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Focuses on improving the nutrition, food safety, and physical activity of Nebraska's youth and adults. Includes diabetes education.

Offers FIP (Family Investment Program) a cash assistance program for children and their families who have low income, also available to relatives caring for children whose parents are not in the home. The goal of FIP is to help families leave poverty and become self supporting, can participate for up to 60 months. FIP is Iowa's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

Provides health care and specialty health care services, including mental health care. Can also provide family and internal medicine services.

EMS division offers CPR and first aid instruction.

Provides law enforcement services to the Kendall County area. Also provides and runs the county jail.

Provides information about transportation options for individuals with epilepsy. Services may include reduced CTA fares or free ride programs for those who qualify. 

Provides assistance with rent and utilities to the applicants who qualify.

Provides educational and career support for Meskwaki community members, including financial assistance for post-secondary education and vocational training, college and career planning, application and financial aid assistance, and support with educational expenses.

Fights type 1 diabetes (T1D) by funding research, advocating for policies that accelerate access to new therapies, and providing a support network for millions of people around the world impacted by T1D. Outreach program includes the delivery of a Bag of Hope or Adult T1D Kit for families.  Mentor families are provided to those newly diagnosed.  Support groups for families and adults meet monthly.   class="pasteContent_RTE">Educational brochures and videos, newsletter with information both locally and nationally on fundraising events, research and products.

Administers probation supervision, pre-trial release, pre-sentence investigation, and parole services, including programs that oversee individuals under legal custody and facilitate movement between jurisdictions or facilities. 

Conducts bail hearings to determine release conditions, bail amounts, or detention status for individuals awaiting trial. Utilizes electronic monitoring technology, such as transmitters and location tracking equipment, to monitor offenders confined to their homes or awaiting judicial procedures. 

Offers low-risk probation for minimum supervision offenders with individualized court-ordered conditions to be completed within a designated timeframe.

Recruits and prepares adoptive families. Offers services for identified adoptions, foster care adoptions, and post placement services.

Provides contractual home studies for domestic and international adoptions.

Provides 24-hour residential services for individuals who meet the criteria for residential care. Includes motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for patients.

- Community fundraising and special events.

- Community impact grants for nonprofit education, income, and health programs.

- Non-profit management and technical assistance.

- Volunteer leadership development.

- Community problem solving and assessment.

- Husker Harvest Days food drive each Fall.

- Holiday Toy Drive and Christmas Cheer providing holiday assistance.

- Manages Dolly Parton's Imagination Library for Hall, Hamilton, Howard, and Merrick Counties.

- Funds 211, which provides information and referral for Nebraska and Iowa.

State agency that has responsibility for enforcing state laws, investigating crimes, providing laboratory analysis of criminal evidence, gathering and sharing criminal intelligence, and providing expertise and resources to other law enforcement agencies throughout the state.

Helps consumers prepare electronic and paper applications to establish eligibility to enroll in coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplaces and potentially qualify for an insurance affordability program. Counselors are trained and certified to help individuals understand health coverage options and enroll in a plan.

Offers to teaches children how to distinguish between positive, healthy touching and inappropriate, unwanted touching.