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Provides emergency financial assistance for rent evictions and utility shut-off notices.

Helps eligible low-income customers save money by conserving energy. Energy education is incorporated in each step of the weatherization process to explain how the measures performed will help our customers save energy.

Provides court ordered visitation services to families.

Offers behavioral health services to any child or adolescent in need. Services include psychiatry/medication management, individual therapy, family therapy, substance use disorder services/addiction treatment, crisis services (24/7 Crisis Line, Mobile Crisis, CSCBS), case management, peer support, care team/specialized services, and school-based services (where applicable).

Provides a no-kill facility. Primary goals are to reduce pet overpopulation and find forever  homes for the sick, injured, abused, neglected, and abandoned animals in Decatur and Macon County that come into the facility. Offers discount spay/neuter program year round to low income, unemployed pet owners, senior citizens, and qualifying persons in need. TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) program for feral cats helps to reduce cat overpopulation.

Exterior house painting for homeowners 60 years of age or older or Immigrant and Refugee families. Restrictions include houses no larger than two stories, must be structurally sound, and not in need of major repairs.

Applications are available from January to May. Prep work will happen during July and a volunteer team will paint on a Friday or Saturday in mid-August.

1st Five aims to increase developmental screening in primary care practices and has a referral system to support children identified as at-risk for developmental delays. 1st Five works with pediatric and family care providers to help link families to the resources and support services their child needs.

Provides a project-based Section 8 Rental Assistance (PBRA) property. This program is a public-private partnership that provides affordable rentals for low- and very low-income seniors.

Provide assistance to individuals who are suffering with emotional and other mental health issues including depression, anxiety, and coping with loss.

Provides a Housing Choice Voucher Programs. The rules and regulations for the Housing Choice Voucher Program are determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The purpose of the Housing Choice Voucher Program is to provide rental assistance to eligible low-income families.

HUD determines the amount of funding that is available for rental assistance in each community. It is important to ensure that the funds are used to assist only those families who are eligible. The reason Housing Authorities have waiting lists is that there is not enough funding to assist all of the families who apply.

Offers a wide variety of counseling services such as, depression, grief and loss issues, marital and family conflict, anxiety and panic disorders, couples communication, stress-related issues, family violence and abuse, parenting issues, child and adolescent development issues, adjustment to divorce, re-marriage and blended families, pre-marital assessment, major life transitions, elder care and relations, women’s issues, men’s issues, adult children of alcoholics, emotional and spiritual growth, conflicts within congregations.

Provides monthly financial assistance to individuals who do not have adequate income or resources to provide for their own basic needs.

Promotes the humane treatment of hooved animals through education, legislation, investigation and, if necessary, legal intervention (impoundment). Also provides physical rehabilitation to animals that have endured severe neglect and abuse and then facilitates adoption to compassionate homes.

Animals targeted are: horses, sheep, goats, llamas, and pot-belly pigs.

Offers a pet food pantry for older adults.

Offers free Hepatitis C testing for past or present IV drug users, free Hepatitis A and B vaccine for past or present IV drug user, and individuals that have been told they have a sexually transmitted disease, and provides sexually transmitted disease screening.

Comprehensive child development program serving children 6 weeks to 3 years old.

Staff make visits to the homes of Early Head Start children to assist parents in meeting their family goals.

Parents have the opportunity to be part of a parent committee and/or to volunteer in the center.

Early Head Start provides educational activities through the High/Scope curriculum.

All diapers, wipes, baby food and formula needed during the day are provided free of charge.

Children's zoo provides Lincoln-area children with the opportunity to learn firsthand about animals. Educational classes are age appropriate and are built around the skills and interest of children. Classes encourage the love of nature and are offered all summer long. Reduced prices for members but anyone can attend. Youth volunteer opportunities for grades 7-12; applications are available January-March.