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An employment program for formerly incarcerated or previously convicted individuals seeking assistance in finding a job. The RESP Liaison will assist in a client's job readiness and work directly with employers on the client's behalf to improve his or her job chances.

Provides emergency financial assistance to those who qualify. Assistance includes rent, mortgage and utility payment assistance, and the cost of life saving prescription medications.

Volunteers, community groups and local businesses donate materials, food, toys and skills for seasonal holiday projects for low-income families. Provides food packages and allowances to purchase clothes, shoes, coats, and household goods.

Projects vary annually and by county office. Community members may contact their county BVCA office for details about local holiday programs.

Maintains and provides access to official real estate documents, contracts, articles of incorporation, partnerships, state and federal tax liens, military records, birth, divorce, death, and marriage records. Offers services for issuing and renewing licenses for ATVs, boats, snowmobiles, and fishing, as well as marriage licenses and certificates. Operates as a Passport acceptance facility with photo services and processes military records for tax exemptions and benefits.

Additionally, issues public health permits to certify compliance with health laws for various facilities and institutions. Services include the establishment of standards, review of applications, issuance of permits, and enforcement of compliance through inspections and monitoring.

Provides a matrix treatment model that includes active treatment and long-term aftercare support, featuring family and individual therapy, gender-specific groups, and services tailored to individuals convicted of driving under the influence (DUI). The program incorporates a dual-diagnosis approach with on-site integrated mental health evaluation and treatment, psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and 24-hour emergency access. 

Provides a crisis intervention service available to anyone in Southern Kane or Kendall County. A multi-disciplinary team of trained mental health professionals work with individuals in a crisis to provide community-based crisis response, evaluation and assessment to determine appropriate care, solution-focused and recovery-oriented interventions, completion of crisis safety plan with the individual and their supports, linkage to appropriate resources and referrals as needed, short term follow-up care and case management.

Provides housing search in Mason County.

Offers classes to women wishing to learn to read, write, and speak English.

Students are individually tested and receive materials targeted to their goals and learning level. Students come for tutoring for 1 ½ hours a week, and may also participate in twice-weekly conversation classes.

All classes and tutoring are in English.

Women may also check out bilingual books to read to their children. Some training materials (documents and videos) are available on website.

Community cooling stations open across the community.

- Kroc Center: 2825 Y Street; (402) 905-3500; Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm. Offering water when forecasted temperatures have a heat index of 95 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. Children are welcome. No animals allowed.

- North Corps: 2424 Pratt Street, (402) 451-4048; Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm. Offering water when forecasted temperatures have a heat index of 95 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. Children are welcome. No animals allowed.

- Salvation Army Renaissance Village (Heritage Place): 3612 Cuming Street; (402) 898-5900; Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4 pm. Offering water when forecasted temperatures have a heat index of 95 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. Children are welcome. No animals allowed.

- Citadel Corps: 3738 Cuming Street; Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm.

- Burrows Center lobby: 6101 NW Radial Highway; (402) 898-6090; Operational times not listed, call for information.

Provides law enforcement services to the Chickasaw County area, including responding to emergency calls through 911 services to assess and dispatch appropriate emergency response agencies such as law enforcement, fire, paramedics, or ambulance services. 

Additionally, the department issues gun/firearm permits, conducts requested background checks, and manages the county jail. Chickasaw County Jail visiting hours are Sundays 1 pm-3 pm and Wednesdays 1 pm-3 pm.

Funds Dolly Parton's Imagination Library for McHenry County. All children in McHenry County from birth to age 5 can be signed up by a parent to receive a free book in the mail each month.

Offers home health care and hospice services. Care may include:

• Regular visits to patient's home to provide care.

  - Coordinate services needed from other healthcare providers, including doctors, therapists, social workers and nurse aides.

• Keeps family and primary care physician informed about progress and care plan.

  VNA will also answer questions about hospice care or end-of-life questions, even if a patient is not ready for hospice care at this time. Topics include:

• Advance directives.

• End-of-life issues.

• Making plans to provide care for a loved one with a terminal illness.

• Grief and loss issues.

• Understanding palliative care vs. curative treatment.

Offers affordable public housing, including multi-family developments, scattered site homes, and high rises.

The Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) is designed to assist very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the private market. Families who are issued a voucher locate a single family home, town home, or apartment, with the correct number of bedrooms. The voucher holder then enters into a lease with the private owner. The Housing Authority will also enter into an agreement with the private owner for the subsidy payment.

Assistance with goal setting to create stability; assistance with budgeting needs.

Provides trauma-informed, client-centered case management and connection to services as a pathway from risky behaviors, specifically group and gun violence, and toward positive relationships. We utilize the evidence-based model - Group Violence Intervention and are part of a community collaborative.

Provides free informational materials and one-to-one assistance with questions and problems related to Medicare benefits, Medicare supplement insurance, Medicare and insurance claims, long-term care insurance, and other related issues. The service includes guidance for evaluating long-term care insurance options, comparing benefit plans, selecting suitable policies, or exploring alternative solutions based on individual needs.

Offers, as resources allow, to help refugees and asylees reach economic self-sufficiency and to them with any problems, interests and concerns they may have. The Bureau of Refugee Services works to serve as a central clearinghouse in order to refer refugees and asylees to any resource necessary and available to them. The Bureau is the service agency for all refugees enrolled in FIP, the state welfare reform program. Now offering a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) program. This program will help participants prepare for the class, enroll into the DMACC CDL program at no cost, and obtain a job after completion. Participants will also qualify for “Jump Start” training specially designed to help English Language Learners.

Offers a local homeless education liaison works with homeless children to ensure a free, appropriate public education including a priority to preschool program. The choice of staying in the school of origin or attending the school nearest their shelter or temporary home. Immediate enrollment even when medical records cannot be produced at time of enrollment. May also offer assistance with transportation, if needed.

Offers a free and confidential crisis line for veterans. Can also help with local suicide prevention coordinators, who can connect veterans to ongoing counseling and services in their area.