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Offers pregnancy testing to anyone needing to take a pregnancy test.

Provides in-home case management as well as 24-hour response to emergencies. Services include a case manager who will monitor individuals weekly to ensure they are linked with the necessary resources and referrals for both inpatient and outpatient drug treatment programs. Services may also include weekly in-home and out-of-home counseling for adults, children, couples, and families. Families may also be referred to a number of community-based services, including medical services, counseling, drug or alcohol treatment support groups, food pantries, housing, employment training, and continuing education programs. 

Offers Child Care Expense Assistance through the Iowa Department of Human services is available to the children of income-eligible parents who are absent for a portion of the day due to employment or participation in academic or vocational training or PROMISE JOBS activities. Assistance may also be available for a limited period of time to the children of a parent looking for employment. APPLY TO BE A REGISTERED CHILD CARE PROVIDER. SEARCH FOR REGISTERED CHILD CARE PROVIDERS at www.hhs.iowa.gov

Offers Child Care Expense Assistance through the Iowa Department of Human services is available to the children of income-eligible parents who are absent for a portion of the day due to employment or participation in academic or vocational training or PROMISE JOBS activities. Assistance may also be available for a limited period of time to the children of a parent looking for employment. APPLY TO BE A REGISTERED CHILD CARE PROVIDER. SEARCH FOR REGISTERED CHILD CARE PROVIDERS at www.hhs.iowa.gov

Provides adoption services.

Provides the Unemployment Compensation Insurance programs and assists with questions regarding and applications for unemployment compensation, and provide resources for those seeking employment and retraining information.

Using an evidence-based poverty alleviation curriculum, individuals attend an 8-10 week long Getting Ahead class in a cohort of 12-14 people meeting once or twice per week, followed by Life Skill Coaching with certified coaches for as long as needed.

Individuals identify resources, tools, and skills needed to remove barriers to success in their lives. Participants, aka “Investigators”, investigate the root causes of poverty and how to make changes needed in their lives toward stability and self-sufficiency, through learning soft skills, SMART goal setting, building assets, decreasing debts, increasing salary and wages, learning and discussing hidden rules of economic classes, learning emotional regulation, and much more.

Provides mental health and substance abuse counseling and services to veterans. Services include treatment for addictions, depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and OCD.

Provides trained crisis advocates to handle all aspects of domestic abuse and sexual abuse and its impact and the recovery process. Services may also include group and individual counseling. 

Provides clinical mental health screening and referral services. Can also provide technical assistance to service providers, conducting group-based learning and healing programs and providing holistic case management in emergencies involving refugees facing mental health crises. Referrals for in-house clinical therapy for individuals, families and groups are accepted on a case-by-case basis.

Provides food to those in need. 

County financial reports are available online, including monthly reports by department, the county’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR), listings of payments to suppliers doing business with Douglas County, County Board records, and a variety of other records regarding public information.

Grants licenses for tobacco and liquor; applications should be submitted to the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission.

Offers air-conditioned spaces and cold bottled water and sack lunches during extremely hot temperatures.

Entry allowed only during meal times, but visitors do not have to exit at the conclusion of mealtime.

Transportation offered to downtown at various times in the morning and afternoon. Showers and laundry may be available to visitors.

Offers to connect homeless or near-homeless Veterans and non-Veterans to community services through an annual resource fair. Some of those benefits include benefits counseling (Social Security and Veterans), employment and training assistance, health care screenings, housing services, and legal assistance. Also provided will be haircuts, hygiene products, clothing and food will be available.

Offers workshops that teach individuals and families how to get more out of money and how to save money for financial goals. This is a series of workshops that are a blend of instruction and hands on activities so each concept can be mastered. 

Offers workshops that teach individuals and families how to get more out of money and how to save money for financial goals. This is a series of workshops that are a blend of instruction and hands on activities so each concept can be mastered. 

Offers mental health services to individuals, groups, families and couples. Services include mental health evaluations, therapy, web therapy, diabetes focused CBT therapy, anger management and Children in the Middle classes.