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Offers free group-education parenting skills classes,  subjects such as Wellness, managing or prevent diabetes, heart disease, or obesity.

Positive Parenting, focusing on discipline, temperament and development, and sibling rivalry.

Prenatal care, preparing for birth and questions and answers about breast feeding. Expectant moms are encouraged to bring support person.

When funding is available, may be able to provide emergency financial assistance for rent, mortgage, utilities, food, and prescription medication costs. Call to check on funding availability. 

Offers daily hot meals for older adults. Meal delivery available for individuals who are homebound.

Provides health care and supportive services to seriously ill individuals and their families. Emphasis is on pain and symptom control so the patient may live their last months and weeks in comfort with dignity. The majority of patients are cared for in their own homes, but hospice care is also available in long term care facilities, hospitals or at the Kavanagh House in Des Moines or EveryStep Greater Regional Hospice Home in Creston.

Provides educational opportunities for immigrant families, including English and computer classes and parenting skills workshops.

Promotes a healthy pregnancy and a child’s health, growth, and development.

Services include:

- Referrals to prenatal care schedule and scheduling OB appointment

• In office and in home visits by a nurse case manager
• Education related to topics, including nutrition, pregnancy, infant/child growth and development, and preventive medical services
• Referrals to medical care and immunizations
• Clinical visits include weight and BP checks as well as screenings for depression and development
• Referral to area agencies for any needed services in the family unit (food, clothing, shelter, daycare, transportation, etc.)

Offers training and competition in 20 Olympic-type sports to persons, age eight or older, with intellectual disabilities. Year round program, training and competition are offered in different sports at various times throughout the year.

Unified sports, where teams have equal numbers of traditional Special Olympics athletes and non-disabled partners on the same team.

Develop new levels of self-esteem and confidence and accomplish greater levels of independence.

Serves all Nebraska adoptive families - international, domestic infant, private, step-parent and foster adoptive families. Advocates for the special interests of adoptive families and connects families to one another. Six core services include Permanency Support Services, Respite Care Connections, Parent2Parent Network, Mental Health Connections, Training, and Support Groups and Family Activities.

Case management available for up to 180 days. Individualized family plan designed and implemented with the family's input.

Assists post adoptive and guardianship families in locating formal and informal respite providers and can provide financial assistance for respite services (limited). All families who receive financial respite assistance through the program will be asked to attend a training.

Mentoring in partnership with Nebraska Foster and Adoptive Parent Association (NFAPA) to assist in providing peer mentoring services to post adoptive and guardianship families.

Mental health services - locates and refers families to professional post adoption and guardianship providers.

Training opportunities that can support skill building on issues related to adoption.

Support groups and networks for families and youth where social networks can be created and peer support can be achieved.

Provides in-home assistance to seniors to help them remain independent in the home. Services include case management, home care aid (non-medical in-home care to assist with activities of daily living, such as bathing, grooming, dressing, housework, meal preparation, and transportation for essential errands), emergency home response system, automated medication dispenser, and money management. Care Coordinators can also assist older adults and their caregivers in finding options when leaving the hospital or long-term care center.

Provides free transportation for seniors for doctor appointments, dialysis or treatments, pharmacy or grocery store visits, activities at nutrition sites and senior centers, and more.

Transportation services only provide one (1) round trip per week or two (2) one way trips per week.