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Offers group homes with 24/7 staff supervision for adults with disabilities, as well as independent homes for adults with disabilities. Individuals in group and individual homes receive staff assistance based on level of need.

Keep Lincoln-Lancaster County Beautiful (KLLCB) works to keep Lincoln and Lancaster County clean, prevent and reduce litter and promote good waste management practices among residents.

Educational material is available for youth, community members and businesses.

Small grants are available to Neighborhood Associations and other community groups for clean-up projects on public property, lakes and streams.

Volunteer opportunities are available.

Offers Thanksgiving dinners to individuals in need who do not have a place to go and would like to spend time with others within the community. No reservations are required to attend the dinner.

Provides food to those in need. 

Offers to help to improve the quality of life for rural Americans by ensuring that they have access to safe, well-built, affordable homes. Subsidized Housing lists are available for those looking for subsidized housing.

Offers a day program for adults with chronic mental illness. Meetings address development in psychosocial skills, peer support, and community resource development.

Home modification projects to protect vulnerable individuals and families from harmful exposures to health and safety hazards, ramp installation and maintenance for qualifying individuals, and critical home repairs (roof, floor, bathroom, plumbing, etc.).

Maintains county parks and recreation areas and provides hunter safety classes, camping, fishing and boating information. Outdoor recreational opportunities are available through county parks and outdoor wildlife areas.

Group of locally organized healthcare and non-healthcare volunteers working to strengthen the health and safety of the community. Identify, credential, train and prepare volunteers before a natural disaster or a national incident.

Thanksgiving sign-up starts in Oct - early Nov (once dates are determined). Distribution: Date and time to be determined at the American Legion.

Christmas sign-up is in Oct - early Nov (once dates are determined) (partnering with CRISP - call CRISP 515-462-9400. Households without children can apply through MATURA until (date to be determined). Distribution Date to be determined.

Full service public lending library, reference, children's, videos, music cassettes/CDs, books on tape and CD, DVDs, online databases, and e-books. Internet access and wi-fi available. Computer labs. Free computer classes for youth, teens, and adults on MS Office software programs, internet surfing, internet job searching, and other classes; call or see website for details.

Programming for children, young adults, and adults.

Meeting rooms and study rooms are available at some locations.

Meal program provides breakfast, lunch, and dinner to individuals on campus, as well as to-go meals to any hungry person in the Omaha community, by request.

Volunteer Iowa and its partner agencies work with organizations and individuals on three main fronts: 1) to help agencies develop quality programs that use service as a strategy to fulfill their missions and address Iowa’s greatest areas of need 2) to help engage Iowans in their communities by promoting service and expanding the volunteer base and 3) to connect individuals with appropriate service opportunities by building the volunteer infrastructure.

The commission provides information and technical assistance on community volunteering, volunteer management, mentoring program certification, Service Enterprise Initiative, and volunteer recognition. In addition, the commission administers Iowa's AmeriCorps programs, the Iowa Mentoring Partnership, Governor's Volunteer Awards and Volunteer Hall of Fame. Other services include: providing training and coordination for Volunteer Reception Centers, which are activated to coordinate volunteers during and after disasters; coordinating the Iowa Nonprofit Summit (a biennial conference on nonprofit and volunteer management); and, providing a statewide volunteer matching portal "Get Connected". More information and access to the portal is available at www.volunteeriowa.org.

Title X Family Planning is a voluntary birth control program that provides information about birth control methods or the number and spacing of children.

Services are confidential and include:

• Physical exams
• Pregnancy testing and options counseling
• STD education, testing, and treatment
• Birth control methods and counseling, including emergency contraception
• Community education services for professionals, schools, parents, and teens

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

Literacy, basic skills, GED, and ESL classes for students of other cultures.

Adult and continuing education programs.

Adult basic education.

Classes also meet at the following location:

Ord - Ord Learning Center, 1514 K Street, Suite 1; call (308) 728-3299 for information.