Healthy Women, Healthy Community

If women aren’t doing well, no one is doing well.

  • Women drive 70 to 80 percent of consumer purchasing decisions.
  • Women make up 50 percent of the paid US workforce
  • Women proved 65 percent of the unpaid labor caring for children and family
  • Women account to 77.6 percent of healthcare and social assistance workers
  • Women are 77 percent of the public-school educators.
  • Idaho ranks 41st among the states for women’s well-being.

We can do better!

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Education Resources

Learning Lab is a literacy education for adults and families with young children.

(208) 344-1335

Learning Lab Literacy Education

Idaho’s Adult Education program is a free service that can help you improve your math, reading, writing, and English language skills.

(208) 429-5500

Idaho Division of Career Technical Education

Change your life with essential skills necessary to reach your goals and be successful in today’s society through College of Western Idaho’s (CWI) Adult Education program.

(208) 562-2575

College of Western Idaho Adult Education

One of Idaho’s six Workforce Training Centers operated in cooperation with Idaho Career Technical Education. Our programs unite people who want to expand their creative talents and gain new skills and experiences.

(208) 524-3000

College of Eastern Idaho Adult Education

Designed to help start and restart opportunities. Our program can help you prepare for the GED® (16 and up), get into college or improve your skills to gain a better job.

(208) 665-5099

Northern Idaho College Adult Education Center

Community resources support the general wellbeing of our residents. In addition to our full-time resource team, we work with several organizations to host pop-ups to connect services and resources with community members at the Library.

(208) 972-8200

Boise Public Library Adult Education

Children in Head Start and Early Head Start receive innumerable benefits. These advantages appear immediately and last a lifetime.

(208) 345-1182

Idaho Head Start Association

Career Technical Education (CTE) prepares students for careers and postsecondary education by providing academic, technical, and real-world knowledge, skills, and experience.

(208) 854-4000

Boise Community Schools Career Technical Education

To support the efforts of parents, educators, and caregivers, Idaho AEYC offers resources that strengthen early learning opportunities and that help our children thrive.

(208) 345-1090

Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children

Healthcare Resources

STD testing, birth control, abortion, and more, in-person and online.

(800) 430-4907

Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health

Our medical, dental, and behavioral health professionals work together to ensure no person or health issue goes unnoticed so we can all benefit from a healthy, thriving community.
(208) 972-8200

Terry Reilly Medical Dental Behavioral Services

Birth Control, For Less. Shop your current birth control online, or try something new today.

WISP

The 2-1-1 Idaho CareLine is a free, statewide community information and referral service, and is a program of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
Dial 211

Department of Health and Welfare (Idaho 211)

EIPH has partnered with Find Help Idaho to connect Eastern Idahoans to community resources. Use the zip code locator to find resources near you.
(208) 522-0310

Eastern ID Public Health Community Resources

In Idaho, more than 29,900 people are living with Alzheimer’s. 66,000 caregivers dedicate 105,000,000 hours of unpaid care. Your local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association is here to help.
(800) 272-3900

Alzheimer's Association (Idaho)

Our Mission: Navigating the joys and challenges of aging and caregiving.

Lifelong Education & Aging Resource Network

North Idaho Center for Independent Living Caregiver related services include: In-home support services and Support Groups (dementia, mental health, etc.)
(800) 475-0070

Idaho Caregiver Alliance

 Housing Resources

CATCH exists because everyone needs a home. Empowering those without a home and increasing public understanding to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring.

(208) 336-4663

CATCH Homelessness Resources

Jesse Tree provides tenants who are being evicted with a one-time, one-month payment of rent, allowing tenants to remain in their home.
(208) 383-9486

Jesse Tree Eviction Prevention Resources

Boise City/Ada County Housing Authorities provide affordable housing-related assistance to over 2,600 individuals and families every month, serving people with low and moderate incomes.
(208) 345-4907

Boise City/Ada County Housing Authorities

Established to provide decent and safe, affordable rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities at rents they can afford.
(208) 733-5765

Twin Falls and Jerome Housing Authority

Committed to providing our residents with high standards of professionalism. Our motto is, “Creating Caring Communities,” which encompasses our passion to provide quality housing. 
(208) 466-1216

Nampa Housing Authority

At CHA, we provide housing 20% to 50% cheaper than the local rental market in an effort to meet the growing demand for affordable workforce housing for Caldwell-area employees.
(208) 459-2232

Caldwell Housing Authority

A central source for innovative solutions, advocacy, and knowledge for community housing in Blaine County
(208) 788-6102

Blaine County Housing Authority

If you are experiencing a housing crisis, call us for resources, information and support.
(208) 336-4663

Our Path Home Housing Crisis Hotline

Start your search here for free and reduced-cost services in Idaho.

FindHelpIdaho.org

Find Help Idaho Community Resources