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Services and activities for senior citizens to support their independence and community involvement. Includes activities coordination, entertainment, fellowship, recreation, and education.

Specific services include morning coffee, congregate meals Mon-Fri at 12 pm, home delivered meals, information and referral, blood pressure clinics, foot clinics the 3rd Tue from 1 pm-3 pm.

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Senior Centers
Home Delivered Meals
Blood Pressure Screening
Specialized Information and Referral
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Foot Screening
State-funded agency offering treatment and preventative resources for those impacted by a gambling addiction.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Gambling Disorder Counseling
Gambling Disorder Helplines
Gambling Disorder Relapse Prevention

Organization dedicated to bringing hope and support to those affected by suicide by raising awareness, funding scientific research, and providing resources and aid to those affected by it.

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Mental Health Information/Education
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, 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.

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Respite Care Subsidies
Benefits Screening
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Transportation Expense Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
Prevocational Training
Supported Employment
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Family group for parents and families of youth with mental, emotional and behavioral health challenges. Offers parents the opportunity to gather with others who have successfully navigated the mental and behavioral health systems in order to achieve support for their child. "One on one" service designed to be encouraging and informational, with access to parent education and skill building, workshops and support groups.

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Families/Friends of Individuals With Mental Health Disorders Support Groups
Specialized Information and Referral

Offers information and referrals to services in the community that can help individuals in need.

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.

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

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.

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.

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Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
General Household Goods Provision
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Supported Employment
Respite Care Subsidies
Prevocational Training
Benefits Screening
Specialized Information and Referral
Home Barrier Removal Grants

Care team that specializes in providing integrated primary medical and behavioral health care and social services to the LGBTQ+ community. Services provided:

- Assessments and referrals to Hormone Replacement Therapy.

- Hormone Replacement Therapy.

- Letters for surgery.

- Counseling.

- Family Medicine.

- Case management and care coordination.

- Nutrition education.

- OB/GYN.

- Enrollment assistance (insurance/ Medicare/Medicaid).

- Referrals for other needed services.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Sexual Orientation Counseling
General Medical Care
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Case/Care Management
Transgender Hormone Therapy

Provides help vulnerable adults with navigating abusive situations that they may encounter by providing resources to help mitigate risk of vulnerable adults that meet the criteria of the program.

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Adult Protective Services
Specialized Information and Referral
Center for Independent Living.

Information and referral for disability services.

Independent living skills training that will enable an individual with disabilities to remain in their home, or when transitioning into their first independent living.

Advocacy for individuals and systems that serve them.

Driver's Education School is DMV certified; provides evaluation of reaction time, visual perception, and behind the wheel skills. Education and training includes classroom and on-the-road instruction. Offers adaptive equipment evaluation and training.

Durable medical equipment rent/loan at Grand Island and Scottsbluff locations. Donations of equipment accepted.

Peer mentoring, where people with disabilities support each other in their daily lives.

Housing counseling assists people with disabilities in locating, acquiring, and maintaining safe, affordable, accessible housing.

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Disease/Disability Registries
Driver Training
Disability Rights Groups
Peer to Peer Networking
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Centers for Independent Living
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Specialized Information and Referral
Driving Evaluation
Assistance with information, referral, distribution and completion of applications for the Food Assistance Program (formerly food stamps).

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Specialized Information and Referral
Certificates/Forms Assistance
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) provides educational classes about mental illness for families; for adults living with a mental illness; and for the general public. NAMI provides support resources for family members and individuals affected by mental illness; and provides advocacy training to help the public work to improve mental health resources. NAMI also works to improve current laws, legislation and promotes research. This is a locally led affiliate of NAMI Iowa and the national NAMI organization. Crisis Text Line: text NAMI to 741-741. Use the link for calendar for current month activities.

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Mental Health Associations
General Mental Health Information/Education
Specialized Information and Referral

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

Medicare Information/Counseling
Children's In Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Homemaker Assistance
Case/Care Management
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Home Delivered Meals
Adult In Home Respite Care
Assistance with information, referral, distribution and completion of applications for the Food Assistance Program (formerly food stamps).

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Specialized Information and Referral
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Senior Help Line is available to provide information, education, and assistance to older people, their caregivers and to other interested persons.

Provides information, assistance, and referrals for challenges seniors face with independent living.

Assists seniors with Medicare enrollments and Part D changes (SHIP), Medicaid enrollment and recertification, SNAP applications, LIHEAP applications, and referrals to community programs that would be useful to seniors, including food assistance, mental health needs/counseling, transitioning to senior housing, assisted living, or skilled nursing facilities.

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Medicaid Information/Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Geriatric Counseling

Provides:

- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy.

- Social skills groups.

- Individual and family therapy.

- Parent and community trainings.

- Autism resources.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Social Skills Training
Autism Therapy
Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Assistance to people seeking information about programs and services available to older person. Outreach services locate and determine the needs of frail older persons.

Provides information, assistance, and referrals for challenges seniors face with independent living.

Assists seniors with Medicare enrollments and Part D changes (SHIP), Medicaid enrollment and recertification, SNAP applications, LIHEAP applications, and referrals to community programs that would be useful to seniors, including food assistance, mental health needs/counseling, transitioning to senior housing, assisted living, or skilled nursing facilities.

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Medicaid Information/Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Geriatric Counseling

Offered services include:

- Personal case management services.

- Support group for persons with ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease and their caregivers.

- ALS Center for Excellence multi-discipline clinic specifically for people with ALS, in conjunction with Nebraska Medicine.

- Quality of life grants.

- Education and information.

- Equipment loan pool.

- Community referrals.

- Newsletters and website.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Case/Care Management
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Assistive Technology Equipment
Disease/Disability Information

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

Medicare Information/Counseling
Children's In Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Homemaker Assistance
Case/Care Management
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Home Delivered Meals
Adult In Home Respite Care
Provides outreach, information, and assistance, connecting seniors to benefits and services to help them maintain their independence in the community. Assists seniors in becoming aware of the many government programs they are potentially eligible for and may provide assistance in applying for those benefits, such as Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, etc.

Responds to inquiries from people with disabilities, family members, other service providers, the business community, and the general public on programs, resources, and other issues related to disabilities such as:

- Accessibility Requirement.

- Personal Assistive Technology.

- Employment Services.

- Accessibility Housing.

- Transportation.

- Community resources.

Offers information on community services. Individuals will speak with an Information and Assistance Specialist who will assess their needs, answer questions, explain what programs are available, and assist them in securing the assistance they need.