July 17 is Community ID Day

Applications for Johnson County Community IDs will be accepted beginning Friday, July 17 at 1 p.m. at the Johnson County Administration Building, 913 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City.

Johnson County will be the first community in the Midwest, and the first outside a major metropolitan area, to offer community issued identification. The program has been a joint effort of local governments, business, and labor.

The Community ID program is designed to help people who may have difficulty getting a state-issued ID, such as seniors who no longer drive, the homeless, people in poverty or transition, and new immigrants. A Community ID can help these people interact with law enforcement, local government, pharmacies and banks.

All Johnson County residents, even people with a driver’s license or non-driver ID, are encouraged to get a Community ID.  Many area businesses will offer discounts to people who present a Community ID.

Community IDs will cost $8 for adults and $4 for children. Applicants will be required to present secondary forms of identification to get a Community ID. The following documents are enough by themselves:

• ·         US or foreign passport
• ·         Driver’s license or non-driver ID card from any US state
• ·         US Permanent Resident Card (“Green Card”)
• ·         Birth certificate or consular ID (“CID”)

People who have no items from the above list may apply for Community IDs by presenting two forms of personal identification and one document proving Johnson County residency. A full list of accepted documents will be on the County web site, http://www.johnson-county.com. All documents will be verified before the Community ID is issued, and Community ID cards will be mailed.