Classes on the topics of drugs and alcohol, parenting, anger management, and batterers intervention.

Offers information and education on Human Trafficking.

Training and capacity building support to local domestic violence/sexual assault programs on the issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. Public Policy advocacy around victim safety and offender accountability. Resource library covering related topics.

Outreach specialists in the Sioux City Community Schools working with students in grades K-12 and their families on social and educational needs.

Offers short and long term support for women and children who are victims of domestic violence. Youth violence prevention education coming soon.

Provides a form of case management which assists at-risk and/or abused individuals age 60 and older identify their risks and find ways to reduce or eliminate those risks.

Youth Focused Services work to improve outcomes for at-risk or system-involved youth to keep families together and communities safe.

Refugee Advocacy addresses the disproportionate contact refugee families have with the juvenile justice and child welfare systems.

Community Youth Coaching is a youth-guided, family-driven alternative to detention providing innovative, individualized services, strengthening safety through relationship building, skill building, and practicing problem-solving to interrupt cycles of negative behavior.

Parenting Group Classes are offered for parents/caregivers with children of any age. Nurturing Parenting Group is a 12-week course designed to help parents acquire knowledge and skills to improve overall parenting skills and address known contributors to child maltreatment. Circle of Security Parenting Group is an 8-week course promoting secure attachment by focusing on the parent/ caregivers' understanding of their child's emotional world.

Restorative Justice utilizes restorative practices to emphasize the harm done to an individual, group, and/or community due to choices and actions one has made. The group and curriculum work to involve all those affected by the crime in the resolution process and develop new perspectives of healing and hope. The goal is to repair harm and prevent further harm or crime from occurring.

Offers a crisis line for families and survivors of sexual abuse, domestic abuse or any other violent crime. A specially trained advocate will answer the crisis line and assist in any matter pertaining to sexual abuse, domestic abuse, or any other violent crime by listening and providing information, support and referrals. The crisis line is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Provides emotional support, individual counseling, support groups and therapy. Offers support and information for significant others, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, children's individual and group counseling, sheltering and housing services, along with general advocacy to help all community systems enhance their response to domestic abuse, sexual abuse or any other violent crime victims.

24 hour crisis line staffed by staff and trained volunteers who provide immediate access to crisis counseling and information and referral services to victims and secondary others of domestic abuse and sexual assault.

Protection order application assistance and criminal justice legal advocacy.

Domestic violence and sexual trauma support groups.

Domestic violence program offers assessment and treatment. A domestic violence victim advocate is available.

Prevention and Support Services
1) Prevention Services include: New Parent Support Program that provides prenatal and postnatal assistance, education, in home visits by a community health nurse for parents of children 0-3 years of age
2) Marriage and family counseling
3) Classes: Anger Management, PREP (couple relationship skills training), Dads 101, Parent University (April)

Outreach to the military: training and briefings on intimate partner violence and child abuse awareness and prevention; needs assessments; collaboration with off-base agencies; referral resource for military families.

Safe place for children to be interviewed by a forensic interviewer and receive forensic medical exams.

Referrals to mental health services and support groups and following the case through the legal system.

Community educational presentations.

Assist parents in reporting abuse or following up on reports already made.

Hair testing and medical exams to determine if a child has been exposed to illegal drug, gather evidence, and access safety plan.

For individuals (men/women) who are convicted of Domestic Abuse Assault within the Sixth Judicial District. Programming includes an intake/orientation session followed by group attendance. There is an alternative program for people with severe mental disorders, medical concerns, or other uncommon factors which require individualized services. Those appropriate for this group include: Court ordered clients, referrals from DHS and those who volunteer.

Required to respond to cases of elder abuse, neglect and exploitation, including financial exploitation. Elder abuse prevention and advocacy methods include providing outreach, education, training and consultation to aging network partners, key stakeholders and the general public.

-- Northeast Precinct - 4316 North 30th Street, Omaha 68111 - (402) 444-6916
-- Southeast Precinct - 2475 Deer Park Boulevard, Omaha, 68105 - (402) 444-4041
-- Northwest Precinct - 10245 Wiesman Drive, Omaha, 68134 - (402) 444-3765
-- Southwest Precinct - 5111 South 135th Street, Omaha, 68137 - (402) 444-6116
-- West Precinct - 20924 Cumberland Drive, Elkhorn, 68022 - (402) 444-5995
-- Community Resource Center -10245 Wiesman Drive, Omaha 68134 - (402) 444-3480 or (402) 444-6144

Library of materials on crime prevention, Speakers' Bureau, bi-monthly newsletter, and can direct you to resources that can help in solving most neighborhood issues.

Neighborhood Watch group helps neighbors log suspected drug and gang activity on their block, and help resolve neighborhood problems.

Phone numbers and information on code enforcement issues such as abandoned cars, weeds, and litter.

Coordinate the Precinct Advisory Councils (PACS) which serve as vehicles for community members to work on various problems with city government.

Provides comprehensive services for victims of domestic violence. Services include shelters for those affected by domestic violence and outreach services. Shelter location is confidential and not available to the general public. Outreach Services include counseling, court assistance, and public education and presentations. Services also include support groups for victims and survivors in Polk and Warren Counties, and child advocacy services in Polk and Warren Counties.

Crisis Line is answered by a trained domestic violence advocate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Victims of domestic violence or their friends and family members can receive counseling, information, and education about domestic abuse issues.

Provides crisis intervention, legal and medical advocacy, support services, case management, and more. Services focus on issues of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

YSS prepares youth to make healthy choices through prevention and education programs relating to substance use, adolescent pregnancy, and suicide prevention. These services provide early awareness, intervention, and out-of-classroom support to give youth the tools they need to stay on the right path.

Programs include:
Substance Use Prevention
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
Suicide Prevention

Domestic abuse services including classes for both men and women and support groups.

Educational program for offenders of interpersonal violence to learn about their behaviors, take accountability for their decisions and stop the cycle of violence through education.

Neighborhood Watch operates to educate participants in the principles of deterrence, delay, and detection. The program depends on a communication network organized with three levels of participants: the resident, block captains, and a local law enforcement representative.

Provides support, school advocacy, tutoring, support group, counseling, individual intake. Prevention education through a variety of educational interventions. Crisis intervention services. 24 hour crisis line.

Crisis line available 24 hours.

Advocacy for individuals.

Support groups for adults and children. Adult classes offered in English and Spanish.

Shelter for victims of domestic violence or sexual assault.

Criminal and civil justice and legal advocacy.

Protection order application assistance.

Referrals to community supports.

Community education regarding domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and healthy relationships.

Safe place for children to be interviewed by law enforcement, case workers, or forensic interviewer once abuse has been disclosed. Provides referrals to mental health services and support groups, and follows the case through the legal system. Assists parents in reporting abuse or following up on reports already made. Offers community educational presentations. Provides medical exams for sexual assault of children.