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Supports involvement at work and in the community through habilitative community inclusion, habilitative workshop, prevocational services, and supported employment services.

Allows caregivers time to self-care while providing additional supports in the home. Helps connect families caring for seniors at home with needed respite and in-home services.

Additional respite hours may be available to caregivers of someone with dementia living at home, through Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care grant funding.

Offers an online caregiver self-assessment questionnaire. Caregivers may talk to a caring professional who can help them better understand and deal with the challenges they are facing in their role as caregiver. The questionnaire uses the results to determine the kind of help the caregiver needs and creates a customized plan to reduce caregiver stress and burnout.

Caregiver Specialists are available to coach family members and friends who are caring for an older adult.

Provides fostering and adoption services for dogs and cats. Also provides education on the humane treatment of animals through public events. The center welcomes volunteers and relies on donations to continue to provide services. Lower cost micro-chipping and registration services are also available at the center.

Offers a six-month residential recovery program for men with substance use disorder or behavioral health issues.

Administers licenses for beer/liquor, cigarette sales, pushcart/peddler/solicitor/transient merchant/mobile food unit; taxi cab/limousine license, and tow fees.

Provides dental and oral health screenings, oral health education, nutrition education relating to oral health, fluoride varnish applications and a referral to a dentist for comprehensive oral health services. The program targets pregnant women and children under age 21 who are living in Polk or Dallas Counties. For children under 21 years old, who are without dental insurance and meet income guidelines.

Provides a pantry that may be veterans and their families can accessed monthly.

Provides a Christmas program for kids during the holiday season. 

Offers library services and a variety of programming to the Urbandale community. Services include the circulation of books, videos, DVDs, audio, CD books, downloadable audio, eBooks, puzzles, puppets, and magazines. Public access to computers, internet, fax machine, scanner, and photocopier may be available.

Provides a Child Support Recovery Unit program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.

Provides a Child Support Recovery Unit program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.

Provides students with back-to-school supplies, including:

- 2 new/gently used outfits.

- 3 new pairs of socks.

- 3 new pairs of underwear.

- Fitted with a new pair of shoes.

- Basic toiletries.

- Basic school supplies.

Provides police and dispatch services for Lexington, responsible for emergency assessment and response, including coordination with correctional facilities for the detention, confinement, and management of individuals involved in criminal offenses.

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Short-term social service program to help clients reach financial stability.

Clients meet with a social service worker to create a plan and meet at least once a month to ensure that the plan is being followed and to discuss progress or if the plan may need to be adjusted to ensure success.

Financial assistance is provided to assist the client along the way. The program typically lasts for 6 months but may be longer or shorter depending on progress.

Provides information and referrals to programs and services for Iowans with disabilities, those who are seniors, their families, and service providers. Can access local, state, and national programs for people with health-related conditions and disabilities.