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Provides community resource flyers and information offering referrals to programming. 

Diaper assistance is available to the public based on supply. Priority is given to individuals enrolled in the WIC, Better Birth Outcomes, or GREAT Start Home Visiting programs.

Provides services for individuals ages 15-20 with mental illness or intellectual disabilities to build daily living skills, increase independence, and support community involvement.

Matches youth ages 6-14 with positive and committed adult role models. The youth (Little) and mentor (Big) meet in the community and spend time exploring activities they already enjoy and more. 

Emergency food for individuals and families.

Offers one time financial assistance to individuals and families experiencing a crisis that has caused a homeless or near homeless situation. Stability assistance can be used for past due rent, past due utilities, or propane (depending on county). Assistance is available sporadically and only when funding is available.

Offers the use of your library card to help individuals and families check out area attractions for free. The pass can be checked out with a library card and allows free admittance to the Blank Park Zoo, Science Center of Iowa and the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden. The Adventure Pass must be printed when presented upon admission into the attractions along with a photo ID. Each pass allows admission for up to 4 people, including up to 2 adults and 2 children for both the Zoo and Botanical Garden. The Science Center of Iowa allows admission for up to 2 adults and 3 children, but a maximum of 4 people total may be admitted.

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or mortgage payments, utilities and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Christian organization offering professional counseling.

Free Little Food Pantry are available in Boone, Platte, Nance, and Colfax Counties. Community members can take what they need and give what they can.

Pantries are located at the following addresses:

Platte County:

- 3214 25th Street, Columbus, NE, Outside Columbus Area United Way Office.

Boone County:

- 2585 State Highway 14, Albion, NE, Outside Applied Connective.

Nance County:

- 309 Esther Street, Fullerton, NE.

Colfax County:

- 1014 West 9th Street, Schuyler, NE, Outside CNCAP (Head Start).

Serves as a crisis team with an Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor providing mobile crisis response intervention including on-site counseling, mental health evaluation, and asessment for psychiatric hospitalization.

Offers FIP (Family Investment Program) a cash assistance program for children and their families who have low income, also available to relatives caring for children whose parents are not in the home. The goal of FIP is to help families leave poverty and become self supporting, can participate for up to 60 months. FIP is Iowa's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

Provides practical education, mentorship, and a community focused on accountability and excellence for underrepresented entrepreneurs. Offers support through real relationships and a focus on learning and growth. Builds collaboration and long-term plans to create lasting economic success.

Offers individual counseling services. Services focus on treatment in anxiety, depression, chronic stress, grief, PTSD, life transitions, ADHD, and trauma. Therapists utilize a variety of techniques and interventions based on each individual's unique story and context.

Provides individualized behavioral intervention that enables children (up to 21 years old) to make remarkable gains in communication, behavior management, social interactions, and engagement.

Provides research-based strategies to support the holistic development of the young child. Offers information and/or classes about parenting, grandparenting, discipline, child care selection, children and divorce, and money management.

Offers online professional development for early childhood professionals.

Provides energy assistance for eligible low income families in which a benefit is paid directly to the utility companies on behalf of eligible households, or directly to renters if the utility costs are included in their rent.

Some applicants may qualify for the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP), where an eligible client pays a percentage of their income, receives a monthly benefit towards their utility bill, and receives a reduction in overdue payments for every on-time payment they make by the bill due date. Contact for more information.

If the homeowner's furnace is not working or is dangerous or emitting carbon monoxide into the household, LIHEAP may be able to provide a furnace repair or replacement. Contact for more information.

Focuses on improving the nutrition, food safety, and physical activity of Nebraska's youth and adults. Includes diabetes education.