Our Community: Marshalltown, Iowa
Marshalltown is a mid-sized town which serves as the county seat of Marshall County, Iowa. We believe Marshalltown is a great community with amazing people. Our community is a diverse place-- in race, age, economic status, beliefs, backgrounds. We are a portrait of the way Our America looks all across the country. For demographic info, specific to our Latinx population, see this info from the Iowa Latinx Project.
Community Response Coalition (Marshalltown) - Rapid Response in Marshall County (for basic needs) call CAPS at 641.752.1730, 8 am - 4:30 pm or send a text to Immigrant Allies at 641-505-1539.
Immigrant Allies is proud to be a partner with the Central Iowa Community ID, through the joint work of the Story County (Iowa) Coordinating Committee & the Marshall (Iowa) Community Response Coalition. Click here for more info & details about the next chance to apply for the ID. CAPS Crisis Services for families living in Marshall County, with a child under the age of 17. Help with connection to resources, accessing needed services, securing basic needs, establishing medical care. Services available in Spanish, English, Karenni and Burmese. Call 641-752-1730 CAPS Home Visiting Services- a home visitation program that provides parent education, family support, early intervention services and serves as a link to health care and other community resources. Available to any family currently living in Marshall County and expecting a baby, or who have children up to age 5. Services are available in English, Spanish, Karen, Burmese, or Karenni. 641-752-1730 Food Resources in Marshall County Marshalltown Community Resource Guide, updated 1/2025 |
Contact us if you'd like a speaker for your Marshalltown area service, faith-based or community group to help you learn more about issues facing our immigrant neighbors or what you can do to help build a welcoming community.
Iowa Valley Education and Training Center - 206 East Church Street, 641-754-1348. English classes, high school equivalency diploma, job training, and more. Iowa Movement for Migrant Justice (Iowa MMJ) Immigration legal services for low-income immigrants & refugees. Marshalltown Intake Clinic is available several months of the year. For more info on how to get an appointment, call Iowa MMJ at 515-255-9809 or contact us. For other immigration-related resources, see our online resources page. Marshalltown Community School District Welcome Center for Registration Help, 641-352-7303 220 East Main St., Marshalltown Enrollment/general info in English: 641-754-1000 School District's Spanish answer line: 641-752-6435 More than 40 languages are curently spoken by students in our school district. Marshalltown Public Library - 105 West Boone Street, 641-754-5738. Help finding/printing government forms, fax machine, scanning, community information, free internet, print, audio & online resources to help learn English, prepare for citizenship, meeting space, family activities. Library services and membership is free and open to all community members. A Welcome Center/Centro de Bienvenida in the same area of the copy center offers materials for English Language Learners (ELLs), immigration-related resources, and brochures about community services available for immigrants, refugees, and learning English. The youth area of the library includes many Spanish and bilingual (English/Spanish books & audios, as well as a Welcome Collection which includes bilingual materials (including read-alongs) in many languages. Conversation Circles (a free program focused on English speaking practice) is held in partnership with the ETC. St. Francis Office (includes St. Mary's Hispanic Ministry) 641-753-7815 , 107 S. 1st St., Marshalltown Al Éxito (mentoring program for Latino middle and high school students) - group in Marshalltown, and around Iowa ACCESS (Assault Care Center Extending Shelter & Support) - help for victims of domestic violence/sexual assault Experience working with issues specific to immigrants (including those without legal status); bilingual staff. Sexual Abuse Crisis Line 1.800.203.3488 | Domestic Violence Crisis Line 1.855.983.4641 L.U.N.A. Services/help for domestic violence & sexual assault victims, culturally specific to the Latino community. 16 E. Main St. Marshalltown. 319-242-7537. 24 Hour Crisis Line (English/Spanish): 1-866-256-7668. Primary Health Care - The PHC Dental & Medical Clinic in Marshalltown serves everyone, without regard to status. Call 641-753-4021 for an appointment or more information. 
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