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.

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.

Outreach program that helps link older adults to agencies, services and programs in the area. Assistance with the following programs is provided:

-- Health Care.

-- Medicare drug coverage.

-- Medicare/Medicare HMO.

-- Supplemental insurance.

-- Homemaker services.

-- Care Link (Lifeline).

-- Handicapped parking card.

-- Medical equipment.

-- Adult/senior protective services.

-- Housing.

-- Low rent housing.

-- Westernization.

-- Consumer complaint.

-- Nutrition.

-- Peace Meal - Congregate sites.

-- Home-delivered meals.

-- Link Card (formerly Food Stamps).

-- Financial Assistance.

-- Incense plate discount.

-- Social Security.

-- Energy assistance.

-- Department of Healthcare and Family Services (DHFS).

-- Homestead Exemption/Senior Tax Freeze.

Provides support, information, training, and referrals to unpaid caregivers (age 18+) of Champaign/Piatt County residents aged 60+.

Information about healthy aging, legal rights, access to supplemental services via referral, support groups, and other relevant education and assistance.

Possibilities for respite care included via 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.

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.

Provides:

- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy.

- Social skills groups.

- Individual and family therapy.

- Parent and community trainings.

- Autism resources.

Offers service coordination for persons with developmental disabilities. Provides life span individual service coordination and assists the individual and family by conducting a pre-screening to determine need, building relationships with staff, case coordination/management, finding specialized services for individuals with disabilities, and information and referral.

Provides information and referral services to individuals with disabilities across the state of Nebraska. Services include maintaining and utilizing databases that contain information about individuals diagnosed with specific disabilities or associated risk factors. These registries support public health efforts to identify patterns, plan medical services, manage care for chronic conditions, and connect individuals with relevant medical research programs.

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.

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

Provides trained members who offer effective listening, response, and referral services to friends and neighbors in need. The program includes education on common mental health and substance abuse disorders and guidance on accessing appropriate help. Additionally, it offers companionship and linkage to services for individuals who are socially isolated, homebound, or otherwise in need of connection, aiming to brighten their day and maintain their contact with the outside world through activities such as reading, talking, listening, and other supportive tasks.

Provides free and confidential services. Services offered include pregnancy testing, pregnancy counseling, limited ultrasound, on-going pregnancy support, referrals for community support services, support after an abortion, Earn While You Learn Program, fatherhood mentoring programs, and Mother's/Maternity Home.

Provides information and referrals to area agencies that offer support services to the Washington and Marion County residents.

Brain injury information and resources available, including advocacy and support groups.

Answers questions regarding government benefits and community resources such as: Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, Benefits Access Application (driver's license discount, seniors and persons with disabilities ride free), energy assistance (LIHEAP), intervention and advocacy on a client's behalf, assessment of need and referral for services, and assistance in the completion of forms and applications for benefits.

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.

Medicare Questions and Answers

Information to help navigate Medicare, taking into account individual situations. The tool helps clarify eligibility and enrollment requirements and provides answers to questions on Medicare's plan options, coverage, and costs: www.aarp.org/health/medicare-qa-tool/

Does Medicare Cover Caregiver Costs and Services

The key to qualifying for some paid services is whether the care receiver is "homebound": http://www.aarp.org/medicaregiver

Provides leadership to ensure the prevention and treatment of mental illness, developmental disabilities, substance abuse, and traumatic brain injury by identifying, planning, coordinating, fostering development, and contracting for quality services for all citizens. Responsibilities include allocating county funds designated for mental health services and providing community education programming.

Provides the starting point for obtaining information and arranging services or referrals for individuals and their families ages 60 and older. Counselors connect individuals with resources in the community, providing information about a broad range of community services available, and to share state or federal program resources. Services include information on senior programs, caregiver issues, home health care services, Medicare and Medicaid, senior housing options, and transportation options.