven for those animals who no longer have homes such as those that are strays, runaways, and those seized due to inhumane treatment or cruelty investigations.

Provides the necessary veterinary treatments and social interactions to get them on their way to getting a new owner.

Offers an animal shelter with cats and dogs. Services include low-cost spay and neuter services for pets, as well as vaccination services.

Provides rescue and adoption services. Offering a safe haven for local animals who are strays or have owners who can no longer care for them. Also offers dog training, affordable spay/neuter services, foster program and transport program.

Provides enforcement of state, county, and city ordinances (upon request) pertaining to dog and cats, impounding animals found to be in violation of those ordinances. investigating bite incidents, investigating inhumane treatment of animals, investigating domestic livestock injury claims.

Assistance is given in reclaiming lost pets and stray animals are received and housed. Prior to any adoption, animals are inoculated, spayed/neutered, and a microchip is inserted for easy identification of lost pets.

Picks up stray and unwanted dogs, investigates animal neglect or abuse, and offers dog adoptions.

Offers veterans a chance to benefit from an animal by providing:

- Training Programs.
- Fostering.
- Reduced Adoption Fees.

Also provides active duty military members with foster care for animals during deployment.