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Offers pediatrics, well child visits, developmental screenings and guidance on nutrition, growth and safety to support children's well-being up to age 21.

Collects property taxes, conducts annual tax sale for delinquent taxes, processes vehicle transactions, issues driver's licenses, and issues motor vehicle titles and registrations.

Offers substance abuse evaluations.

Provides outreach support and transitional housing services to young adults experiencing a housing crisis or trying to prevent one. Outreach services offer survival aid, help finding and keeping a job, safety planning, educational supports, legal aid, medication connections, emotional support, and emergency housing. Transitional housing services allows a limited number of apartments for young adults experiencing a housing crisis. While in the housing program individuals will be taught independence, how to keep a job, assistance with finishing their education, and staying connected to lots of other services. 

County level services provide direct emergency economic aid for vital necessities to veterans, their widow, and dependents, according to their needs. Personal visits for assistance and claims to housebound veterans or dependents. Must have an honorable or under honorable conditions discharge from active duty or wartime service. Must be a resident in Nebraska for the past one year and 6 months of that year in Perkins County.

State level services do not require wartime service. Assists in completing applications for the Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund; fee exempt fishing and hunting permits; applications to the Nebraska Veterans Homes; and waivers of tuition.

Federal level services provide and/or complete Veteran Administration forms for claims relating but not limited to service connected compensation, disability pension, widow's pension, burial allowance, grave markers/headstones, educational benefits, home loans, insurance, indebtedness, and character of service upgrades.

Provides seniors and/or disabled individuals minor home improvements to help remove barriers that may affect their health and safety in their home (such as repair of non-working heating system, mobility ramp, etc.). Applicant must be the homeowner and live in the home.

Provides a utility assistance program to households who do not qualify for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) but are in need of help with their utility bills.

Offers a program for parents where nursing professionals and volunteers care for temporarily ill or injured children, infants through adolescents. Parents use this service when they need to go to work or school and cannot stay at home with their sick or injured child. Sick Bay services are provided at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center.

Provides library services, including CDs, movies, and video games. Some materials may be accessed online using a library card. Services may also include computers for internet access and word processing, reference service and interlibrary loans, FAX, photocopy services, state and federal tax forms. Meeting rooms are available for community non-profit groups.

Provides support services to individuals caring for a Veteran with serious illness or disabilities. For qualifying individuals, access to training, counseling, or respite care may be available.

Provides a food panty serving Piatt County offering perishable items such as meats, vegetables, and breads.

Provides a cultural center providing information about Islam, Muslims and the Middle East culture, history, folklore, clothing, music and food. Workshops per request on cultural diversity and sensitivity.