Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services

What Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services does

Des Moines Valley Health and Human Services (DVHHS) is a county government health and human services agency organized under a joint powers agreement between Cottonwood and Jackson Counties in Southwest Minnesota. Its mission is to promote, protect, and preserve the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities across both counties. The agency delivers public health, behavioral health, social services, and community assistance programs as a single integrated provider rather than as a technology platform.

Service delivery is organized across multiple program lines: Child Support Services (establishment, modification, and enforcement of support orders), Financial Assistance (cash, food, medical, and childcare), Licensing (child care and foster care background studies and home interviews), Social Services (adult/elderly and children/families programs including child protection intake and investigations), Mental Health (adult and children's mental health, suicide prevention, the Stigma Free Campaign, and the Behavioral Health Alliance), Family Health (Child and Teen Checkups, Maternal Child Health, Women Infants and Children), Preventative Health and Education (immunizations, COVID-19, the Statewide Health Improvement Plan, tobacco cessation, Community Health Improvement Plan, environmental health, opioid settlement initiatives), and Emergency Preparedness. Government Data Practices Act requests are also administered.

DVHHS operates from service centers in Windom and Jackson, delivers in-person social worker and public health home visits, and conducts community-based outreach including coalitions such as the Behavioral Health Alliance. The technology stack is described as standard government IT infrastructure for public health and social services administration. The revenue model is government appropriations (federal, state, and county) delivered through a joint powers agreement; services are provided at no cost or subsidized rates based on eligibility. Customer segments are end-resident populations: children and families, adults and elderly, mental health service users, WIC-eligible women and children, and the broader community for preventative health.

Name

Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services

Legal name

Des Moines Valley Health and Human Services

Website

https://dvhhs.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Des Moines Valley Health and Human Services is a joint powers county government agency delivering public health, behavioral health, social services, and community assistance programs to residents of Cottonwood and Jackson Counties in Southwest Minnesota, funded through federal, state, and county appropriations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health and Human Services

NAICS

Health Care and Social Assistance (62), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB), Community Health & Health Equity/Social Determinants Units (HLAJAAAO), Non-Communicable Disease Prevention & Chronic Disease Programs (BPAIAJAI)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Social services administration
• Mental health services
• Child welfare services
• Community assistance programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Jackson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: DVHHS operates as a joint powers agreement between Cottonwood and Jackson Counties, funded through a combination of federal, state, and county government appropriations. Services are provided to eligible residents at no cost or subsidized rates based on eligibility criteria.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services (DVHHS) is a joint county government health and human services agency serving Cottonwood and Jackson Counties in Southwest Minnesota. Established through a joint powers agreement, the agency delivers public health, behavioral health, social services, and community assistance programs directly to residents. Services are funded through federal, state, and county government appropriations and provided at no cost or on a subsidized basis based on eligibility.

Product overview

Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services (DVHHS) is a county government agency providing integrated health and human services to residents of Cottonwood and Jackson Counties in Southwest Minnesota. The organization operates as a single unified service agency rather than a product platform, offering multiple distinct programs including Child Support Services, Financial Assistance (cash, food, medical, and childcare assistance), Licensing (child care and foster care), Social Services (adult/elderly and children/families), Mental Health Services, Family Health programs (Child and Teen Checkups/CTC, Maternal Child Health/MCH, Women Infants and Children/WIC), Preventative Health & Education (immunizations, COVID-19, Statewide Health Improvement Plan/SHIP, tobacco cessation, Community Health Improvement Plan/CHIP, environmental health, opioid settlement programs), Emergency Preparedness, Child Protection/Child Welfare Services, and behavioral health initiatives including the Stigma Free Campaign and Behavioral Health Alliance. These services are delivered through service centers in Windom and Jackson, with programs often developed in collaboration with state agencies like the Minnesota Department of Health and Department of Human Services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Stigma Free Campaign: A collaborative campaign led by DVHHS against the stigma of mental illness that creates hope for those affected by mental illness.
• Behavioral Health Alliance
• SHIP (Statewide Health Improvement Plan)

Products and services

• Mental Health Services

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Behavioral Health AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-sector community coalition including law enforcement, mental health providers, crisis response providers, non-profits, school leaders, businesses, public health/human services, and community members collaborating to improve mental health in Jackson and Cottonwood County communities. The alliance has workgroups focused on Mental Health Education, Suicide Awareness/Prevention, Social Connections, and Opioid Settlement initiatives.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Countryside Public Health: Multi-county public health agency serving Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Swift, and Yellow Medicine Counties in Western Minnesota with comparable community health, WIC, MCH, and family health programs. Directly comparable as a Minnesota joint-powers style county public health agency.
• Horizon Public Health: Multi-county public health agency covering Douglas, Grant, Pope, Stevens, and Traverse Counties in West Central Minnesota, offering an overlapping mix of public health, family health, WIC, and environmental health services to similar rural county populations.
• Southwestern Mental Health Center: A multi-county Community Mental Health Center serving Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles, and Rock Counties—the same geography DVHHS covers. Directly comparable because the two agencies co-deliver mental health services in DVHHS's service area.
• Wabasha County Public Health: Minnesota county-level public health and human services department delivering the same blended WIC, family health, immunizations, social services, and emergency preparedness programs to rural Minnesota residents.

Broad incumbents

• Minnesota Department of Health: State-level public health counterpart that funds and supervises DVHHS's immunization, WIC, MCH, SHIP, and emergency preparedness programs. Comparable as the upstream state partner governing the same program areas.
• Minnesota Department of Human Services: State-level agency that provides the policy framework, funding streams, and oversight under which DVHHS administers its social services, financial assistance, and child protection programs. Comparable as the regulating counterpart in DVHHS's operating environment.

Regional players

• Avera Medical Group — Worthington: Regional health system serving the southwest Minnesota region adjacent to DVHHS's service counties; comparable because it provides the clinical care layer (primary care, behavioral health) that DVHHS coordinates and refers into.

Others

• United Way of Southwest Minnesota: Regional nonprofit coordinating financial assistance, holiday programs, and community resources for low-income residents in DVHHS's two-county service area; comparable as an adjacent social services delivery and referral partner operating in the same geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/dvhhsMN
• Instagraminstagram.com/dvhhsmn
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/des-moines-valley-health-human-services

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