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For Christmas Food for 2025, signup dates are:

- 11/19 - 5 pm-8 pm

- 12/3 - 5 pm-8 pm

- 12/6 - 10 am-4 pm

- One signup per household.

- Sign up for food at the Kearney Salvation Army (North doors) at 1719 Central Ave, Kearney. Signing up for toys is a separate process.

For Christmas Toys for 2025:

- Angel Tree is live for signups, as of Oct 2, 2025. Must live in Buffalo County. Sign up at www.saangeltree.org

- The sign-up is for children ages 18 and under.

- Registration deadline to be determined.

- For questions, visit the Salvation Army Kearney page on Facebook and use Facebook Messenger; staff will reply as soon as possible. www.facebook.com/TSAKearney

County level services provide direct emergency economic aid for vital necessities to veterans, their widow, and dependents, according to their needs. Personal visits for assistance and claims to housebound veterans or dependents. Must have an honorable or under honorable conditions discharge from active duty or wartime service. Must be a resident in Nebraska for the past one year and 6 months of that year in Thurston County.

State level services do not require wartime service. Assist in completing applications for the Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund; fee exempt fishing and hunting permits; applications to the Nebraska Veterans Homes; waivers of tuition.

Federal level services provide and/or complete Veteran Administration forms for claims relating but not limited to service connected compensation, disability pension, widow's pension, burial allowance, grave markers/headstones, educational benefits, home loans, insurance, indebtedness, and character of service upgrades.

Provides an opportunity for a caregiver to receive appropriate, temporary, substitute care and supervision of a functionally impaired person. Aim is to enable the caregiver to maintain his or her support/assistance to the older person. Respite services can be used for a variety of reasons such as a day out with friends, to attend church, vacation, and attend support group meetings.

Offers internal medicine, pediatrics, general health care services, as well as ancillary services including laboratory, x-ray, pharmacy, nutrition, mental health counseling, health education and translation services.

Income based affordable housing. Government subsidized private rental housing.

Vouchers are available to help with rent and utilities for those who qualify.

Independent living facility for adults who are disabled or over 62 years of age.

Provides affordable, safe, service-enriched housing for low-income families.

The Resident Services Program, offered onsite by a Resident Services Coordinator, provides key activities and supports to residents for health and wellness, education (out-of-school time program), financial stability, housing stability, and community engagement.

Substance use counseling for individuals, and family members of individuals, with a substance use disorder.

Helps individuals who suffer from substance use disorders to overcome their cravings and increase their chances of total recovery.

Offers counseling, group therapy, and individualized treatment plans that are tailored to client needs.

Provides health care services in the home by registered nurses. Services include infusion therapy, central venous catheter care and injections, wound and catheter care, gait training, and health education. Also offers physical, occupational, and speech therapists, medical social workers, certified nursing assistants, and telehealth nursing.

Pediatric Home Nursing: Provides care according to the patients’ needs and the doctor’s orders, including both extended stay and skilled visits. Provides in-home care for complex pediatric clients such as those using ventilators, IV and TPN needs, trachs, g-tubes, central lines, respiratory medication, and monitoring equipment.

Health-Related Clinics: Offered in various locations, including seasonal influenza and pneumonia vaccinations, foot-care clinics, and community wellness screenings.

Hospice Care: Provides medical care, symptom and pain management, and support to persons with a limited life expectancy and their families. Registered nurses, chaplains, home health aides, volunteers, social workers, and homemakers provide service in the home or in a residential hospice facility setting.

Palliative Care: Provides pain and non-pain symptom management for patients with serious and life-threatening illness. Consultative services are provided with care centered on the needs of the patient and family, providing counseling about the disease and assistance in identifying the patient's personal goals for care.

Provides a form of case management which assists at-risk and/or abused older adults ages 60 and older to identify their risks and find ways to reduce or eliminate those risks. 

Provides a food pantry with nonperishable items. Offers meat when available. Also provides personal hygiene products and paper products when available.

Provides a congregate meal served weekdays. Please call to sign-up for a meal onsite or a delivered meal.

Ongoing outdoor chore services, including lawn mowing, yard cleaning, snow removal, etc., for low income senior citizens. Must be eligible through Connections Area Agency on Aging.

Provides assistance to residents who are needy and poor and in need of immediate assistance and who cannot obtain assistance from any other source. Recipients must be at least 18 years of age and meet current income and resource guidelines.

Assistance may be provided for rent, utilities, or indigent burial, to name a few. A voucher system is utilized with direct payment to the vendor, never cash. General Relief is unable to assist with deposits or first month rent payments.