Information Help Lines

 

24 Hour Crisis Line
1-877-404-4770
Free, confidential service for Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren, and Washington County residents to provide basic support through information and referrals, counseling, crisis service coordination, and links to crisis screening and mental health services. Provided by Great River Medical Center and Southeast Iowa Link (SEIL). 

AA Meetings
319-752-7204

ADDS-Alcohol & Drug Dependency Services 
319-753-6567 

Area Education Agency #16
319-753-6561
 
AIDS CDC National Hotline 
TTY/TDD 1-800-342-2437 

AIDS Hotline 
IOWA 1-800-997-5559 

AIDS Hotline 
IOWA-Spanish 1-800-344-7432 
 
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
1-800-622-2255 
 
National Alcohol-Drug Treatment Referral Network 
1-800-996-3784 
 
Alzheimer's Association 
1-800-272-3900 
  
Alzheimer's Association 
LOCAL 319-237-4900  
  
American Cancer Society 
1-800-227-2345 
 
American Heart Association 
1-800-242-8721 

American Lung Association of Iowa 
1-800-586-4872 
 
Better Business Bureau 
515-243-8137 or 1-800-222-1600  


Des Moines County Records Office 
Birth Certificates
319-753-8221

Des Moines County Records Office
Marriage Certificates
319-753-8221

Burlington City Hall
319-753-8124
     Development and Inspections: 319-753-8151
     Building Inspector: 319-753-8135 or 319-753-8175
     Housing Inspector:319-753-8172
     Nuisance Inspector: 319-753-8142 or 319-753-8139

Burlington Driver’s License Station 
319-754-8767 

Bureau of Vital Statistics
515-281-4944

Burlington Waterworks
319-754-6501
  
Buses of Burlington 
319-753-8162
 
CDC Workplace Safety and Health Topics 
1-800-232-4636
  
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678
  
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
Helpline 1-800-662-4357 or 1-800-967-5752 

Child Abuse Council
309-786-1466 ext. 112
 
National Child Abuse Hotline 
1-800-422-4459 
 
Child Support Recovery Unit 
319-753-6322 or 1-800-229-9223

Child Care Resource and Referral
Referral Toll Free: 866-324-3236 or 563- 324-3236
   
Civil Rights Commission 
1-800-457-4416 
Local 319-753-8178 
  
Community Health Center -Dental 
319-752-5540
 
Community Health Center-Medical 
319-768-5858 
 
Iowa Compass (for disabled and their families) 
1-800-779-2001 
  
Department of Human Services- DHS 
319-754-4622
 
Department of Inspections 
319-753-8175  
  
Des Moines County Animal Control 
319-753-8371
  
Des Moines County Assessor
319-753-8224
 
Des Moines County Attorney
319-753-8209
 
Des Moines County Auditor
319-753-8232
 
Des Moines County Clerk of Court: 
Associate Court: 319-753-8242 
District Court: 319-753-8262

Des Moines County Conservation 
319-753-8260
  
Des Moines County Community Services 
319-754-8556

Des Moines County Emergency Management
319-753-8206
 
Des Moines County Humane Society
319-753-8389
 
Des Moines County Jail
319-753-8275
 
Des Moines County Juvenile Court Services
319-753-8281
 
Des Moines County Motor Vehicle Department
319-753-8273
  
Des Moines County Public Health 
319-753-8290 
 
Des Moines County Sheriff
319-753-8212
 
Des Moines County Treasurer’s Office
319-753-8269

Des Moines County Veterans Affairs
319-752-7171
 
DNA Diagnostics-DNA Testing 
1-800-362-2368 

Domestic Abuse Hotline 
1-800-799-7233 
 
Des Moines County Domestic Violence Shelter
319-752-4475 
 
Equal Opportunity Employer 
1-800-669-4000 

Families Extension Answer Line (ISU-home and family questions) 
1-800-262-3804 

Foundation II Crisis Line, 24 hrs/day (full service crisis line) 
1-800-332-4224 

Gambling Hotline 
1-800-238-7633 

Girls and Boys Town Hotline
1-800-448-3000  

Goodwill 
319-208-0060 
 
Great River Medical Center
319-768-1000

Great River Quick Care 
319-768-4320
 
Healthy Families (prenatal health care) 
1-800-369-2229
 
Homeless Shelter
319-754-6791 
 

Housing Options 
 


IDPH – Iowa Department of Public Health 
1-866-227-9878
 
Insurance Commissioner of Iowa 
1-877-955-1212 
 
Internal Revenue Service (IRS-Federal Income Tax Info) 
1-800-829-1040 
 
Iowa Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 
1-800-532-1486 Toll Free
Burlington Office-319-753-2231  
   
Iowa Family Caregiver 
1-866-468-7887 
 
Iowa-Illinois Safety Council 
515-276-4724 or 1-800-568-2495 
 
Iowa Occupational Safety & Health Division of Labor 
515-281-5387 or 1-800-562-4692 
 
Iowa OSHA 
515-281-8066 / 515-284-4794 
 
Iowa Substance Abuse Information Center 
1-866-242-4111
  
Iowa Weather & Road Conditions
1-800-288-1047
 
Iowa Workforce Center 
319-753-1674 or 1-800-642-4032 

Job Corps
319-753-6499 
 
Lead Poisoning 
1-800-972-2026 

Legal Aid 
1-800-272-0008 

LifeLong Links
1-866-468-7887
 
Low Rent Housing 
319-752-4042

 

Medicare/Social Security Office 
319-752-6322 

Medicare Hotline 
1-800-633-4227
 
MOLD 
1-515-24-6131
 
Narcotics Hotline (report suspected meth labs) 
1-800-532-0052 

National Crisis Hotline 
1-800-521-7128 

National Safety Council 
1-800-621-7615
   
Planned Parenthood
319-753-2281 or 1-877-811-7526
 
Quitline Iowa 
1-800-822-6879 

Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network (RAINN) 
1-800-656-4673 
 
Regional Housing 
319-753-5109

Regional Transit (Bus to Iowa City) 
1-866-753-5107
 
RVAP (Rape Victim Advocacy Program)
1-800-228-1625
 
Iowa Sexual Abuse Hotline 
1-800-284-7821
 
Burlington Social Security  
1-866-338-4183 

Social Security Disability (SSDI) Info 
1-866-338-4183

Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission 
319-753-5107

Special Needs Foundation
319-752-8711
Madison & Harrison Avenues
 

 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Burlington Office- 1-866-338-4183
  
TMS (Transportation Management Group)
866-572-7662

 

Teen Line 
1-800-443-8336 
  
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
1-800-777-8442

Veterans Services 
319-753-1671

Veterans of Vietnam War 
1-800-843-8626
 
Weatherization 
319-753-5597

WIC - Women, Infants and Children 
319-753-0193 or 319-754-8283 
 
Young House Family Services 
319-752-4000