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Provide support to birth and adoptive parents, adopted persons, and families as they live, learn, and grow. Post-adoption therapists work with all members of birth and adoptive families at any life stage (regardless of where they were adopted), providing guidance to promote effective communication and improve interpersonal relationships.

Serves all Nebraska adoptive families - international, domestic infant, private, step-parent and foster adoptive families. Advocates for the special interests of adoptive families and connects families to one another. Six core services include Permanency Support Services, Respite Care Connections, Parent2Parent Network, Mental Health Connections, Training, and Support Groups and Family Activities.

Case management available for up to 180 days. Individualized family plan designed and implemented with the family's input.

Assists post adoptive and guardianship families in locating formal and informal respite providers and can provide financial assistance for respite services (limited). All families who receive financial respite assistance through the program will be asked to attend a training.

Mentoring in partnership with Nebraska Foster and Adoptive Parent Association (NFAPA) to assist in providing peer mentoring services to post adoptive and guardianship families.

Mental health services - locates and refers families to professional post adoption and guardianship providers.

Training opportunities that can support skill building on issues related to adoption.

Support groups and networks for families and youth where social networks can be created and peer support can be achieved.

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Adoption Services
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Case/Care Management
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Respite Care Subsidies
Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.

Offers domestic, international, and interstate adoption programs for families wishing to adopt a child. A social worker will assess the family prior to adoption. Adoption competent therapy available for adopted children & teens, adult adoptee's, adoptive parents, birth parents, and families.

- Adoption: Offers relative and non-relative, second parent, stepparent, adult, and DCFS foster parent adoption services.

- Post Adoption: Families are connected with resources meant to aid in adoption preservation.

- Legal Custody: Helps to provide legal custody to caregivers, whether for a child or disabled adult.

- Guardianship: Helps to provide legal guardianship, which allows the caregiver to make decisions for the child in their care.

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Adoption Services
Guardianship Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Adoption Legal Services

Provides accurate information on adoption, and lifelong support, so the family is successful in meeting the child's best interest by offering the following services and resources:

Provides free and confidential pregnancy counseling for families, every step of the way; before, during, and after the birth of the child.

Assistance with making an adoption plan or parenting plan.

Parenting education.

Support and education for baby's father on request.

Home studies for prospective adoptive parents.

Newborn care home for baby as a safe haven.

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Parenting Skills Classes
Pregnancy Counseling
Adoption Services
Crisis Pregnancy Hotlines
Expectant/New Parent Assistance

Serves all Nebraska adoptive families - international, domestic infant, private, step-parent and foster adoptive families. Advocates for the special interests of adoptive families and connects families to one another. Six core services include Permanency Support Services, Respite Care Connections, Parent2Parent Network, Mental Health Connections, Training, and Support Groups and Family Activities.

Case management available for up to 180 days. Individualized family plan designed and implemented with the family's input.

Assists post adoptive and guardianship families in locating formal and informal respite providers and can provide financial assistance for respite services (limited). All families who receive financial respite assistance through the program will be asked to attend a training.

Mentoring in partnership with Nebraska Foster and Adoptive Parent Association (NFAPA) to assist in providing peer mentoring services to post adoptive and guardianship families.

Mental health services - locates and refers families to professional post adoption and guardianship providers.

Training opportunities that can support skill building on issues related to adoption.

Support groups and networks for families and youth where social networks can be created and peer support can be achieved.

Categories

Adoption Services
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Case/Care Management
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Respite Care Subsidies

Offers to support families with obtaining adoption.

Northeast Iowa Behavioral Health is a community mental health agency offering individual counseling and tele-health counseling settings. This organization provides services for clients with: AIDS/HIV, alzheimer's disease/dementia, anxiety disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder/ADD and ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, blindness, brain injuries, cancer, cerebral palsy, chronic/severe mental illness, chronic pain, co-occurring/mental health and substance use, deaf/hard of hearing, depression, developmental disabilities, diabetes, heart disease, learning disabilities, mood disorders, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, obsessive compulsive disorder/OCD, oppositional/defiant disorder, panic disorders, parkinson's disease, perinatal/postpartum depression, personality disorders, physical disabilities, post-traumatic stress disorder/PTSD, pregnancy/birth, reactive attachment disorder, schizophrenia, self-injury, and tourette's syndrome. Counseling topics include: abuse issues, adoption/foster care issues, aging issues, anger management issues, bereavement/grief issues, bullying issues, caregiver issues, cultural transition issues, death and dying issues, divorce issues, domestic violence issues, family planning issues, gambling addiction issues, gender identity issues, hoarding issues, human trafficking issues, internet addiction issues, juvenile delinquency, overspending issues, parenting issues, pre-marriage/marriage/divorce issues, relationship issues, reproductive issues, sexual/love addiction, sexual assault issues, sexual orientation issues, sexuality issues, spiritual/religious issues, suicide issues, terminal illness, and weight related issues. Therapy and supportive approaches service include: art therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, eye movement desensitization/reprocessing (EMDR), peer counseling, play therapy, and trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

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Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Health/Disability Related Counseling
Individual Counseling
Postadoption Counseling and Support
Parent Abuse Counseling
Premarital Counseling
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Human Trafficking Counseling
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Cultural Transition Counseling
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Sexuality Counseling
General Counseling Services
Bereavement and Grief Counseling
Sexual Orientation Counseling
Gender Identity Counseling
Gambling Disorder Counseling
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Telemental Health
Anger Management
Overspender Counseling
Marriage and Relationships Counseling
Suicide Counseling
Sexual/Love Addiction Counseling
Caregiver Counseling
Juvenile Delinquency Diversion Counseling
Spiritual/Religious Issues Counseling
Child Abuse Counseling
Community Mental Health Agencies
Adult Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Counseling
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Geriatric Counseling
Play Therapy
Terminal Illness Counseling
Internet Addiction Counseling
Elder Abuse Counseling
Sexual Assault Counseling
Divorce Counseling
Parent Counseling
Preadoption Counseling and Support
Child Sexual Abuse Counseling
Peer Counseling
Hoarding Counseling Programs

Serves families interested in adopting a legally free child.

Allows birth parents and adoptive parents to design an adoption plan that is in the best interest of the child, and recognizes the importance of the adoptive parents and birth parents developing an on-going relationship. Services include:

-- Counseling young women who are pregnant.

-- Adoption orientations.

-- Adoption home studies for domestic and international adoptions, as well as for special needs adoptions.

-- Post-placement supervision.

-- Finalization services.

-- Ongoing support groups.

-- Adoption searches.

Program allows any adult member who is adopted to gain knowledge about the other parties such as non-identifying medical information or contact information. In cases where members of an adoption group mutually agree to be reunited, Catholic Charities' staff provides counseling to assist the individuals to be emotionally prepared themselves.

Provides consultation, information and referral services at all stages of the adoption process, and placement services for prospective adoptive families.

We serve Expecting families looking to place a child for adoption, including from unplanned pregnancies or older children, prospective foster families, families looking to adopt children, including international adoptions and children with special needs and families that have already adopted children.

Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.

Provides a list of referrals for adoption agencies in the area.

Adoption services include recruitment, screening, assessing, and case management provided to persons choosing to adopt an infant. Counseling and support are provided to birth mothers/fathers choosing to place a child for adoption, as well as post-adoptive services for those who are adopted, adoptive parents, and birth parents. This includes international and private adoptions.

Adoptive home assessments provide guidance to prospective adoptive parents and/or adoptive parents in Iowa and Illinois.

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Adoption Services
Adoptive Family Recruitment

Offers help for families to adopt American children, both with and without unique challenges. The children assisted are not only from Illinois, but they can also reside anywhere in the United States. OCH works with other agencies to assist with the matching process and to assess the needs of the child to determine whether the child and family make an appropriate match.

Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.
Adoption home studies for domestic and international adoptions.
Families First Counseling Services is a community mental health agency offering telemental health or office-based counseling, and behavioral and mental health services. Conjoint, family, and individual counseling settings are offered. Counseling topics include: abuse, adoption/foster care, aging, anger management, bereavement/grief, bullying, caregiver, death and dying, divorce, domestic violence, parenting, relationship, sexual orientation, and suicide issues. Additionally, counseling is offered for people dealing with mental health conditions such as anxiety disorders, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder / ADD and ADHD, bipolar disorder, chronic/severe mental illness, depression, mood disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, oppositional/defiant disorder, panic disorders, perinatal/postpartum depression, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric disorders, Reactive Attachment Disorder, schizophrenia, and self-injury. Supportive therapy includes play therapy.

Categories

Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Child Abuse Counseling
Divorce Counseling
Conjoint Counseling
Group Counseling
General Counseling Services
Individual Counseling
Anger Management
Suicide Counseling
Caregiver Counseling
Parent Counseling
Preadoption Counseling and Support
Bereavement and Grief Counseling
Postadoption Counseling and Support
Community Mental Health Agencies
Family Counseling
Sexual Orientation Counseling

Serves families interested in adopting a legally free child.

Allows birth parents and adoptive parents to design an adoption plan that is in the best interest of the child, and recognizes the importance of the adoptive parents and birth parents developing an on-going relationship. Services include:

-- Counseling young women who are pregnant.

-- Adoption orientations.

-- Adoption home studies for domestic and international adoptions, as well as for special needs adoptions.

-- Post-placement supervision.

-- Finalization services.

-- Ongoing support groups.

-- Adoption searches.

Provides accurate information on adoption, and lifelong support, so the family is successful in meeting the child's best interest by offering the following services and resources:

Provides free and confidential pregnancy counseling for families, every step of the way; before, during, and after the birth of the child.

Assistance with making an adoption plan or parenting plan.

Parenting education.

Support and education for baby's father on request.

Home studies for prospective adoptive parents.

Newborn care home for baby as a safe haven.

Categories

Parenting Skills Classes
Pregnancy Counseling
Adoption Services
Crisis Pregnancy Hotlines
Expectant/New Parent Assistance

Serves families interested in adopting a legally free child.

Allows birth parents and adoptive parents to design an adoption plan that is in the best interest of the child, and recognizes the importance of the adoptive parents and birth parents developing an on-going relationship. Services include:

-- Counseling young women who are pregnant.

-- Adoption orientations.

-- Adoption home studies for domestic and international adoptions, as well as for special needs adoptions.

-- Post-placement supervision.

-- Finalization services.

-- Ongoing support groups.

-- Adoption searches.

Provides foster care and foster parents support with an emphasis on children with disabilities (though there are also children without disabilities in the program). Services include:

Foster home licensure.

Children's placements.

Case management.

Social work services.

Foster home training.

Respite Care.

Adoptions.

Family Support.

Categories

Adoption Services
Foster Home Placement
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Therapeutic Foster Homes
Children's In Home Respite Care

Provides services to all those who have adopted, placed a child for adoption, or been adopted through our agency. The services provided include, preparing an adoption history report of non-identifying information, conducting a full search to locate birth parents or adoptees, updating the file with locating information.

Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.