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Offers a program that helps you to save time and money through planning your meals and shopping strategies. Programming and materials may also be available online. 

Offers the Coffee's On program, the Indoor Walking program and the Batavia Senior Citizens Club (BSCC).

- Coffee's On program offers a place where seniors can have coffee, play card, and converse.

• Indoor Walking Program offers a place for walking when weather does not permit outdoor activity.
• BSCC hosts monthly entertainment and informative programs followed by a refreshment/lunch and social period.

  Offers a Medical Assistance Program (MAP), driving services for individuals needing to get to medical appointments, lock box installations (secure emergency access into homes), and smoke and CO detector checks/installations/battery replacements through the Batavia Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP).

- MAP: Payment assistance for prescription medication co-pays and deductibles, annual stipend for dental services and hearing aid battery replacements.

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

Offers health workshops on chronic disease management, exercise, fall prevention, hepatitis education, and Memory Café programs for individuals with dementia and their caregivers.

Local affiliates of United Cerebral Palsy deliver a wide range of direct services to individuals with cerebral palsy, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and their families. Services include early intervention, therapy services, employment and vocational support, day programs, residential services, assistive technology, transportation, and family support. Affiliates may also provide information and referral, community-based programming, and advocacy at the local level. 

Nutrition education to adults and youth of limited resources about healthy eating and food resources to improve food resource management skills. The program offers lessons in the areas of diet quality, food safety, and food resource management individually or in small groups.

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

Provides programs and training for adults, including:

- Life skills training

- Counseling

- Life and health coaching

- Health and wellness training

- Career coaching and job application/resume training

- Financial literacy

Health care for all ages, including obstetrical, pediatrics, geriatrics, general medical care, women's health, reproductive health, prenatal, obstetrics and gynecology, and radiology/ultrasound.

Blood testing for lead.

HIV testing and counseling.

Tuberculosis prevention and case management.

Immunizations for children and adults, including flu vaccines. COVID vaccines available in office or at home.

Screening and treatment for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cholesterol, and depression.

Routine services such as pap smears, school physicals, prenatal visits, well baby exams, physicals and other routine healthcare procedures. Follow-up visits for patients with diabetes, elevated blood lead levels, hypertension, behavioral health concerns, and other on-going health problems are also routine activities at the clinic.

Health education is integrated into each patient's visit. Nutrition, disease prevention and management are taught to patients individually and in groups. Educational follow-up, care coordination, management and peer education, including care for sexually transmitted diseases, latent tuberculosis, high lead levels, prenatal care, and care for chronic diseases (asthma, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and depression).

Specialist referrals for services not available at the clinic are made for all patients. Appointments for patients without insurance and/or limited income are made through Hope Medical Outreach Coalition volunteer physicians and facilities.

Provides information, referral, research data, etc., regarding Sickle Cell Disease.

Provides practical information for anyone to access in the areas served. Education services include agriculture, horticulture, family and consumer economics, nutrition and wellness, and youth development. The website has information about different programming options available.

- Communicable disease control.

- Emergency preparedness, disaster relief, and emergency planning.

- Wellness services for area businesses or individuals, to adopt healthy lifestyles through education and wellness activities.

- Weight loss programs and health coaching services.

- Education on the dangers of radon gas and radon testing kits.

- CPR and first aid training throughout service area.

- Education and colon cancer screening kits to the community to encourage prevention and early detection of colon cancer.

- Tai Chi and Bingo-cize fall prevention classes.

- School nursing.

- Substance abuse prevention through the Healthy Communities Initiative, providing education and activities to reduce drug and alcohol use among youth.

- Dental screenings and education offered to preschool and grade school children. Sealants and fluoride treatments also available.

- Childhood and adult vaccines, provided at each Public Health Department location (Norfolk, Tekamah, and Wisner). Includes vaccines for those who are privately insured or receive Medicare or Medicaid, and those who are uninsured.

Offers to help people in District 5 DAP by giving information, advice on choices, short-term help and support to find long-term services. 

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Provides information on Parkinson's disease, including its causes, symptoms, treatment options, and therapeutic activities to do at home. Also offers resources and insights to foster understanding and awareness about living with Parkinson's disease, promoting positive communication and interaction with individuals affected by the condition. 

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

Provides education and resources regarding sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs (sometimes called sexually transmitted infections, or STIs). Online resources include: Ask the Expert services in the online forum. No cost to browse all of the questions and answers or submit a new question for a fee. Person to Person service allows you to speak to a health communication specialist for 20 minutes for $20. Make an appointment online.

Helps moms and families through every stage of pregnancy and throughout the NICU journey. When a baby needs NICU care, the NICU Family Support program is there to empower, educate and support their families. Services are built around three main areas: parent education, staff education, and improvin gpatient and family experience. Parent education materials are available digitally and in print in English and Spanish. Digital resources include the My NICU Baby® and Mi Bebé en la NICU Apps. An evaluated parent education curriculum with seven topic choices to meet a variety of NICU parent education needs is provided. NICU staff have access to live and archived webinar series with free CNEs is provided for all hospital staff. All staff have access to live and archived presentations on hot topics in patient experience, family centered care, quality improvement and NICU best practices. Provides quality improvement consulting on unit specific goals to impact patient experience and family centered care, including annual Patient Experience Projects and connection to the network of NICU Family Support partner hospitals.

Provides clearinghouse information on Down Syndrome. Also provides information concerning advocacy and support services for individuals with Down Syndrome and their families.

Provides an online resource to help Illinois residents find all local food resources in one spot through a website called "EatMoveSave." Resources include food pantries, SNAP and WIC offices, senior food resources, school and summer meal sites, farmers markets, and grocery stores. Offers a variety of health and nutrition education programs for the community, including the expanded food and nutrition education program. Services may also include the supplemental nutrition assistance education program (SNAP-Ed) for low-income families.

Focuses on the prevention of HIV and STI transmission through education and outreach efforts that include topics on lifestyle and healthy outcomes.

Offers public health programs and services, including bioterrorism and county disaster preparedness. Provides mammograms and Pap tests for early cancer detection, lead poisoning screenings for young children, and home health aide services to support recently discharged hospital patients, elderly individuals, and people with disabilities. Works closely with the county Board of Health and serves as a funding source for community needs assessments. Also provides information about communicable diseases.