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Provides supportive services to help elders 60 years and older remain in their own home. There are no income guidelines and no cost to participate in the Case Management Program, but there may be fees for individual services. Medicare, Medicaid may cover some of the cost. The Case Manager will assist the older adult in exploring available services, explaining benefits they may qualify for, arrange for the services needed and will continue to be available to coordinate the services and act as an advocate when advocacy services are needed. Individuals and their families choose which services they receive.

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General Benefits and Services Assistance
Case/Care Management
Senior Advocacy Groups
Short- and long-term foster care provided to children of all ages in local licensed foster homes, including foster to adopt. Offers Child Welfare Case Management in the area of foster care of abused and neglected children.

Assists military families by identifying and enrolling family members with special medical or educational needs, finding out what services are available at current or new duty stations, and supporting families with information, referrals when appropriate, and non-clinical case management to access services.

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Military Family Service/Support Centers
Case/Care Management

Provides a nurse who is assigned as a case manager to every pregnant or parenting mother who is on public aid or low-income. The case manager guides them towards social and educational services they may need to have a healthy family. Nurses are trained and certified as lactation counselors to provide breastfeeding support to nursing mothers.

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Breastfeeding Support Programs
Pregnancy Testing
Case/Care Management
Resources for older youth ages 16-23 and exiting foster care.

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

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Home Delivered Meals
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Area Agencies on Aging
Homemaker Assistance
Case/Care Management
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Children's In Home Respite Care
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Adult In Home Respite Care
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Medicare Information/Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Provides information and assistance to older adults at several sites in the community. Seniors needing assistance with Medicare, housing, energy assistance, Public Aid or other needs are able to meet with and receive assistance from a certified caseworker. Seniors may call to speak with a caseworker or meet with a caseworker in their own home if they unable to come into one of the sites affiliated with Ogle County SIS.

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Senior Housing Information and Referral
Medicare Information/Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Case/Care Management

Short-term social service program to help clients reach financial stability.

Clients meet with a social service worker to create a plan and meet at least once a month to ensure that the plan is being followed and to discuss progress or if the plan may need to be adjusted to ensure success.

Financial assistance is provided to assist the client along the way. The program typically lasts for 6 months but may be longer or shorter depending on progress.

Provides a variety of family health services including:

- WIC

- APORS (Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Recording System)

- Breastfeeding Peer Counseling

- Family Case Management

- HealthWorks

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WIC
Child Health and Disability Prevention Exams
Breastfeeding Support Programs
Case/Care Management

Prevention, diversion, and intervention services targeting youth to stabilize families in crisis, prevent juvenile delinquency, and divert youth at risk of involvement in the child welfare or juvenile justice systems.

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Juvenile Delinquency Diversion Counseling
Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
Case/Care Management

Helps senior citizens, who might otherwise need nursing home care, to remain in their own homes by providing in-home and community-based services. Services include:

- Comprehensive care coordination.

- Adult day services.

- In-home services (cleaning, meals, laundry, shopping/running errands, and personal hygiene).

- Emergency home response service.

- Automated medication dispenser service.

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Medication Information/Management
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Adult Day Programs
Case/Care Management
Activities of Daily Living Assessment
Personal Care
Emergency Alert
Homemaker Assistance
Provides outreach, health care services, and health promotion/disease prevention services.

Offers transportation to Marshalltown Dialysis Center and specialty clinics for patients referred by the Meskwaki Clinic.

Sets up and delivers medication to patients who require assistance.

Emergency Care case management and coordination after a hospital discharge.

Monitors patient blood sugar levels, blood pressure, weight, and medications. Home visits to diabetes patients and hospital discharge patients.

Health promotion and disease prevention programs.

Translates medical instructions to Meskwaki when needed.

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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Language Translation
Home Nursing
Case/Care Management
Medication Information/Management

Provides one-on-one home or office visits for advocacy regarding issues such as physical, family or other related losses that occur as part of the aging process. Counselors provide assistance obtaining access to local, state and federal programs, such as Medicaid, Food Stamps, BEAM and LIHEAP.

Assists individuals with mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and developmental disabilities in accessing needed services and supports. Coordinators provide information, referral, assess individuals for needs, develop a treatment plan, and coordinate funding as needed.

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Case/Care Management
Psychiatric Case Management

Provides in-home case management as well as 24-hour response to emergencies. Services include a case manager who will monitor individuals weekly to ensure they are linked with the necessary resources and referrals for both inpatient and outpatient drug treatment programs. Services may also include weekly in-home and out-of-home counseling for adults, children, couples, and families. Families may also be referred to a number of community-based services, including medical services, counseling, drug or alcohol treatment support groups, food pantries, housing, employment training, and continuing education programs.

Guides families through their child's journey with a medical condition. Works with doctors, schools and community groups to create a seamless support system.

Care coordination team works together with families to develop a plan of care that addresses a child's medical, social, behavioral, educational and financial needs. Care coordination is free for all children who have eligible medical conditions, regardless of their family's income level.

Care coordination can include finding specialized medical care, helping families understand their child's diagnosis and medical treatment plan, explaining insurance benefits and attending school meetings.

Helps children who are medically fragile remain in their family home rather than a hospital or skilled nursing facility.

Assists with:

- Finding specialized medical care

- Making sure families understand their child's diagnosis and medical treatment plan

- Helping families understand their insurance benefits and maximize their coverage

- Attending IEP /504 Plan school meeting

- Connecting families with financial support, grants and other community resources

- Preparing for the transition to adulthood

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Case/Care Management
Children's In Home Respite Care

SASS provides the following services for children and youth:

-- Crisis intervention.

-- Short-term stabilization where a child is at risk of self-harm, or harming others.

-- Individual and family psychotherapy/counseling.

-- Mental health assessment.

-- Case management and resource linkage assistance.

-- Psychiatric services.

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General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
In Person Crisis Intervention
General Psychiatry
Suicide Counseling
Case/Care Management
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Mental Health Evaluation
Client centered intensive case management program to assist families in transitioning to stability.

Provides trauma-informed in-home and telehealth therapeutic services to families with adopted children. Therapeutic services include family and individual therapy, group therapy and activities, caregiver psychoeducation/coaching, case management and advocacy.

Families First Counseling Services is a community mental health agency offering individual and family counseling. The Integrated Health Program provides a coordinated approach to meet a child's behavioral, emotional, and physical health services. The Family Support Specialist works with the parents/guardians to support their choices regarding their child's needs and well being. They will help coordinate services with health care providers, behavioral health practitioners, schools and others to ensure that the full needs of the child are met. Programming topics include: abuse, adoption/foster care, anger management, bereavement/grief, bullying, domestic violence, parenting, sexual orientation, and suicide issues. Additionally, programming 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, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric disorders, Reactive Attachment Disorder, schizophrenia, and self-injury. Therapy and supportive approaches include play therapy. Counseling services are for the general public including Black/African American community, caregivers, families, farmers/agricultural laborers, foster children, LGBTQ+ community, low income, men, stepfamilies/blended families, and women.

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Case/Care Management
Community Mental Health Agencies

Provides help to immigrants to navigate the Illinois' human services delivery system. This program may offer the following services

- Linguistically and culturally sensitive case management and service coordination for immigrants and refugee individuals.

- Emergency and crisis services for immigrants and refugees.

- Know Your Rights workshops on topics of importance to help immigrants and refugee individuals and families learn about resources and information with the goal of strengthening the capacity of the immigrant community.

Access to Justice (A2J): Large-scale Community Navigator Program that will allow families to access deportation protection education and legal defense.

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Immigrant/Refugee Employment Programs
Immigrant/Refugee Support Groups
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Case/Care Management
Immigrant Benefits Assistance

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Home Delivered Meals
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Area Agencies on Aging
Homemaker Assistance
Case/Care Management
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Children's In Home Respite Care
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Adult In Home Respite Care
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Medicare Information/Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Home Delivered Meals
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Area Agencies on Aging
Homemaker Assistance
Case/Care Management
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Children's In Home Respite Care
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Adult In Home Respite Care
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Medicare Information/Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Outreach specialists in the Sioux City Community Schools working with students in grades K-12 and their families on social and educational needs.

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Case/Care Management
Juvenile Delinquency Prevention

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