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Intensive Placement Services (IPS) is a community and home-based therapeutic mentoring program provided to youth who are wards of the state and are identified by their DCFS/POS caseworker as needing more intensive services to stabilize their current placement in foster care.

Provides free and confidential services. Services offered include pregnancy testing, pregnancy counseling, limited ultrasound, on-going pregnancy support, referrals for community support services, support after an abortion, Earn While You Learn Program, fatherhood mentoring programs, and Mother's/Maternity Home.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Childbirth Education
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Pregnancy Testing
Vocational Rehabilitation
Pregnancy Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes
Mentoring Programs

Services for individuals with disabilities. Includes information and referral, service coordination, independent living skills training, individual and system advocacy, equipment loan and rental, barrier removal consultations and grants, and disability awareness training. Assists people with disabilities to transition from nursing homes to community based living. Offers a personal assistant referral and management program. Peer mentoring. Mobility options equipment repair and sales.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Specialized Information and Referral
Disease/Disability Registries
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Mentoring Programs

Offers a six-month immersive experience in computer science and critical thinking, led by industry professionals from partners like John Deere and Principal Financial. Students build a strong foundation in Python through hands-on coding and classroom instruction, collaborate with peers, and explore a wide range of careers in technology. Upon completion, students may earn 3 college credits.

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Youth Enrichment Programs
Mentoring Programs
After school and summer programs for girls. Tutoring, health and sexuality, leadership and life planning, self-reliance, life skills, sports and adventure.

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Tutoring Services
Personal Safety Education
Boys/Girls Clubs
Mentoring Programs
School based mentoring program.

Offers to facilitate contacts between community seniors and children in order to help create necessary social relationships and support systems for those in need.

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Senior Corps Volunteer Programs
Mentoring Programs

Provides help to children to reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that have a measurable impact on youth.

Links homeless families with a social worker and a church-based "neighboring group" which actively participates in the family's life, has monthly activities with the family, a monthly Bridge of Hope night, and makes weekly phone calls. Commitment to the support is for up to two years.

Church-based mentoring groups are made up of volunteers from local churches and then matched to the mothers in the Bridge to Hope program.

Offers support to women dealing with life-dominating challenges. Assistance also extends to women in prisons, substance abuse recovery centers, and homeless shelters, with the goal of helping them to prepare for successful societal reentry.

Program provides workshops by women who have overcome challenges and are graduates of the program, group and one-on-one mentoring, and an annual retreat.

Matches youth ages 6-18 with caring, positive, committed, adult role models. The youth (Little) and mentor (Big) meet in the community 2-4 times per month for a minimum of 4 hours and spend time exploring activities they already enjoy and trying some new ones.

Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

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Tutoring Services
Boys/Girls Clubs
Team Sports/Leagues
Mentoring Programs
Literacy Programs

Boxing gym with a mentorship and violence prevention program, with the goal of helping increase school graduation rates.

Programming teaches non-combative de-escalation, how to properly exercise and diet for a healthy lifestyle, and how to process and release emotions or stress in a positive manner.

Members are given strategic exercises individually and in a group, in both a classroom and gym setting.

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Self Defense Training
Boxing
Mentoring Programs
Youth Enrichment Programs
The Integrated Health Home Program is a statewide initiative designed to assist adults with serious mental health conditions who are Medicaid beneficiaries in coordinating and managing their health and mental health care services. The program provides support and assistance for clients in identifying their goals, communicating these goals to their healthcare team, and works with the healthcare team to ensure that the needs of the client are met. Services include coordinating the client's primary and specialty care providers; coordinating the care provided in the hospital, clinic, and the community; access to a Peer Support Specialist who have experienced living with mental illness.
Volunteers (Bigs) are matched with Lincoln youth ages 7 to 16 based on their interests, skill sets, experience and any other pertinent information. The matches are then provided with support and guidance from professional match support staff.

The matches spend anywhere from 4 to 8 hours per month together, and a 12 month commitment is required.

Creates mentoring opportunities for young people to gain the knowledge, skills and support necessary to lead healthy, productive lives. Program serves multi-ethnic young people ages 15-23 who come from fractured family structure and teach basic life skills through relational mentoring.

Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

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Tutoring Services
Boys/Girls Clubs
Team Sports/Leagues
Mentoring Programs
Literacy Programs

Intensive support to high-risk children in foster care to stabilize placements and prevent entry into higher levels of care. Services offered include:

-- Brief individual and family counseling.

-- Placement stabilization services.

-- Crisis intervention.

-- Community linkage.

-- Foster parent support.

-- School intervention and tutoring.

-- Court advocacy.

-- Mentoring services.

-- Enrichment activities.

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General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
General Counseling Services
Mentoring Programs

Works to match an adult with a child to share fun activities they both enjoy. Community Based matches are asked to spend 4 hours a month together for at least 1 calendar year.

-- Advocacy Program: Intensive one-on-one services that include mentoring, role modeling, and social skills building.

-- Norman Housing Services: This program provides services to DCFS clients who lack adequate housing.

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Mentoring Programs
Social Skills Training
Homeless Permanent Supportive Housing

Provides programs and training for youth, including:

- Life skills training

- Peer mentorship

- Career readiness

- Tutoring and after school programs

- Dance and step programs

- Sports camp

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Youth Enrichment Programs
Tutoring Services
Life Skills Education
Student Career Counseling
Mentoring Programs

Serves children ages 5-14 by matching them with a caring, positive adult role model. The child and mentor meet in the community and spend time doing different activities they both enjoy and/or interact on any video conferencing platform that is not observable by BBBS. The participants commit to meeting for a minimum of 4 hours in 2-4 outings per month for a minimum of 12 months.

Can also work with the various school districts within the 5 county service area if there are children in the district that would like a Big Brother or Sister.

Serves middle school and high school teens who are experiencing challenging times. The staff builds relationships with youth through tutoring, support groups, and one-on-one mentoring.

Seeks to build better schools and a healthier community by reaching out to every hurting, lost, or at risk teen in the community and build caring relationships with them and offer opportunities for life transformation.

Provides opportunities for refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, survivors of torture, and other immigrants to thrive in America. Services include:

Reception and Placement: Meeting critical needs in the early months after arriving in the United States. IRC staff and community partners ensure newly arrived refugees are greeted at the airport, have a furnished home, receive time-limited rental assistance, have access to nutritious food, healthcare and education, and are given appropriate social services referrals.

Employment Services: Early self-sufficiency through employment is the foundation of the US Refugee Program. IRC staff and volunteers provide job readiness training, vocational counseling, resume preparation, job search and placement services, and financial assistance for basic needs with the goal of helping refugees find their first job in America. Employment services are provided to refugees for up to five years from their date of arrival.

Intensive Case Management: Some refugees face barriers that make rapid employment difficult. Others face cultural barriers that require additional training and orientation support to learn to navigate American systems independently. Still others face crisis after an initial period of stability. For those refugees, IRC provides intensive case management services for up to five years after arrival.

Financial Coaching: Financial Coaching at IRC offers new Americans and other vulnerable populations an opportunity to build their financial knowledge, skills, and assets. Through a combination of one-on-one coaching and financial education classes, IRC delivers innovative, effective programs by combining evidence-based strategies with an unparalleled ability to deliver culturally and linguistically accessible programs. As a result of these programs, people are able to build their family income and assets, contributing to the economic vibrancy of communities across America.

Can also offer youth tutoring and mentoring for those in the community that need a little extra help.

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Immigrant Resettlement Services
Immigrant/Refugee Support Groups
Refugee Resettlement Services
Mentoring Programs
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Tutoring Services
Immigrant/Refugee Employment Programs

Offers a before and after school program. Services provide children individual and group tutoring, as well as mentoring services to decrease school suspensions and to address the mental health and academic needs. Children are given a snack and provided with homework assistance, life skills, and recreational activities.

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Mentoring Programs
Tutoring Services
Extended Child Care