Finding Answers Now - Spanish

As Iowans deal with disruptions to families and communities, these resources provide information in Spanish to help you cope with concerns about healthy eating, parenting, mental health and wellbeing, money, food safety, and nutrition.

Free and Confidential Helplines

Iowa Concern  |  Call 800-447-1985
A confidential resource for stress counseling, financial questions, legal education, and resource referral.

24 hours a day, 7 days per week.
Language interpretation is available.

AnswerLine  | Call 800-262-3804 (in Iowa)
Information and resources for consumers with home and family questions.

Monday through Friday, 9 am-noon and 1-4 pm.
Language interpretation is available.

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline  |  Call 988
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Finance
Food Access

Connect with your local food bank

  • Food Bank of Siouxland Inc. - serving Lyon, Sioux, Plymouth, Cherokee, Woodbury, Ida, Monona, and Crawford counties
  • Food Bank for the Heartland - serving Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Cass, Mills, Montgomery, Fremont, and Page counties
  • River Bend Food Bank - serving Muscatine, Scott, Clinton, Jackson, and Dubuque counties
  • HACAP - serving Jones, Cedar, Johnson, Linn, Washington, Benton, and Iowa counties
  • Northeast Iowa Food Bank - serving Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Floyd, Butler, Bremer, Chickasaw, Fayette, Clayton, Grundy, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Delaware, Tama, and Poweshiek counties
  • Food Bank of Iowa - all counties not listed above

Access meals for children

Workforce Training and Support
  • Proteus: Services to Empower Farm Workers  | Call: 800-372-6031
    Proteus provides agricultural workers and their families with affordable health care, education assistance, and job training.
  • Al Éxito | Call: 515-865-7195
    Al Éxito is dedicated to advancing the educational achievement and transformative leadership capacity of Latinx youth and their families to succeed in life and participate fully in Iowa.
Legal Services
Stress