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Assists people with identifying, selecting, obtaining, coordinating, and utilizing both paid services and natural supports to enhance their independence, productivity and integration.
Provides case management and advocacy for families and children seeking mental health services for severe emotional disabilities.

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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Case/Care Management

Provides case management type of services to assist individuals with substance use disorders. CARE Coordinators assist individuals through each step of recovery, including finding an appropriate treatment service/facility.

Supports individuals, family members, and/or significant others in their deliberations to determine care choices based on the individual's needs/preferences, values, and individual circumstances.

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Medicaid Information/Counseling
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Case/Care Management
Long Term Care Options Counseling

Offers comprehensive care to older adults and individuals needing memory screening, struggling with substance use or those seeking alternative care. Also offers case/care management.

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Memory Screening
Case/Care Management
Palliative Care
Medication Based Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
General Medical Care

Provides self sufficiency advocates to work with foster care alumni ages 18 - 21 to move toward stability and self-sufficiency in six key areas: education, employment, housing, health, life skills, and relationships.

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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Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
Case/Care Management

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 comprehensive case management system that helps families identify barriers to self-sufficiency and connects them with community support organizations. Barriers could include unemployment, insecure housing, lack of job skills, lack of child care.

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

Connects community members who need financial assistance with community partners who assist them in applying. Serves as a community hub for information, resources, and partnerships. The program does not provide direct service to clients.

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Case/Care Management
Comprehensive Information and Referral

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.

Emergency shelter for survivors of domestic/sexual violence & homelessness with their minor children needing a safe place to stay. There is a 40-bed shelter for victims and their children. A case manager will work with clients while they are at the shelter to make a service plan for them and their children.

Residents are provided room and board with meals, 24-hour case management, counseling, and material assistance.

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Case/Care Management
Domestic Violence Shelters

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

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

Provides information on services and supports available to individuals and families.
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 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.

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
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.

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
The Case Management program provides frail seniors with the opportunity to make their own choices regarding long-term care. Case Management offers frail seniors age 60 and over an alternative to nursing facilities or other forms of institutionalized care. The Case Management program helps coordinate community services which will allow older people to remain safely in their home. Each person is monitored by an individual Case Manager who provides assistance in making the appropriate choices that best fit their needs.

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Long Term Care Options Counseling
Case/Care Management

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
Offers a full continuum of HIV services from HIV and STD testing to HIV medical treatment and care management. For a comprehensive list of services visit the website.

PREVENTION AND TESTING: free HIV and STD testing. Free safer-sex supplies are available as well as bleach kits for sterilizing needles. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis/Post-exposure Prophylaxis education and access (medications that significantly reduce the risk of becoming infected when taken as directed).

MEDICAL CARE: Comprehensive primary care and HIV specialty care.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE offers assistance when other community resources are exhausted. People living with HIV may qualify for emergency assistance from this fund. This service is intended to be temporary financial assistance.

CASE MANAGEMENT will work with clients individually to determine their needs, may assist clients in applying for these programs: Housing Assistance, Transportation, AIDS Drug Assistance Program,Disability, Medicaid, Food Stamps,General Relief, WIC, FIP, and others. Call for details.

MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM provides individuals living with HIV/AIDS culturally relevant psychotherapy in a non-judgmental, accepting environment by a therapist experienced in the complex issues associated with HIV/AIDS.

SUPPORT & COUNSELING GROUPS for people living with HIV, persons testing HIV positive, family and friends. Call for information on meeting times and locations.

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HIV Testing
AIDS/HIV Prevention Counseling
Disease/Disability Information
Prescription Medication Services
AIDS/HIV Clinics
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Sexuality/Reproductive Health Education
Temporary Financial Assistance
General Counseling Services
Case/Care Management