Crisis team (Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor) provide mobile crisis response.

- On-site counseling.

- Mental health evaluation.

- Assess the need for psychiatric hospitalization.

Provides the following services for children and youth:

-- Crisis intervention.

-- Short-term stabilization where a child is at risk of self-harm, or harming others.

-- Individual and family psychotherapy/counseling.

-- Mental health assessment.

-- Case management and resource linkage assistance.

-- Psychiatric services.

Offers a 24 hour Mobile Crisis Response Team. Anyone experiencing a mental health crisis can call to have the Mobile Crisis Unit dispatched.

Crisis team (Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor) provide mobile crisis response.

-- On-site counseling.

-- Mental health evaluation.

-- Assess the need for psychiatric hospitalization.

Serves as a crisis team with an Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor providing mobile crisis response intervention including on-site counseling, mental health evaluation, and asessment for psychiatric hospitalization.

Offers a wide range of behavioral healthcare and integrated care services, including:

Individualized Treatment Services includes, comprehensive mental health and substance use assessment, counseling services, crisis stabilization, life skills development, and dual diagnosis services.

Substance use treatment services includes, outpatient treatment services, DUI evaluations and risk education, substance abuse education, substance use counseling, and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).

Psychiatric services include, medication assessment, medication monitoring, psychiatric services available in all Sinnissippi Centers' main office locations.

Serves as a crisis team with an Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor providing mobile crisis response intervention including on-site counseling, mental health evaluation, and asessment for psychiatric hospitalization.

Crisis team (Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor) provide mobile crisis response.

-- On-site counseling.

-- Mental health evaluation.

-- Assess the need for psychiatric hospitalization.

Crisis team (Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor) provide mobile crisis response.

-- On-site counseling.

-- Mental health evaluation.

-- Assess the need for psychiatric hospitalization.

Elected public prosecutor for Lancaster County prosecutes those who are accused by the police of violating the state criminal code. In order to file a criminal case the prosecutor must believe there is sufficient evidence of the accused's guilt to convince a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.

Advises county elected officials on legal matters, conducts the county's civil litigation, enforces child support orders, and files petitions relating to mentally ill persons. No legal advice or representation is provided to individual citizens in private legal matters.

Bad check prosecution of individuals for writing or passing insufficient funds, no account, or forged checks. Aids businesses in reducing the number of bad checks received through education. Businesses or individuals can submit checks to Diversion Services, 4435 O Street, Suite 96, Lincoln, NE 68510, (402) 483-4444, for criminal prosecution of the offender.

Domestic violence prosecutions of offenders of domestic abuse, and assists victims of such violence in prosecuting their cases in court. Appropriate referrals are made to social service agencies.

Juvenile Division prosecutes law violations committed by juveniles, including truancy cases. Brings abuse and neglect cases against parents before the separate Juvenile Court, and files termination of parental rights cases in appropriate situations.

Mental health commitments are initiated through the County Attorney. Mental health proceedings to involuntary commit persons alleged to be mentally ill and dangerous to themselves or others, and who have refused voluntary treatment for their mental illness.

Collects delinquent child support payments under existing divorce decrees, including contempt proceedings, garnishments, tax intercept, wage assignments, and reciprocal enforcement actions for other jurisdictions.

Establishes paternity, including blood testing, settlements, and trials, if necessary.

Obtains child support orders and modifications in appropriate situations.

Ongoing support and crisis intervention to families. Family Consultation is designed to enhance the effectiveness of the parents by providing practical guidance and support. Crisis intervention is also available 24 hours a day to ensure safety and stability in the home.

Compass equips parents either through practical, specific one-on-one instruction or in a seminar format. This instruction assists parents and families to communicate and interact in a healthy and successful manner. The method goes beyond simple education and focuses on equipping parents with the individual skills needed to be successful.

Crisis team (Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor) providing mobile crisis response.

-- On-site counseling.

-- Mental health evaluation.

-- Assesses the need for psychiatric hospitalization.

-- Community referrals and linkages.

-- Post crisis follow-ups.

Open to those who are experiencing a mental health crisis that do not require hospitalization, or do not have access to a support system. Provides crisis stabilization and help to identify and connect the client to support systems prior to discharge from the ACSC.

Stays can not exceed the 5 day limit.

Crisis intervention for runaway, locked-out, homeless, and ungovernable youth.

-- Ensures youth receives emergency psychiatric or substance abuse treatment if needed.

-- Follow-up care plan for youths reunited with family.

-- Short-term or long-term placements if reunification is not immediately possible.

Filing of mental health board petitions for involuntary commitment to a mental health hospital.

-- The patient must be dangerous as well as mentally ill.

-- There must be an overt act of dangerousness to the patient or to someone else occurring within the last three months.

-- There must be information establishing mental illness.

-- Subject must be found in Douglas County at time Petition is filed.

The Petition will be presented to the Deputy County Attorney to determine if there is sufficient evidence of dangerous acts and mental illness for approval of the filing of the Petition.

Petitioner and other witnesses may have to appear at the commitment hearing to give sworn testimony to the evidence of dangerousness to self or others as well as mental illness. The subject and his/her attorney will be present. Failure to appear might result in the dismissal of the Petition.

-- A Public Defender will be appointed to represent the subject if he/she is indigent.

-- The only testimony permitted to be introduced at the hearing is first hand information. No hearsay evidence can be introduced.

-- The commitment hearing will be held within 7 days after patient is admitted to hospital.

-- Commitment by the Board of Mental Health is for persons who refuse voluntary treatment.

-- The Board of Mental Health does not commit persons solely on the basis of having an intellectual or cognitive disability.

-- The Board of Mental Health does not pay for the care of patients or pay for the Physician while subject is in the hospital.

Crisis team (Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor) providing mobile crisis response.

-- On-site counseling.

-- Mental health evaluation.

-- Assesses the need for psychiatric hospitalization.

-- Community referrals and linkages.

-- Post crisis follow-ups.