PEER Advocate Program

Are you 60 or Older and need help but don't know where to go or who to talk to?

Call the PEER Advocate Program. PEER Advocates are volunteers who are available to aid people over 60, or ages 18 to 64 on disability benefits, with assistance/referrals for a variety of situations, concerns, problems, or questions.

The PEER Advocate Program receives calls from persons calling for themselves or neighbors, concerned friends, doctors, hospital social workers, and older family members. If you are concerned about an older adult living in Polk County, please call.

A PEER Advocate can help you to discover options and guide you to access services when you have concerns about housing, health care, insurance, fraud/scams, nutrition, house cleaning, yard work, transportation, opportunities for socializing and recreation, financial assistance, legal issues, or anything else of concern to an older adult. There is no cost to participate in the PEER Advocate Program. All services are free and confidential.

As a SHIIP sponsor site, there are PEER Advocates trained as SHIIP Counselors to help educate and inform individuals with Medicare information and can enroll or assist with Part D/MA/Medigap enrollment and more.

Call 286-2112 to be connected with a PEER Advocate Staff or Volunteer

The PEER Advocate Program can help with:

SERVICED PROVIDED:

Assistance with HHS Rent Reimbursement Applications
Emergency Meal Delivery*
SHIIP Sponsor Site (Senior Health Insurance Information Program)
Information and Referrals

*Restrictions apply

Call a PEER Advocate Volunteer TODAY at 286-2112.

Program Brochure and Volunteer Form

Click here to view the PEER Advocate Program Brochure

Donations to the PEER Advocate program are greatly appreciated and allow us to serve a greater number of clients.

“In accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504, of the Rehabilitation Acts of 1973, and the Aging Discrimination Act of 1975, is the policy to provide service without regard to race, color, national origin, handicap, or age.”

We will also follow the Older Americans Act of 1965, and its implementing rules which positively address past practices regarding age discrimination. We are funded in part under the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, through the Aging Resources of Central Iowa, Inc.