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Offers scholarships, amounts are dependent of funding levels, to income eligible individuals who are planning to attend accredited Illinois University, community college, technical or vocational schools. Preference is given to applicants of racial or ethnic minorities.

Comprehensive resource guides created by military spouses. Guides are branch-specific and contain information on spouse supports, military life (acronyms, pay, time, rank structure, etc.), and resources for childcare, education, healthcare, housing, and spouse employment.

Collects property taxes, conducts annual tax sale for delinquent taxes, processes vehicle transactions, issues driver's licenses, and issues motor vehicle titles and registrations.

Provides addiction recovery services.

Services include:

-- Addiction counseling

-- Individual, family, and group therapy/education

-- Inpatient Detox (at BroMenn)

-- Partial Hospitalization Treatment (at BroMenn)

-- Intensive Outpatient Program

-- Continuing Care

-- Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)

-- Smoking Cessation

-- DUI Services (evaluation, classification and treatment, denial letter consultation)

-- Family counseling

Offers to help patients prevent illness, manage ongoing health conditions, and get care when they are sick. Services may include exams, screenings, immunizations, care for acute illness, chronic disease care, referrals, and care coordination.

Limited financial assistance provided to prevent rent eviction or utility disconnection. May also assist with rent or utility deposit, where appropriate. Utility assistance can also include cell phone bill help.

First apply for assistance at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (through ACCESSNebraska at www.accessnebraska.ne.gov) for an eligibility determination and referrals to community agencies with Letter of Eligibility, then schedule an appointment with the Community Service Coordinator.

Assists homeless teens with a safe, stable home, provides income adequate to meet their basic needs, and assists and directs in overcoming the problems that interfere with their ability to live independently.

Offers support to families who are impacted by incarceration across the state of Nebraska. In-person support and events are held in Lincoln and Omaha, and phone support is offered statewide.

Dedicated to connecting people who need life-saving blood with generous volunteers who give.

1,000 volunteer blood donors each week are needed to keep the blood supply stable. Donors are welcome at any of the donation centers or the many blood drives held weekly.

Donation sites:

-- 100 North 84th Street in Lincoln

-- 1631 Pine Lake Road in Lincoln

-- 4900 North 26th Street in Lincoln

-- 12100 Pacific Street in Omaha

- Prosecutes all felony, misdemeanor and traffic crimes committed in Marion County.

- Advises and represents the County Board and the elected and appointed officials of Marion County.

- Assists those petitioning for Orders of Protection.

- Goes to court to collect unpaid child support.

Medicaid Waiver in-home services, including assisted living, for those age 65 and older with care needs. Must be eligible for Medicaid.

Type of advice offered may vary based on funding.

Provides free legal advice, brief service, and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

A comprehensive, team-based treatment program aimed at improving the mental health and quality of life for individuals who have experienced a first episode of a psychotic illness.

FIRST.IL Program Treatment Goals:

-- To reduce the symptoms of psychotic illnesses.

-- To improve individual and family functioning.

-- To reduce the chance of relapse.

-- To promote recovery and improve the long-term course of the illness.

-- To decrease the overall costs of treatment.

FIRST.IL treatment is a team-based approach that uses 5 modalities:

-- Psychiatric Care.

-- Individual Resiliency Training.

-- Supported Employment/Education.

-- Family Psychoeducation.

-- Case Management.

Provides hot meals delivered to homebound seniors on a daily basis.

Provides community housing and psychiatric rehabilitation services for adults with serious and persistent mental illness and children (age six and older) and adolescents with severe emotional disturbances. The organization offers:

- Group homes.

- Supervised and supported housing.

- Case management services for individuals who live more independently.

- Outpatient counseling.

Provides short-term assistance to relatives or close family supporters (fictive kin) who have been caring for a child/children informally. Relative caregivers receive assistance in obtaining guardianship of the child for whom they are providing care. Also helps resolve any crisis the family may be facing and prepares the relative caregivers to achieve permanency for the child as well as for them. Services aim to prevent children's entry into out-of-home care and help children achieve permanency.

Additionally, families are provided with financial assistance, if needed, to address needs such as clothing for the child(ren), additional needed furniture to accommodate the child(ren) such as mattresses, beds, and linen, and helping the child(ren) to be enrolled in school by acquiring birth certificates of child(ren). Also helps family identify appropriate additional benefits to which they may be entitled.

Services may include:

-- Assistance in obtaining guardianship.

-- Education on navigating the court system and proceedings.

-- Help obtaining a child-only grant, subsidized day care and other entitlements.

-- Guidance on enrolling children in local schools.

-- Assistance with financial and housing issues.

-- Cash and in-kind assistance to help meet the basic needs of the family.

-- Referral linkages to other needed community resources including legal services, and medical and mental health services.

Offers supported community living and respite services for persons with mental illness, developmental disabilities, or physical disabilities to assist them in living, learning, working, and socializing as independently as possible in their communities. Social opportunities, medical and social transportation, and in-home care (daily living skills) are provided.

Respite care both in and out of the home for adults and children is available with prior authorization.

Provides personal hygiene or care items such as soap, shampoo, toothbrushes and diapers when available. Can be used once per month.