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Provides chore services through the Nebraska AD Waiver program including lawn care and snow removal.

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.

Provides individuals diagnosed with pre-diabetes or diabetes the resources and support needed to live active and healthy lives. Services include self-care education for optimal blood sugar control, classes and/or individual appointments focused on diabetes management, ongoing diabetes education, nutrition counseling, and early identification of potential complications.

Offers domestic, international, and interstate adoption programs for families wishing to adopt a child. A social worker will assess the family prior to adoption. Adoption competent therapy available for adopted children & teens, adult adoptee's, adoptive parents, birth parents, and families.

Offers to help qualifying individuals clear their criminal records by sealing or expunging them.

Offers a Public Housing Program that assists qualified low income families with rental assistance. The client pays between 30 and 40 percent of their monthly income toward rent. MCHA will form a contract with the landlord to pay the difference directly to the landlord on behalf of the family.

**This program works on a waitlist basis. The waitlist is open sporadically throughout the year. Check the website or call to find out the status of the waitlist.

Food Pantry offering non-perishable food items, freezer items and vouchers for the local grocery store for perishable food items.

Early Head Start is an education-based program that supports families through child development, parenting education, nutrition, social services, parent involvement, family literacy, and health and disability services. The home visiting program consists of a home visitor making a weekly visit and providing two group socialization opportunities a month. The center-based program for parents working or going to school full time, provides free childcare for eligible infants and toddlers, which also promotes parental input through volunteer opportunities and parent interactions.

Head Start is a no-cost preschool program that serves children ages 0-5 and their families. Program includes health services, nutritional meals and snacks, disability services, educational services, social services, and parent involvement. Full-day and half-day programs are available.

Provides support, empowerment, and recovery to survivors of sexual violence (and the people that love them). Counselors assist in the process of recognizing how sexual violence has impacted the survivor's feelings, relationships, self-esteem, and ability to function while working with them to find healing.

Survivors may choose to receive individual, family, couple, and/or group counseling. In addition, support groups are offered to adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, teens, and parents.