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Works with pregnant woman, or families with a high risk infant, or a foster child under 6, to obtain health care services or other necessary services needed to have a healthy pregnancy and to promote the infant or child's healthy development. Services include health counseling, evaluation of medical and social needs, referrals to needed services or supports, high risk infant follow-up for those in need and DCFS medical case 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, and more.

Limited funding sometimes available for vehicle repair, minor home repairs and dental work.

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

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Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Homemaker Assistance
Home Delivered Meals
Adult In Home Respite Care
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Case/Care Management
Medicare Information/Counseling
Area Agencies on Aging
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Children's In Home Respite Care
Resources for older youth ages 16-23 and exiting foster care.

Provides Community Health Workers (CHWs) who partner with community agencies to help individuals living with chronic health conditions within underserved communities. CHWs assist clients in overcoming barriers to health, social services, education, and employment through client visits and community engagement.

Services include:

-- Meets with individuals where they are to better understand the challenges they are facing

-- Shares information with primary care team about client lived experiences

-- Helps individuals understand their healthcare team's plan of care

-- Helps individuals connect with community services

-- Assists clients with navigating systems to get the care they need

-- Assists clients with overcoming barriers to improve their health and wellness

-- Conducts home visits

-- Provides client education to improve health and wellness

-- Performs health and wellness activities in group sessions, health fairs, clinics, and other community settings

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.

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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Children's In Home Respite Care
Case/Care Management

Offers transitional housing and support services for Veterans experiencing homelessness. Specific case managers to assist veterans in finding affordable housing, access to appropriate health care, substance abuse services, and mental health recovery services.

Provides family case management to help and support income-eligible pregnant women and children. The needs of each family are assessed to determine which services would be beneficial. Family case managers also conduct developmental screenings, maternal depression screenings, and make genetic referrals as appropriate.

Services include:

-- Planning services

-- Referrals

-- Health education

-- Home visits

-- Advocating on behalf of the client

The goal is to keep troubled families together by offering them intense case management, education in parenting, and links to community resources. A caseworker will help the family to develop a short-term, agreed upon plan to make the changes that will help keep the children safe. Services such as counseling, domestic violence prevention, substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, parenting coaching/classes, or housing can be provided.

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Parent Counseling
General Psychiatry
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Case/Care Management

Case management services for victims of gun violence and their families, as well as for perpetrators of gun violence and their families.

- Counseling Referrals: Case Managers will assist in finding appropriate referrals to providers in the community for both individual and group therapy.

- Community Resource Referrals: Case Managers will help clients navigate and understand available community resources, including food, clothing, housing, partner social service agencies, etc.

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Case/Care Management
Crime Victim/Witness Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral

Offers case management for children and adults who live at home with their families with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Services include in home support, community day and employment services, therapy, navigating the access payment system, or help obtaining adaptive equipment and home accessibility modifications.

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 case management and referral information to households to help them build and maintain stability within the family and household. Services may include some financial assistance to help reach stability.

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.

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.

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.

Works with families to help them reach self-sustainability. Helps families become more knowledgeable and confident in accessing local and state resources. Provides coaching and assistance with applications to local, state, and federal programs.

A program that assists pregnant women and children to obtain health care services in order to have a healthy pregnancy and promote the healthy development of the child and family. The goals of the program are:

-- To provide access to primary health care.

-- To identify and resolve access barriers through referral and linking.

-- To provide health education to all eligible clients.

-- To reduce infant mortality.

Developmental disabilities services are provided under Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) waivers. Services are focused on integrated community employment.

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Case/Care Management
In Home Supportive Services Subsidies
Supported Employment
Coordination services for those with mental health or intellectual and other developmental disabilities. Each county offers a service coordinator to assist with applications for Medicaid, food assistance, housing, childcare assistance, Social Security and other human/social services that are available in the community. Directs individuals to a variety of programs to help with day-to-day living, housing, employment, and health challenges. Can also help direct clients to a variety of inpatient and outpatient resources focused on mental and physical health treatments.

Provides substance use assessments and case management services for courts across Illinois.

Clients may be mandated to TASC as an alternative to incarceration at the time of sentencing, or they may be referred post-sentence when they're on probation. TASC case managers conduct clinical assessments, advocate for treatment for those who need it, develop individualized service plans, and place clients into treatment and recovery support services. TASC also reports client progress to the court, and provides monitoring and guidance as clients work their way through the recovery process.

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Case/Care Management
Assessment for Substance Use Disorders

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.

Joint effort between Public Aid and Public Health to facilitate access to care; program serves income-eligible, pregnant women, and infants under the age of 1, although a limited number of fragile families with children over the age of 1 are also served. Pediatric, obstetric, and dental referrals are provided; some funds for services are available through a primary care grant.