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Offers home and center-based early childhood education.

Provides a food pantry. 

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 Dundy 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.

- Respite care information and referral for families.

- Recruitment of respite providers and coordination of training opportunities for providers and consumers.

- Quality assurance and program evaluation.

- Respite network across the life span.

Offers HAWK-I which provides the CHIP benefits (Children's Health Insurance Program) which offers health care insurance coverage for Iowa children in families with limited incomes. Depending on the size of the family Hawk-I is from free to no more than $40.00 per month; See website for income guidelines.

Provides essentials for newborn to 24 months, such as clothes, diapers, wipes, shoes, maternity clothes, toys, nursery decor, etc.

All education services for the state of Nebraska, including disability determination, early childhood education, adult education, and vocational rehabilitation.

Provides behavioral health services for adults, children, couples, and families struggling with their mental health. Services include therapy, psychiatry, psychological testing, school-based therapy, and transcranial magnetic stimulation. 

Provides primary health care to those in the community. Also offers pediatric services.

Provides non-medical home healthcare services for older adults, veterans, and family caregivers in need of respite support. Services include personal care, companion care, homemaker services, transportation and errands, medication reminders, respite care, dementia and Alzheimer's care. 

Provides free home assessments (in-home or virtual) and weatherization program to eligible ComEd clients to assist with energy utility savings. Weatherization improvements made including insulating and air sealing of attics, foundations, walls, and ducts. Also provides free and discounted energy-saving products, including but not limited to, Energy Star certified LEDs, programmable and Energy Star certified smart thermostats, WaterSense certified faucet aerators and showerheads, advanced power strips and smart sockets, door sweeps, hot water pipe insulation, and air filter replacements.

Offers support to adults aged 18 and older with severe and persistent mental disorders to help them maintain and enhance their adjustment and acceptance within the community. Services are tailored to each individual's capacity and may include structured opportunities for personal and social development, daily living skills instruction, basic education, recreational and social activities, coordination exercises, and other developmental support. These programs aim to foster functional skills necessary for community involvement, self-advocacy, self-care, and, where possible, employment.

Full service library.

- 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 visit website for details. (May not be available at AV Sorenson branch; call for information.)

- Programming for children, young adults, and adults.

Offers to serve the needs of older adults ages 60 and older, those 18 years of age and older with a disability, and their caregivers through planning, advocating for and funding services.

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.

Medicaid provides payment for the medical care of low-income Nebraskans. Types of medical services include hospital, nursing home, physicians, dental, clinic, home health, family planning, lab and radiology, and prescribed drugs. Medicaid may also cover home and community based services for high risk individuals who are aged, disabled, or mentally disabled.

Effective October 1, 2020, Heritage Health Adult will cover Nebraska residents, age 19 through 64, whose income is at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty level. Applications are currently being accepted.

Reimburses for funeral and burial expenses when a person's resources and all other sources of payment are less than the DHS standard payment rates. The maximum amount that DHS will pay is $1370 for a funeral and $686 for a cremation/burial.