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Services include:

-- Access/screening.

-- Anger Management Counseling.

-- Caregiver Connection.

-- Crisis stabilization services.

-- Case Management.

-- Child Outpatient Therapy.

-- Family Counseling.

-- Linkage with psychiatric medical services.

-- ADHD Services and Resources.

Categories

Psychiatric Case Management
Juvenile Delinquency Diversion Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Anger Management
Caregiver Counseling
Mental Health Evaluation
In Person Crisis Intervention

Provides social support to Latinos in the area. Services offered in Spanish.

Social Services include:

-- Risk education (alcohol, drugs, gambling, and other risk factors)

-- DUI assessments

-- Interpreter services

-- Help to complete community hours

-- Healthy Choices Youth Program

-- Youth Support Groups

-- Early Intervention and Prevention

Categories

Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
Court Ordered Community Service Referral Programs
Youth Outreach Programs
Specialized Information and Referral
Cultural Heritage Programs
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Language Interpretation
Cultural Heritage Groups

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Area Agencies on Aging
Case/Care Management
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Adult In Home Respite Care
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Homemaker Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Home Delivered Meals
Children's In Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Categories

Prevocational Training
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Benefits Screening
Respite Care Subsidies
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Supported Employment
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Specialized Information and Referral
General Household Goods Provision
Rent Payment Assistance

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Categories

Prevocational Training
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Transportation Expense Assistance
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Supported Employment
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
General Household Goods Provision
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Specialized Information and Referral
Respite Care Subsidies
Benefits Screening
Oxford House is a national organization who publishes guides for local chapters to run halfway houses. Oxford House follows democratic, evidence-based practices, and charters houses all across the nation.

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Categories

Prevocational Training
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Benefits Screening
Respite Care Subsidies
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Supported Employment
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Specialized Information and Referral
General Household Goods Provision
Rent Payment Assistance

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Area Agencies on Aging
Case/Care Management
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Adult In Home Respite Care
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Homemaker Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Home Delivered Meals
Children's In Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral

Provides peer support counseling, information and referral to services that help disabled individuals, skills training, advocacy for persons with disabilities and their families and disability awareness and leadership education. Working with individuals in their homes or in locations convenient to the individual.

Categories

Disease/Disability Registries
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Centers for Independent Living
Specialized Information and Referral

Provides a variety of education programs to better the health of the community. Many of these programs are funded through grants, and are offered at little or no cost to the residents.

Programs include:

-- Sexual Health Education: Provides Making Proud Choices! (CUPHD's age-appropriate, comprehensive sex education programming) and sexual health resources

-- Tobacco Initiatives: Provides a Youth Tobacco Prevention, Smoke-Free Illinois Act Enforcement, and Tobacco Prevention Coalition programs. Also provides information regarding the health effects of e-cigarettes

-- Community Health Resources: Provides the Germ Busters, Worksite Wellness, Physical Activity and Active Transportation, and Period Product Drive programs. Also provides information regarding statistics and policies related to chronic diseases and obesity

-- Adolescent Health Services: Provides the Adolescent Health Program, resources and support groups for affordable substance abuse treatment services, resources for affordable mental and behavioral health care

Categories

General Health Education Programs
Community Wellness Programs
Specialized Information and Referral
Sexuality/Reproductive Health Education
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention

Services which enable persons with disabilities to acquire the skills necessary for independent living.

Barrier Removal and Information Center offers consultations to consumers, builders, businesses and organizations to increase accessibility within the home and community. Modifications to homes include redesigning living areas, and installing outside ramps and grab bars. In addition, grant assistance is offered to income- and geographically-eligible persons with disabilities.

Center for Independent Living services include information and referral, independent living skills training, financial benefits counseling, and awareness training for the general public and organizations regarding disability issues. In addition, the Center assists clients in the development and implementation of independent living plans in the following areas: home and financial management; social skills; sexuality; consumer and legal rights; peer counseling; equipment loan, repair and rental; and individual and systems advocacy.

Categories

Disability Rights Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Disease/Disability Registries
Centers for Independent Living
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services

A program designed to provide community-based services that will meet the needs of individuals with brain injuries and help prevent unnecessary institutionalization.

Categories

Specialized Information and Referral
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Case/Care Management
Disability Rights Groups

Provides various information and assistance to Immigrants and Hispanic individuals, including:

- Information and referral.

- Educational seminars addressing employment, housing, immigration and naturalization, financial literacy, health issues, and more.

- Job-seeking training and tips.

- Medicaid information and counseling.

- General benefits assistance.

Categories

Specialized Information and Referral
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Immigrant/Refugee Employment Programs
Medicaid Information/Counseling

Website that provides information to parents of children with disabilities. Topics include the following and more:

- Accessibility resources for homes and public places.

- Assistive technology.

- Organizations that focus on specific disabilities and disability rights.

- Emotional and behavioral disorders.

- Early intervention services.

- Financial resources.

- Employment for individuals with disabilities.

- Scholarships for individuals with disabilities.

- Medical needs.

- Transition to post secondary education, employment, and housing.

Offering addiction information, support, and treatment program listings by state. Resources available for the following drug addictions (alcohol, opiates, opioids, benzodiazepines, stimulants), process addictions (eating disorders, food addiction, gambling addiction, sex addiction, kleptomania), and treatment programs (medical detox, inpatient and outpatient rehab, interventions).

Categories

Specialized Information and Referral

Provides a space for all of the LGBTQ+ community and allies to gather to meet other people, enjoy activities, groups and events, shop for pride merchandise, support local LGBTQ+ artists, ask for referrals, and get connected to medical care, counseling and public health services, housing, and other local resources.

The location is a safe place for our community and allies meet up with friends, have small group meetings, play board games, watch TV, connect to the internet, read a book, and more.

Provides military families who have children with special needs the resources needed to make informed assignment decisions and experience easier transitions. Two types of directories are offered:

Early Intervention Directory provides information on early intervention services for children birth through 3 years old.

School-Age Directory provides information on special education services for children ages 3 through 21 years old.

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Categories

Prevocational Training
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Benefits Screening
Respite Care Subsidies
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Supported Employment
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Specialized Information and Referral
General Household Goods Provision
Rent Payment Assistance

The Hispanic Center provides families with information in Spanish and links them to services in Spanish. Services provided include:

-- Outreach

-- Advocacy

-- Interpretation

-- Translation

-- Case Management

-- Information and Referrals

Categories

Language Interpretation
Case/Care Management
Specialized Information and Referral
Information on available services, links individuals to the services and provides adequate follow-up procedures.
Provides information and referrals to available resources in the Polk County area. Information and referrals can include food programs, energy assistance, chore services, and Medicare and Medicaid information. Volunteer opportunities, educational, recreational programs and nutrition information is also available. Coordinates seven neighborhood-based senior centers and nine meal sites throughout Polk County. Contact your local community center for more information.

Services include:

-- Access/screening.

-- Anger Management Counseling.

-- Caregiver Connection.

-- Crisis stabilization services.

-- Case Management.

-- Child Outpatient Therapy.

-- Family Counseling.

-- Linkage with psychiatric medical services.

-- ADHD Services and Resources.

Categories

Psychiatric Case Management
Juvenile Delinquency Diversion Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Anger Management
Caregiver Counseling
Mental Health Evaluation
In Person Crisis Intervention

Assists teenage and other at-risk mothers and their infants from conception up to 3 years of age.

Services provided:

-- Prenatal education.

-- Postnatal education.

-- Parenting skills classes.

-- Assistance with ongoing infant needs up to 3 years of age.

-- Assistance with infant Diapers Guidance.

-- Information and referrals to supportive services as needed.

Categories

Parenting Skills Classes
Diapers
Specialized Information and Referral
Childbirth Education
Provides a Team of Peer Support Specialist available to aid in service navigation and offer recovery coaching. Assists in navigating the logistics of placement into detox and treatment among other requested supports.

Categories

Specialized Information and Referral
Substance Use Disorder Drop In Programs
Substance Use Disorder Peer Recovery Coach Services

Helps applying for benefits, information on community resources, and assistance to caregivers and grandparents raising grandchildren.

Categories

Benefits Screening
Specialized Information and Referral
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Caregiver Consultation and Support