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Provides home-visitation services to new and expectant families to strengthen the parent child relationship, encouraged healthy child growth and development and prevent child abuse and neglect.

Long-term shelter program serving all demographics, except single men, who are experiencing homelessness or near homelessness. Participants in the program are assigned to a case manager who works with the client on budgeting, connecting with services, and helping with goal setting.

Offers business and Industry Loan Guarantees that are available for business and industrial development in rural areas to create and maintain employment, expand and to improve economic climate. Eligible borrowers include Public bodies, Community-based non-profit corporations, Federally-recognized Tribes Funds can be used to purchase, construct, and/or improve essential community facilities, purchase equipment and pay related project expenses.

Offers comprehensive health services to area children, including:

- Periodic "head to toe" well-child exams for children from birth to 18 years of age

- Hemoglobin tests

- Blood lead screenings

- Immunizations

- TB Waiver if needed

- Developmental screenings

- Physical exams, including school physicals and sports physicals

- Counseling and referral

Clinics are held in Kewanee at the Health Department office.

Offers Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing  a technique that uses a set of standardized protocols which incorporate elements from many different treatment approaches in the treatment of trauma. EMDR involves three steps which targets past memories, present disturbance, and future actions to alleviate patients symptoms and address the complete clinical picture.

Provides practical information for anyone to access in the areas served. Education services include agriculture, horticulture, family and consumer economics, nutrition and wellness, and youth development. The website has information about different programming options available.

Outpatient treatment for individuals who struggle with alcohol and other drug addictions. DUI evaluations and risk education, substance abuse assessments, and individual and group therapy.

Outpatient treatment for gambling addiction is also available at the Watseka location.

Law enforcement services.

2025

Offers a Toys for Tots sign ups for children 0-14 years of age. All adults in the household must have a photo ID and all children must have ID with birth date. Sign ups start mid-October through mid-November. Can call or stop by the office. Toy pick-up in December.

Free smoke alarm installation.

The Red Cross hosts Sounds the Alarm in spring to install smoke alarms and help families learn about home fire safety.

Offers individuals with a serious mental illness the opportunity to work in a supportive and therapeutic environment. Clients will be given an opportunity to learn vocational skills, earn money, improve self-esteem, learn to work with others in a cooperative effort, and improve chances for future competitive employment. Individuals learn office skills, light industrial skills such as assembling, packaging, and housekeeping.

Offers residential treatment programs for adults with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. Those programs serve men and women, women with children, young adults, veterans, and essential and frontline workers. Also offers medically monitored detox and withdrawal management.

Sober living recovery homes and halfway houses provide wraparound support for individuals in early recovery. Also offers supportive housing for individuals living with mental health disorders.

Adult outpatient services include therapy, specialty care such as TMS therapy and MAT, family support and education, psychiatric care, intensive community-based case management, and fulfillment of legal behavioral healthcare requirements related to court systems.

Offers a two year program for women with or without children. The women will be assisted in setting developmental goals and working with staff to achieve them.There are enhanced programs such as: case management, life skills, parenting support, financial management, education, and employment skills, community involvement, budgeting, homemaking and one-to-one support.

Investigates allegations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults and persons with disabilities who live in domestic (non-institutional) setting.

Once a report has been filed, a caseworker will make a home visit to investigate any allegations of abuse and assist the victim. Interventions will be offered to the victim and referrals made to the appropriate organizations. Interventions can include but are not limited to in-home services, legal, medical, relocation, and counseling.

Provides access to an on-call counselor through the Douglas County Sheriff's Department, offering support for individuals experiencing mental, emotional, or behavioral challenges. Services may include assistance with anxiety, depression, psychoses, adjustment reactions, and other mental health concerns, with a focus on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

Provides a sense of community through Parks and Recreation. Some programs/facilities include:

- Miller Park Zoo.

- Recreation Programs and Special Events.

- Special Opportunities Available in Recreation (SOAR).

- Camps and sports for youth.

- 3 golf courses.

- 40 parks.

- Aquatics (summer).

- Lincoln Leisure Center.

Disaster preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation. Information and education on emergency disaster preparedness.

Provides hot meals to the community.

Provides up to date on information to help those who are living with HIV or know someone who is living with HIV. Information covered on the website includes HIV prevention, testing, starting care, staying with care, and living well with HIV.