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900 West Norfolk Avenue, Suite 200, Norfolk, NE 68701

Foster care and emergency foster care.  Respite care for children in foster care or with natural parents.  Home studies for prospective foster and relative placements for children.

Family Support / Community Treatment Aide helps parents create a healthy and positive home environment.  Ensures  proper care, safety and guidance of children, creates alternative support systems, and achieves self-sufficiency.  Specialists usually meet with parent, youth or the entire family in their home, school or community setting to provide education, assistance, crisis intervention and support.

Parent Assist Service assists parents with 'at risk' youth by educating them on how to set rules, expectations and consequences and by providing them with information to additional resources.

Parent education classes.

Drug testing.

5631 South 48th Street, Suite 410, Lincoln, NE 68516

Respite program designed to relieve the stress of daily child rearing for parents and caregivers. TAB is held on several Fridays a month from 6 pm-8 pm for all children 6 weeks to 12 years of age.

Children are cared for in a safe environment as they enjoy crafts, exercise and games, and learn about healthy life choices from visiting community organizations, while moms, dads, grandparents, guardians, and caregivers are able to take a few hours for themselves and recharge. Families of all incomes qualify.

Various Locations Available, Des Moines, IA 50310

**Does NOT offer emergency housing options for families or adults.


Offers various support services to families with children through a cooperative of area churches. Trained volunteers and staff work with parents facing chronic stress or crisis to find resources and supports that can help. The following services are offered with volunteers from local churches:

Crisis Child Hosting: Temporary care of vulnerable children to give parents a safe option during a crisis.

Child Respite Hosting: Hosting children for shorter periods (typically a few hours to a few days a couple of times a month). This provides parents with respite relief and allows for stabilization.

Mentoring and Advocacy Services for Parents: focuses on working with parents to develop goals and relationships/friendships to decrease isolation and increase support for the parent. Advocates can also help parents find local resources to help relieve stress.

4939 South 118th Street, Omaha, NE 68137

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.

1309 West Hill Street, Urbana, IL 61801

Provides support to mothers and their families in the form of parent-child interaction groups, support groups, crisis care, referrals to other resources, respite hours, and home visits.

5321 South 138th Street, Omaha, NE 68137

Full time, part-time, or respite care available.

4511 6th Avenue, Suite 204, Kearney, NE 68845

Respite activities for parents of children with special needs.

Dates, times, and locations for activity events varies.

3008 West Stolley Park Road, Suite 2, Grand Island, NE 68801

Respite providers welcome youth into their homes for a temporary, short term stay (from 3 hours up to 2 weeks). This helps support their parents in having time to create stability in the youth's home.

4939 South 118 Street, Omaha, NE 68137

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.

1315 Central Avenue, Kearney, NE 68847

Respite providers welcome youth into their homes for a temporary, short term stay (from 3 hours up to 2 weeks). This helps support their parents in having time to create stability in the youth's home.

509 East 4th Street, Suite E, North Platte, NE 69101

Respite providers welcome youth into their homes for a temporary, short term stay (from 3 hours up to 2 weeks). This helps support their parents in having time to create stability in the youth's home.

614 East 27 Street, Suite C, Scottsbluff, NE 69361

Respite providers welcome youth into their homes for a temporary, short term stay (from 3 hours up to 2 weeks). This helps support their parents in having time to create stability in the youth's home.

123 Albany Avenue SE, Suite 3, Orange City, IA 51041

Provides help when a family is in crisis, kids can become vulnerable to neglect and abuse. Through the Safe Families ministry, volunteer Host Families offer loving care to parents, watching over their children while the parents regain stability.

2010 North 88th Street, Omaha, NE 68134

Full time, part-time, or respite care available.

First United Methodist Church, 201 East Nebraska Street, Algona, IA 50511

No-cost daycare for children ages 2 weeks to 5 years old.

3860 Middle Road, Bettendorf, IA 52722

Respite care programs empower children to try new things and meet new people while their parents and other primary care givers are given time to rest or work.

121 North Dewey, Suite 206, North Platte, NE 69103

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.

1021 10th Avenue, Sidney, NE 69162

Respite providers welcome youth into their homes for a temporary, short term stay (from 3 hours up to 2 weeks). This helps support their parents in having time to create stability in the youth's home.

502 West Seventh Street, Carroll, IA 51401

Parent Time-Out provides 4 hours of free childcare each month per child.

7130 South 29th Street, Suite A, Lincoln, NE 68516

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.

2513 Southwest Avenue, Harlan, IA 51537

Adult day services for persons with intellectual disabilities and/or other diagnosis for adults who wish to continue living independently, respite in home care, assistive devices, home and vehicle modifications. Community activities, doctor assisted therapies, and leisure activities offered.

2731 South MacArthur Boulevard, Springfield, IL 62704

Allows caregivers time to self-care while providing additional supports in the home. Helps connect families caring for seniors at home with needed respite and in-home services.

Additional respite hours may be available to caregivers of someone with dementia living at home, through Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care grant funding.

Offers an online caregiver self-assessment questionnaire. Caregivers may talk to a caring professional who can help them better understand and deal with the challenges they are facing in their role as caregiver. The questionnaire uses the results to determine the kind of help the caregiver needs and creates a customized plan to reduce caregiver stress and burnout.

Caregiver Specialists are available to coach family members and friends who are caring for an older adult.

4205 South 96th Street, Suite 3, Omaha, NE 68127

Offers non-medical long-term care services aiding seniors with daily tasks, companionship, support, and comfort in homes, medical facilities, or nursing homes. Services include meal preparation, medication management, light housekeeping, running errands, respite care, transportation, Alzheimer's and dementia care and after surgery rehabilitation.

404 Jefferson Street, Pella, IA 50219

Offers registered nurses, licensed practical Nurses, home care aides, and rehabilitative therapists. Respite care is also available to relieve normal caregiver (spouse, friend or family member) of his or her duties for up to six hours.

4060 Vinton Street, Suite 100, Omaha, NE 68105

Companionship and personal care services for those in need of in-home assistance.

In-home companionship, meal preparation, light housekeeping, errand services, grocery shopping, transportation services, 24 hour care available, laundry washing, and recreation activities.

Personal care services include bathing, mobility, transferring, incontinence care, oral hygiene, feeding, and toileting.