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Facilitate an income maintenance program administered and funded entirely by the county that provides financial assistance, such as for rent, utilities, food, or other essential needs, primarily for adults who have no minor children in the home and are ineligible for any of the federally-funded cash grant programs.

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Prescription Medication Services
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers

Provides assistance to wartime veterans and spouses with emergency basic needs (medical, shelter, food, utilities, burial cost and special needs). Also helps with applying for compensation, pension, widow's benefits, obtaining military records, Federal, State and County Benefits they may qualify for.

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Veteran Burial Benefits
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Food Vouchers

Offers emergency prescription assistance and co-pay assistance, when grant money is available, to people age 55 years and older, with proper identification.

HIV positive individuals may receive assistance with the costs of medical care, dental care, substance abuse services, mental health care, etc.
Support group for those with Cystic Fibrosis and family members or friends.

Provides college scholarships to people with Cystic Fibrosis.

Provides funds to people battling Cystic Fibrosis in Nebraska who have high medical costs due to treatments, doctor and hospital bills, and transplants.

Raises public awareness through public education, advocacy, and getting others involved.

Supports Cystic Fibrosis research.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Pays for the cost of a forensic medical examination for victims of sexual assault and follow up visits for the screening and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. The victim is not responsible for emergency room visit, doctor's fees, labs or medications associated with the sexual assault. Requires itemized statement, diagnosis code, patient name and date of birth.

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or utility payments, burial expenses, dental/medical bill expenses, medically necessary prescriptions, and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Food Vouchers

Offers Housing services, including rent and utilities. Also offers a food pantry, gas vouchers for medical appointments only, and prescription assistance.

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Transportation Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Community Action Agencies
Food Pantries
Financial assistance for services directly relating to a loss during pregnancy or infancy that took place within the last year in the state of Nebraska for: medical, funeral or cemetery expenses.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Offers pharmacy services for those in need. Also offers Naloxone distribution. Naloxone is a medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose and binds to opioid receptors and can reverse and block the effects of other opioids.

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Prescription Medication Services
Opioid Antidote Distribution
Individuals can receive help paying for their prescriptions up to a limited dollar amount (currently $100 every six months).

Provides medical and cash assistance for customers who are 65 years of age or older, blind, or disabled. Also includes the QMB (Qualified Medicare Beneficiary) program which provides payment of Medicare premiums and some Medicare co-payments.

The online application is called "Application for Benefits Eligibility (ABE)." When applying, the state will determine the applicant's eligibility for this AABD, as well as SNAP and medical assistance (Medicaid).

Medication vouchers for a local pharmacy are administered on an emergency need basis every 6 months.

Provides necessities of life to persons who meet the eligibility guidelines. May be able to assist with rent and utilities (no deposits).

Emergency medical assistance can also be provided when eligibility guidelines are met.

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Rent Payment Assistance
General Relief
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
On-Site Pharmacy for SCHC patients. Can assist patients without insurance with applying for various medication assistance programs. Curbside pick-up available.

Free prescription home delivery for patients that live in Sioux City, South Sioux City, North Sioux City, Dakota City, Dakota Dunes, and Sergeant Bluff.

Text notifications when your prescription is ready for pick-up.

Refills through the RefillPro app.
Community clinic providing a variety of family practice services.

Women's health, including pap tests and prenatal care visits.

Physicals for anyone, including well-child checkups, kindergarten physicals, sports physicals.

Acute care.

Immunizations, including flu shots.

Tests for diabetes, high blood pressure, HIV, tuberculosis.

STD testing and treatment.

Medical assistance program assists low income individuals in applying to drug companies for a reduction in the cost of monthly/regular prescriptions.

Behavioral health care for routine conditions such as anxiety and depression.

Counseling provided by a licensed practitioner (PLMHP).

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Birth Control
Flu Vaccines
General Counseling Services
Diabetes Screening
Sexually Transmitted Infection Treatment
Tuberculosis Screening
Community Clinics
General Immunization
General Physical Examinations
Prenatal Care
Blood Pressure Screening
Prescription Medication Services
Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening
HIV Testing
Pap Tests
A program that helps people get insurance or keep insurance they already have by paying for the premiums.

Provides financial assistance for individuals currently undergoing breast cancer treatment and diagnosed in the last 24 months, or individuals living with Metastatic Breast Cancer.

Awards may be used for treatment-related expenses, including:

-- Palliative Care

-- Home Health Care

-- Transportation

-- Child and Elder Care

-- Utilities

-- Side Effect Management Medication

-- Durable Medical Equipment

-- Oral Treatment Medication

-- Housing

-- Food

-- Lymphedema Care and Supplies

Retail pharmacy located at OSF HealthCare Sacred Heart Medical Center. Works closely with medical providers to find the most therapeutic and cost-effective prescriptions. Orders medications that typical community pharmacies don't carry. Offers online prescription refills.

Funding to help families care for their children with disabilities at home include:

- Respite care

- Mileage, meals and lodging for long-distance medical trips

- Special equipment

- Home modifications

Offers reduced cost lab draws in partnership with Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.
Connects youth and families with resources and support. Navigators have the ability to "fill gaps", either through helping agencies partner around a common goal, or through flexible funding for needs such as rent, utilities, transportation, and more.

Community Response is designed to reduce unnecessary involvement of child welfare and juvenile justice while increasing the informal and community supports for youth and families. By utilizing Central Navigation, the goal is to coordinate existing resources and match participants with a resource to either solve an immediate need or develop a longer-term coaching relationship.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Rental Deposit Assistance
Work Clothing
Case/Care Management
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Mental Health Expense Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral

Provides emergency financial assistance for utilities, rent, medication bills, transportation expense when funds permit, and other needs to keep families in their homes.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Birth doula grants to low-income and teen families in the Omaha metro area. The current grant value is $1,500 to be used to purchase labor support services from any professionally certified doula.
Provides up to $50 a year to help pay for prescriptions.