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Provides information about transportation options for individuals with epilepsy. Services may include reduced CTA fares or free ride programs for those who qualify.

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

Case/Care Management
Specialized Information and Referral
Language Interpretation

Offers support services aimed to empower women including: health education, vocational training, and information on community resources

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Specialized Information and Referral
General Health Education Programs
Prejob Guidance
Provides a resource for county residents who choose to represent themselves In court or have questions on divorce, child custody, paternity, and grandparent rights.

This office does not give legal advice.

10 Tips on How To Get Started

Ten ways to get started caring for a family member or friend: www.aarp.org/211care


5 Steps for Family Caregivers

Tips to ease the transition into caregiving: www.aarp.org/firsttimecaregiving


Taking the Stress out of Family Caregiving

Guide to help find support, make tough decisions, and handle conflict during the caregiving journey: www.aarp.org/careguides


Caregiving Questions and Answer Tool

Answers about caregiving: www.aarp.org/caregiving/answers

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Specialized Information and Referral
Unified network of rape crisis centers. Monitors and funds all approved Illinois Sexual Assault Programs, provides training and education, program development, site reviews, and sets standards for service.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Sexual Assault Counseling
General Crisis Intervention Hotlines

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.

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Parenting Skills Classes
Specialized Information and Referral
Diapers
Childbirth Education
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.
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.

Categories

Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Disease/Disability Registries
Driver Training
Centers for Independent Living
Disability Rights Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Driving Evaluation
Peer to Peer Networking

Grief, Loss, and End of Life

Advice for coping with the death of a loved one, arranging funeral services, and making plans and decisions about the end of your life: www.aarp.org/endoflife


What To Do When A Loved One Dies

Practical steps to take in the early days: http://www.aarp.org/afterdeathchecklist


What Happens When Caregiving Ends

Life after caregiving: http://www.aarp.org/aftercaregiving


How to Write a Memorable Obituary

How to pay tribute to the things that made your loved one special: www.aarp.org/obituarywriting


AARP Grief and Loss Community

Online community, connecting experts and other caregivers for advice, tips, and support after loss: www.aarp.org/griefcommunity


Caregiver Survivor Guilt

Guilt and emotional withdrawal: http://www.aarp.org/survivorguilt

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General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Specialized Information and Referral

Services for individuals with disabilities. Includes information and referral, service coordination, independent living skills training, individual and system advocacy, equipment loan and rental, equipment repair, barrier removal consultations and grants, peer mentoring, and disability awareness training. Personal assistant referral and management program.

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Assistive Technology Information
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Disease/Disability Registries
Specialized Information and Referral
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services

Provides emergency housing and supportive services to homeless individuals and families. Services include case management, information and referral to community resources, education assistance, workshops, and access to food pantry.


Cold Shelter available on nights when it is 20F or below.

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Food Pantries
Specialized Information and Referral
Case/Care Management
Homeless Shelter
Life Skills Education

Committed to empowering persons with disabilities to achieve full participation in community life through informed choices.

Offers families and professionals information and referrals related to the health of children and youth with special health care needs.

Assistance with information, referral, distribution and completion of applications for the Food Assistance Program (formerly food stamps).

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Certificates/Forms Assistance
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.

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

Redeploy is a state funded program which provides services to youth who are at very high risk of incarceration in the State of Illinois prison system. Services include:

-- Clinical Treatment

-- Case Management

-- Transportation

-- Advocacy

-- Linkage to other services

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Case/Care Management
Specialized Information and Referral
Juvenile Delinquency Diversion Counseling
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.
Provides information on support groups and financial resources for caregivers.

Redeploy is a state funded program which provides services to youth who are at very high risk of incarceration in the State of Illinois prison system. Services include:

-- Clinical Treatment

-- Case Management

-- Transportation

-- Advocacy

-- Linkage to other services

Categories

Case/Care Management
Specialized Information and Referral
Juvenile Delinquency Diversion Counseling

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

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

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

Categories

Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Disease/Disability Registries
Driver Training
Centers for Independent Living
Disability Rights Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Driving Evaluation
Peer to Peer Networking
Offers an answer line where families or individuals can call in to get answers about a wide variety of topics pertaining to home and family.

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

Case/Care Management
Specialized Information and Referral
Language Interpretation

Offers the Veterans family support network, which channels requests for any type of assistance including financial to Legion Posts throughout the United States. Callers are advised to give their home zip code and a call-back telephone number where they can be reached.

Finders/Seekers is a service provided by the National American Legion to help locate veterans: Finders/Seekers VETS P.O. Box 411007 St. Louis, Mo. 63141.

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Missing Persons Location Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral