Iowa Health and Human Services
Children at Home · About this organization
What you get
Funding for equipment, therapy, respite, personal care, medical costs, and travel for a child with a developmental disability. The amount isn't published. Ask.
How to start
Fill in and sign the Children at Home application. Include income, disability, and funding-request details and a professional statement of need; send it by email, fax, or mail.
The details, as published
An Iowa family with a child age 21 or younger meeting the developmental-disability definition and federal net taxable income under $60,000 may request funding for equipment, therapy, respite, personal care, medical-related costs, and out-of-area transportation.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Children at Home — household bills and cash assistance
An Iowa family with a child age 21 or younger meeting the developmental-disability definition and federal net taxable income under $60,000 may request funding for equipment, therapy, respite, personal care, medical-related costs, and out-of-area transportation.
Amount not published
Practical Items And Home Help
Children at Home — practical items and home help
An Iowa family with a child age 21 or younger meeting the developmental-disability definition and federal net taxable income under $60,000 may request funding for equipment, therapy, respite, personal care, medical-related costs, and out-of-area transportation.
Amount not published
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
Not a B-ALL match. Cancer alone does not establish the independent disability or developmental criterion.
Age
Age 0 to age 21, measured at application.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: IA.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
- Review current official eligibility and timing.
- Use the state portal, form, provider, school, clinic, local office, or Community Action Agency identified by the program.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
- Annual figures, local capacity, and program transitions can change; confirm before relying on this record.
- Confirm current annual limits, local capacity, processing time, and transition status.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Children at Home · checked Aug 24, 2026