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Cancer education includes brochures, speakers, signs and methods for prevention and detection, and covers topics such as breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, and smoking.  Support group information also available. Contact by phone for services.

United Way of the Midlands

United Way of the Midlands

Cancer education includes brochures, speakers, signs and methods for prevention and detection, and covers topics such as breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, and smoking.  Support group information also available. Contact by phone for services.

United Way of the Midlands

United Way of the Midlands

The Early Childhood Education Center, for ages 3-5 years old, uses a Montessori-inspired curriculum.  Operates weekdays, morning through afternoon, throughout the year. The Out-of-School Program targets school aged children between the ages 5-13. Monday-Friday, program participants are picked up from school and brought to the Center.  Includes homework help, communication activities, college planning, entrepreneurship programming, mentorship and volunteer opportunities. Serves as the lead agency for the Community Learning Center (CLC) at Culler Middle School. CLCs serve as a collaborative component between schools’ administrative staff and community based organizations and provides extended learning opportunities for both students and families. Availability of other programs may vary and may include: The Health Outreach Program is advocating for the African American community in Lincoln by providing basic health care information and ensuring that there are no barriers to getting care.  Targets African American adults who do not have a medical or dental home and/or have not seen a doctor in the past year. Breast Cancer Outreach Initiative empowers all women, especially African American women to do preventive screenings and if necessary, helps them receive treatment. This program ensures that all women receive clinical breast exams. ​The Talented Tenth Scholars Program provides African American males between the ages 13-18 with cultural awareness, social support, and academic enrichment. The Youth Empowerment Curriculum draws strength from the African American cultural ideal of collective work and responsibility, by creating a cohort of adolescent scholars who will experience the curriculum together and by matching them with mentors. It aims to motivate the youth to work for the betterment of themselves as individuals, and as conscious and committed members of their families and communities. The program’s goal is to help the participants develop leadership and graduate from high school. Strong Courageous Girls Program is a gender, culturally specific and evidence based prevention program for African American girls ages 12-18. Using the Smart and Strong Curriculum, this program operates twelve months a year and helps young women build self- esteem, develop coping skills for everyday life, and provides them the tools to reach their goals. Moving Forward to End Domestic Violence financially empowers women by enabling survivors of interpersonal violence to achieve financial empowerment and job readiness through culturally appropriate services.

United Way of the Midlands

United Way of the Midlands

Family planning program provides physical exams; cervical and breast cancer screening, including enrollment in Every Woman Matters program; sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing and treatment; pregnancy testing; and contraceptive counseling and dispensing. Counsels on all contraceptive methods. Education offered on reproductive and preventative health, self breast/testicular exams, STD/HIV risks, and abstinence. Educational resources and resource referrals to the community. Family planning clinics are offered in: -- Beatrice, first Thursday of each month and third Thursday of each month; -- Peru, fourth Thursday of each month; -- Tecumseh, first Monday of each month and second Thursday of each month; -- Crete, fourth Thursday of each month; -- Lincoln, 630 North Cotner, Suite 204, Mon-Fri, early and late clinics available

United Way of the Midlands

Provides mammograms, breast exams, pelvic exams, Pap tests and education on self breast exams to eligible women. Treatment options are available if screening results in diagnosis. Women who have already been diagnosed with cancer may receive treatment if they qualify.

United Way of the Midlands

Family planning program provides physical exams; cervical and breast cancer screening, including enrollment in Every Woman Matters program; sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing and treatment; pregnancy testing; and contraceptive counseling and dispensing. Counsels on all contraceptive methods. Education offered on reproductive and preventative health, self breast/testicular exams, STD/HIV risks, and abstinence. Educational resources and resource referrals to the community. Family planning clinics are offered in: -- Beatrice, first Thursday of each month and third Thursday of each month; -- Peru, fourth Thursday of each month; -- Tecumseh, first Monday of each month and second Thursday of each month; -- Crete, fourth Thursday of each month; -- Lincoln, 630 North Cotner, Suite 204, Mon-Fri, early and late clinics available

United Way of the Midlands

United Way of the Midlands