Sometimes having a question is the easy part, but finding someone who can answer your question can be the hard part. ISU Scott County Extension has a solution to your problem. Iowa State University Extension Answer Line provides information and resources to help Iowa consumers make decisions that improve your lives. As part of the College of Human Sciences at ISU, we take the work that is done on campus and brings it to all Iowans, as well as working with many other organizations and agencies to meet your needs.
Professional consumer and family scientists answer questions about care of the elderly, child care & development, buying decisions, cleaning, connecting families with their communities, consumer management, family money management, finding community resources, food preparation, food preservation, food safety, home environment, housing, household equipment, nutrition, parenting, textiles and laundry. The Answer Line has been answering consumers` questions for more than 30 years.
Call toll-free Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.- Noon and 1 - 4 p.m.
1-800-262-3804 (in Iowa)
1-800-735-2942 (Relay Iowa phone linkage for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals)
E-mail at answer@iastate.edu
Or visit the website at www.extension.iastate.edu/answerline
Additional helpful Hotline Numbers:
Beginning Farmer Center (877)-232-1999
Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Resources to help the next generation of farmers
Healthy Families (800)-369-2229
Available all hours, all days
Prenatal, child health, and women`s health care questions and information
Iowa Concern (800)-447-1985
Available all hours, all days
Financial questions, legal issues, family transitions
www.extension.iastate.edu/iowaconcern
Teen Line (800)-443-8336
Available all hours, all days
Personal and health-related information and referral
Bets Off (800)-BETSOFF or (800)238-7633
Available all hours, all days
Bets Off is the hotline of the Iowa Gambling Treatment program.
Gambling concerns for yourself or others.
Hort Line (515)294-3108
Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - Noon, 1 - 4:30 p.m.
Lawn, garden, and landscape plant questions.
www.YardandGarden.extension.iastate.edu
Pork Line (800)808-7675 Iowa only
Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Swine production, management, marketing.
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