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Provides health care services to those in need. Services include sick care, chronic disease management, preventive care services, cervical cancer screenings (Pap smears), physical  exams, vaccinations, sexual health services, STI testing and treatment, wellness checkups, work physicals, laboratory and diagnostic testing, referrals for mammograms and other specialty care.

Provides a free 4-week cultivating careers program for individuals looking for work. Services include in person or virtual options. Classes may start in January, February, March, May, June, July, September, October, and November. 

The Safety and Labor Standards division assists employers and workers with labor standards compliance issues, including resolution of wage complaints and child labor complaints.

Also administers the Contractor Registration Act, the Employee Classification Act, the Farm Labor Contractors Act and the Meatpacking Industry Workers Bill of Rights.

At the request of private employers, the agency conducts no-cost safety and health consultations to assist businesses in identifying potential hazards.

The Safety and Labor Standards division assists employers and workers with labor standards compliance issues, including resolution of wage complaints and child labor complaints.

Also administers the Contractor Registration Act, the Employee Classification Act, the Farm Labor Contractors Act and the Meatpacking Industry Workers Bill of Rights.

At the request of private employers, the agency conducts no-cost safety and health consultations to assist businesses in identifying potential hazards.

Provides low-income parents with informational services pertaining to raising healthy and productive children. Programs works to strengthening the care-giving family environment. Works to improve parent knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions by:

• Increasing parenting self-efficacy
• Improving attitudes toward parents
• Increasing knowledge of child development

• Preventing child abuse and neglect
• Improving disciplinary practices
• Increasing caregivers' involvement with child's care and education
• Improving caregivers' ability to cope with care-giving and life stress
• Improving the quality of the home environment
• Strengthening relationships

• Improving parent-child relationship quality
• Improving parent-child attachment
• Increasing time spent together

Provides a food pantry for those in need. USDA government commodities are distributed along with purchased and donated food, including weekly donations of perishable items from Trader Joes.

Provides Nebraskans with a centralized location for viewing their current benefits, including helpful links to take action on their benefits programs.

Nebraskans may apply online for multiple assistance programs, including:

- Healthcare/Medicaid

- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

- Child Care Subsidy (CC)

- Aid to Dependent Children (ADC)

- Emergency Assistance (EA)

- Social Services for Families, Children, and Youth (SSCF)

- Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP)

- Assistance to Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD)

- State Disability Program (SDP)

- Social Services for the Aged and Disabled (SSAD)

- Personal Assistance Services (PAS)

- Home and Community Based Services (HCBS)

Provides Nebraskans with a centralized location for viewing their current benefits, including helpful links to take action on their benefits programs.

Nebraskans may apply online for multiple assistance programs, including:

- Healthcare/Medicaid

- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

- Child Care Subsidy (CC)

- Aid to Dependent Children (ADC)

- Emergency Assistance (EA)

- Social Services for Families, Children, and Youth (SSCF)

- Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP)

- Assistance to Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD)

- State Disability Program (SDP)

- Social Services for the Aged and Disabled (SSAD)

- Personal Assistance Services (PAS)

- Home and Community Based Services (HCBS)

Offers bus driver training courses, including a segment of first aid procedures and school bus driver safety. Courses include 8-hour initial training for all new school bus drivers prior to getting a bus permit. Also includes, 2-hour refresher workshop in the 12-month period prior to renew a school bus permit.

Community cooling stations open across the community.

- Kroc Center: 2825 Y Street; (402) 905-3500; Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm. Offering water when forecasted temperatures have a heat index of 95 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. Children are welcome. No animals allowed.

- North Corps: 2424 Pratt Street, (402) 451-4048; Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm. Offering water when forecasted temperatures have a heat index of 95 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. Children are welcome. No animals allowed.

- Salvation Army Renaissance Village (Heritage Place): 3612 Cuming Street; (402) 898-5900; Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4 pm. Offering water when forecasted temperatures have a heat index of 95 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. Children are welcome. No animals allowed.

- Citadel Corps: 3738 Cuming Street; Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm.

- Burrows Center lobby: 6101 NW Radial Highway; (402) 898-6090; Operational times not listed, call for information.

Works with local organizations to provide individuals with community and financial resources.

Provides school, sport and pre-employment physicals and well child exams. Please call to schedule an exam.

Offers food to individuals in need of food in the Creston area.

Family Support Groups are free, confidential, and safe groups of families helping other families who live with mental health challenges by utilizing their collective lived experiences and learned group wisdom.

Offers free Naloxone kits to those in need. Visit the website to find locations offering the free kits. 

Provides police and dispatch services responsible for emergency assessment and response.