The primary purpose of this document is to help Iowa's parents of young children with special needs find financial resources and services. It is expected that the document will also serve as a resource guide for professionals who provide services to children with special needs and their families. Contents are organized in four sections concerning, respectively, health, education, community and state services, and other sources for financial assistance or support services. Program descriptions provide such information as: (1) a program overview; (2) descriptions of services; (3) directions on making applications; (4) statements of costs, limitations, age requirements, and eligibility; and (5) a contact. The document also includes an overview of Public Law 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Amendments of 1986. Related materials including family checklists, lists of clinics, lists of human services and other agency offices, medically needy income and other welfare eligibility guidelines, and early and periodic screening diagnosis, and treatment provisions, are supplied in 22 appendices. (RH)