Making Appropriate Decisions deals with juveniles beginning to get into trouble with schools, family, and community. Adult life reality program.

Alcohol education.

DUI offender education class.

Anger management classes for adults.

Life Skills classes.

Defensive driving classes for adults and juveniles.

Babysitting class for 11-15 year olds.

First Aid and CPR.

Occupational safety and health programs.

Offers outpatient substance use treatment services including assessment, individual counseling, group counseling, support groups, and educational information.

Offers outpatient substance use treatment services including assessment, individual counseling, group counseling, support groups, and educational information.

Offers outpatient counseling, assessments and referral services for adults and adolescents experiencing problems in their life due to substance use or problem gambling. Counseling is available on an individual or group basis and is also available to family members and/or friends. Also offers medication assisted treatment (MAT) services and intervention services, if needed as well as drug and alcohol screenings.

Offers programs focusing on preventing use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and gambling. A DOT-approved DUI/OWI class is also offered.

Offers a variety of programs, activities, and technical assistance to communities, schools, workplaces, and organizations to address their individual needs related to substance misuse and gambling.

Offers programs focusing on preventing use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and gambling. A DOT-approved DUI/OWI class is also offered.

Advocates for victims' rights, provides emotional support for victims and their families, and assists victims through the criminal court process.

Victim support.

Public education and awareness (school speakers, health fairs, country fairs, town hall meetings).

Volunteers monitor court cases.

Partners with law enforcement agencies to ensure life-saving laws can be enforced at the local level.

Power of Parents works with parents to learn how to initiate conversation with kids about alcohol and drug use.

Power of Youth talks to middle and high school students about the power they have to resist alcohol and drugs.

The five strategic directions for Buffalo County include High Impact Prevention Services (decrease substance and alcohol misuse, increase number of adults reporting Alzheimer's and dementia), Eliminate Health Disparities (increase number of adults with health insurance and decrease barriers to health care), Healthy Eating and Active Living (increase physical activity, decrease BMI, increase consumption of fruits and vegetables), Injury-Free Living (increase reporting of child abuse and domestic assault, decrease suicide ideation and attempts), and Healthy Homes and Sustainable Communities (increase home ownership and number of quality rentals). Coalitions meet regularly to plan action around goal attainment

Counseling can help strengthen your family, develop your relationships and prevent small problems from getting out of control. Individual, family and group therapists assess and treat everything from everyday stress to chronic mental health disorders.

Outpatient substance use disorder services are available for persons who have used drugs or alcohol or have been diagnosed as chemically dependent, if they can be treated in the community.

Specialized treatment services and groups include:
--Severe and persistent mental illness
--Depression and mood disorder
--Urgent outpatient mental health care
--Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
--Counseling for sex offenders
--Treatment for children with sexual behavior problems
--Sexual abuse support groups
--Substance use disorder
--Adolescent decision-making groups
--Post-adoption issues
--Pregnancy- and parenting-related issues
--Coping Skills Groups

Offers outpatient substance use treatment services including assessment, individual counseling, group counseling, support groups, and educational information.

Offers a variety of programs, activities, and technical assistance to communities, schools, workplaces, and organizations to address their individual needs related to substance misuse and gambling.

Health clinic offering the following services:
Adult medicine
Pediatrics, including well child, physicals (school, sports and camp), immunizations, acute care
OB/GYN services, such as pap smears, breast and cervical cancer screening, etc.
Family planning
Social work, case management
Mental health services
Substance abuse education
Outreach to African American women, youth, pregnant women, and individuals with substance use disorder

Dental clinic provides routine dental screening and non-emergency dental services.

Pharmacy for patients of Charles Drew.

Offers outpatient counseling, assessments and referral services for adults and adolescents experiencing problems in their life due to substance use or problem gambling. Counseling is available on an individual or group basis and is also available to family members and/or friends. Also offers medication assisted treatment (MAT) services and intervention services, if needed as well as drug and alcohol screenings.

Prevention staff are able to provide training and tools for a wide variety of substance abuse needs including alcohol, drug and gambling issues.

Offers outpatient substance use treatment services including assessment, individual counseling, group counseling, support groups, and educational information.

Youth Assessment Center, with families and the community, supports activities that contribute to the safety and well-being of youth involved with the juvenile justice system or at risk of becoming involved in the system. Goal is to divert youth from the juvenile detention center where possible and when appropriate. Youth receive comprehensive pre-treatment assessments and drug and alcohol assessments to aid the juvenile court in determining the need for detention.

Staff Secure Detention facilities house youth who are under Juvenile Court jurisdiction only and who do not require a locked facility for supervision and control. The facility is unlocked and the supervision is provided by staff.

Juvenile Detention Center is a secure facility that houses youth who require a locked environment; the facility has a central control room which houses a state of the art computerized security system to monitor and manage security 24-hours a day.

Drug and alcohol evaluations for all youth admitted, as well as year round educational programs through the Lincoln Public Schools/Pathfinder School.

Prevention staff are able to provide training and tools for a wide variety of substance abuse needs including alcohol, drug and gambling issues.

Counseling can help strengthen your family, develop your relationships and prevent small problems from getting out of control. Individual, family and group therapists assess and treat everything from everyday stress to chronic mental health disorders.

Outpatient substance use disorder services are available for persons who have used drugs or alcohol or have been diagnosed as chemically dependent, if they can be treated in the community.

Specialized treatment services and groups include:
--Severe and persistent mental illness
--Depression and mood disorder
--Urgent outpatient mental health care
--Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
--Counseling for sex offenders
--Treatment for children with sexual behavior problems
--Sexual abuse support groups
--Substance use disorder
--Adolescent decision-making groups
--Post-adoption issues
--Pregnancy- and parenting-related issues
--Coping Skills Groups

Offers programs focusing on preventing use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and gambling. A DOT-approved DUI/OWI class is also offered.

Professional Partner program serves children, adolescents, and young adults who have serious emotional disorders and their families; provides intensive therapeutic case management program tailored to meet the needs of each youth and family.

Emergency Community Support program provides follow-up, continuity, and coordination services for individuals who have been admitted to emergency or civil protective custody.

Regional Housing Coordination provides rental assistance for adults who are low income and experience a serious mental illness to obtain safe housing at an affordable cost; must have referral from a community support worker or other behavioral health worker.

Regional Consumer Specialist (RCS) serves as an advocate and liaison to consumers of behavioral health services, including consumers of services which are designed to lead toward wellness and recovery from mental illness, substance abuse, or problem gambling; the RCS is available to consumers of all ages, their families and support system, throughout Region 3's geographic area.

Training related to Suicide Prevention, Suicide Postvention, Mental Health First Aid, Psychological First Aid, Trauma-Informed Care, Compassion Fatigue, Coping Through COVID, Calmer Classrooms: Working with Traumatized Youth, Psychological First Aid, Effective Strategies for Children with Developmental Trauma, Resilience for the Responders: Creative Tools for Compassion Fatigue & Secondary Trauma for Disaster Relief Workers, Introduction to Mindfulness Skills, Helping Adults Coping with Grief.

Disaster Behavioral Health Outreach, Counseling and Training for flood impacted counties (Buffalo, Custer, Hall & Howard) and for individuals impacted by COVID 19 for all 22 counties in Region 3.

Offers a variety of educational programs and activities to help youth, schools, workplaces, and communities understand and work on issues connected to the underage use and abuse of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs.

Offers evidence based programs that teaches children, teachers and families social emotional intelligence and life skill for success. The programs use music and an online curriculum to teach methods and skills to prevent bullying and alcohol, tobacco and other drug use.

There are Rock Digi lessons for students grades 2 - 12 that include white board animation, lyric music videos, group discussion questions, drill down activities and pre and posttest to measure student learning of the lesson. Rock In Prevention lessons are based on American School Counselors Association (ASCA), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and Common Core standards and educational goals. Rock Digi is an online curriculum that uses the power of music to teach Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and life skills for success in an effort to improve the mental health of all students, reduce bullying and drug use, and create a positive school climate.

Offers programs focusing on preventing use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and gambling. A DOT-approved DUI/OWI class is also offered.

Public school district offices for Pre K-12 schools.

DRUG and Alcohol Free Youth program (DAFY).

Tobacco awareness and voluntary cessation group for students.

Tean-net assists pregnant teens and teen parents and encourages them to stay in school.

Friendship School / Student Friendship Program is a puppet program to promote better understanding and acceptance of disabilities.