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Offers a coordinated system of care providers that work together to assess, identify, and secure the services needed to help individuals remain in their homes for as long as it is possible. A care plan assures the appropriate level of services.

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

Provides care coordination and family support services to families whose child struggles at school or home due to behavioral health issues. Also provides integrated health services to adults diagnosed with serious mental illness.

Provides services to survivors of sexual violence. Also offers education to the community in an effort to end violence and victimization. Services include counseling, 24 hours crisis and information hotline, support groups, medical and legal advocacy, training for police and criminal justice personnel, prevention education, case management, and protective orders.

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Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Case/Care Management
Child Sexual Assault Prevention
Adult Sexual Assault Prevention
Sexual Assault Counseling

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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Psychiatric Case Management
Case/Care Management

Provides several programs that may be able to assist families or individuals that find themselves homeless with no place to stay. Emergency Shelters may be provided through hotel vouchers when funding is available. Staff will work with the families/individuals to determine eligibility. Staff will provide case management and assist in locating housing that will meet the household's needs. Through HUD funding, C.E.F.S. can assist households with rent and supportive services while the household participates in case management. Case management will include budget counseling, goal setting, assessment of needs, and referrals.

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Case/Care Management
Homeless Motel Vouchers

Provides crisis intervention and case management services to abused children. Services include support to the child and the non-offending family members, linkage to counseling and medical services for the child, court support services, and screenings.

Provides rental/mortgage assistance, utility assistance, approved case management, and approved supportive services directly related to the prevention of homelessness to eligible individuals and families located in Kendall County who are in danger of eviction, foreclosure, or homelessness or are currently homeless.

Eligible individuals in Grundy County can contact We Care of Grundy County at (815) 942-6389

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Case/Care Management
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance

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 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.

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.

Child/adolescent services include:

-- Central intake/assessment.

-- Psychiatric services.

-- Outpatient therapy.

-- Case management.

-- ADHD services and resources.

-- Crisis mobile response.

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In Person Crisis Intervention
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Case/Care Management

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, medical expenses, 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
Rental Deposit Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Case/Care Management
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Mental Health Expense Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance

Provides several programs that may be able to assist families or individuals that find themselves homeless with no place to stay. Emergency Shelters may be provided through hotel vouchers when funding is available. Staff will work with the families/individuals to determine eligibility. Staff will provide case management and assist in locating housing that will meet the household's needs. Through HUD funding, C.E.F.S. can assist households with rent and supportive services while the household participates in case management. Case management will include budget counseling, goal setting, assessment of needs, and referrals.

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Case/Care Management
Homeless Motel Vouchers

Woman and infant health care services to assist with a healthy pregnancy and to promote the infant's healthy development.

Community Support Team led by a case manager works with each individual and their family to support their independence at home and in the community, based on the client's own goals. This includes assessment of their work and community living skills, medical, behavioral, social, learning and personal support needs.

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.
Supports individuals and strengthens communities by serving the unique needs of individuals with mental health, intellectual, and other developmental disabilities. Provides a link between individuals and appropriate resources in the region/community to improve health, hope, and successful outcomes. Service Coordinators help individuals navigate the process of applying for and securing the necessary financial support for their immediate needs.

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Case/Care Management
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Mental Health Related Community Support Services (CSS)

Provides education, resources and support to pregnant and postpartum women. Services include:

- Health education, health screenings and referrals

- Referrals to other health care or local community services

- Help in arranging for delivery

- Referrals for family planning and infant health care

- Oral health screenings, fluoride varnish applications and dental referrals

- Assistance with applying for Medicaid

- Social assessment and referrals

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Dental Screening
Prenatal Care
Child Development Classes
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Case/Care Management
Dental Care Referrals
Well Baby Care

Woman and infant health care services to assist with a healthy pregnancy and to promote the infant's healthy development.

Offers the following Community Services:

Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) provides services for adults with intellectual or mental disabilities, a qualifying brain injury or handicapping condition. Individualized support is provided in the client's home or other community-based settings and is available 24 hours.

Home-Based Habilitation Services (HBHS) are designed to assist individuals with serious and persistent mental illness with the acquisition, retention or improvement in skills related to living in the community. Services assist in the daily living needs of the client and can be provided 24 hours a day.

Community Support Services (CSS) provide integrated services and supports to persons with a serious mental illness. Interdisciplinary teams provide assessments and service planning, monitoring of mental health symptoms, medication management, problem-solving assistance, coordination of appointments and transportation and support.

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Case/Care Management
In Home Developmental Disabilities Habilitation Programs
Home Based Mental Health Services
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Case managers assist families and individuals experiencing a personal crisis. Information and referrals provided for a variety of needs. Direct services include budgeting, funeral assistance, elder care services, and application/forms assistance for tribal and government programs.

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Certificates/Forms Assistance
Case/Care Management
Personal Financial Counseling
Native American General Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Supports individuals and strengthens communities by serving the unique needs of individuals with mental health, intellectual, and other developmental disabilities. Provides a link between individuals and appropriate resources in the region/community to improve health, hope, and successful outcomes. Service Coordinators help individuals navigate the process of applying for and securing the necessary financial support for their immediate needs.

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Case/Care Management
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Mental Health Related Community Support Services (CSS)

Care team that specializes in providing integrated primary medical and behavioral health care and social services to the LGBTQ+ community. Services provided:

- Assessments and referrals to Hormone Replacement Therapy.

- Hormone Replacement Therapy.

- Letters for surgery.

- Counseling.

- Family Medicine.

- Case management and care coordination.

- Nutrition education.

- OB/GYN.

- Enrollment assistance (insurance/ Medicare/Medicaid).

- Referrals for other needed services.

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Specialized Information and Referral
General Medical Care
Case/Care Management
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Sexual Orientation Counseling
Transgender Hormone Therapy

Traditional Foster Care for children ages 0-18 whose families are unable or unwilling to meet the minimum standards of parents as defined by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

Specialized Foster Care provides intensive services to behaviorally challenged children ages 3-18. Relative Foster Care allows children who need to be placed out of their home to be placed with relatives.

Aftercare Program is specially designed to assist children and their families upon their return home from living with a foster family.

Other services include foster parent recruitment, adoption conversions.

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Intensive Family Reunification Services
Case/Care Management
Foster Home Placement
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children