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Over half of employees have some type of disability. As individuals work to become more independent, staff can share experiences of having a disability, encountering and overcoming barriers to independence.

Provides to veterans who have moved back into housing after being homeless. A team of veterans deliver furniture, food, and household items to help the veteran family transition into housing security.

Independent Living Center offers Independent living skills training, independent living transitional services, peer counseling/support, and advocacy and advocacy training.

Services

Centers for Independent Living
Peer to Peer Networking
Independent Living Skills Instruction
R Place Peer Recovery Center offers NAMI Peer-to-Peer (P2P) class for adults experiencing mental illness(es), including substance use disorder. Peer-to-Peer (P2P) is an eight session course available completely FREE through the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Johnson County (NAMI JC).

P2P is taught by "Peers," which is how we refer to adults with mental illness at NAMI. Two or three trained Peer Instructors volunteer to teach the 2 hour per session, 8 week course. The class allows Peers to learn about common mental illness diagnoses, teaches effective ways to deal with them, and empowers attendees with Self Advocacy skills to get the best care.

Offers support to veterans, military personnel, and their families to address challenges related to deployments and reintegration. This program is staffed by certified veteran peer support specialists. Peer-to-peer mentoring, group support, and therapeutic counseling are available. Veterans and their family members are encouraged to drop in or call with any concern; if the agency does not have a way to assist, we are part of a network that can.

Programs offered Voices of Veterans writing group meets monthly, a support group for Vietnam veterans is held weekly, OIF/OEF veterans meet for food/comradery Wednesdays at 5:30 pm.

Other support meetings are started as the need arises.

Services

Veteran Support Groups
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Military Family Support Groups
Veteran Reintegration Counseling
Peer to Peer Networking

Parent Resource Information and Support Meetings (PRISM) monthly support and educational / informational meetings for parents whose children (of any age) have disabilities. Educational classes for adults and teens with disabilities, call for reservations if child care is needed. Some transportation is available; call for information.

Parent to Parent Omaha offers parent to parent support for families of newly-diagnosed children with developmental disabilities.

Just Friends is a peer mentoring and friendship program that gives adolescents with developmental disabilities the opportunity to participate in social and recreational activities with adolescents who do not have developmental disabilities. Staff members provide support to participants, offer monthly social events and provide educational classes.

Best Buddies is a peer mentoring program for young adults with developmental disabilities. Through this program, young adults with developmental disabilities are matched to local college students and participate in social recreational activities. Individuals with disabilities experience friendships with their peers and feel included.

Recreational activities include STARS Basketball League and First Chapter Book Club.

Ultimate Life is a fee-based companion program in which Community Living Specialists (CLS) accompany adults with developmental disabilities to various activities. The program was created to provide opportunities for individuals to participate in the community in activities of their choosing with someone other than a parent and/or staff and consumers from residential settings.

Advocacy and referral source of information on developmental disabilities for the community. Provides disability awareness training for community groups as well as students in area colleges who are majoring in medicine, special education and related fields; provides a voice in the community for issues that affect people with developmental disabilities.

Services

Peer to Peer Networking
Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
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.

Services

Disease/Disability Registries
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Disability Rights Groups
Centers for Independent Living
Driving Evaluation
Driver Training
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Peer to Peer Networking
Specialized Information and Referral
Peer-to-peer program connects newly diagnosed patients and their families with trained volunteers who have experienced blood cancer firsthand and understand the process.

Services

Peer to Peer Networking
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Peer-to-peer program connects newly diagnosed patients and their families with trained volunteers who have experienced blood cancer firsthand and understand the process.
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.

Services

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

Services

Disease/Disability Registries
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Disability Rights Groups
Centers for Independent Living
Driving Evaluation
Driver Training
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Peer to Peer Networking
Specialized Information and Referral
Program for children and families of children with special needs, includes networking.
The Family Link Mentor Program: Provides supportive services to parents of recently diagnosed children with diabetes.
Participants are paired with a trained peer who serves as a mentor, sharing personal experiences and providing support, information, resources, and encouragement.
Peer Consultation Program: Matches up individuals with similar disabilities to empower each other through encouragement, support and socialization.
Provide trained volunteers, usually parents, through Sharing our Strengths (SOS) program. You are not alone. Our parent to parent/peer support network for parents of children/adult children with developmental disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, special healthcare needs or individuals with disabilities can help.
Family Networking is a program of Children's Craniofacial Association in Family members are connected with other family members to share emotional support, discuss problems and identify resources. Many families that have a member with a craniofacial condition feel alone and secluded. Being able to communicate with other parents, siblings, or patients can help family members feel part of a larger community with others who are ready to help them through rough times. CAPACITY No Restrictions
Reach to Recovery: Women currently facing breast cancer are paired with breast cancer survivors for moral support, literature and resources. Efforts are made to pair women with similar treatment courses and with similar life situations.

Services

Peer to Peer Networking
Peer-to-peer support provided by trained volunteers to provide emotional support and information about local services for patients with leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and multiple myeloma.
Support for parents, family members, and those born with congenital heart defects. Specific services include: - Website and Facebook page for connecting online. - Family Support (by phone or in person). - A newsletter published quarterly. - Annual fall picnic for patients and families. - "Parent Survival Kit" information packet when children have surgery. - Megan's Lodge - Vacation spot for families of children with heart defects. - The Stella Wilson Memorial Scholarship for those born with a heart defect.

Services

Peer to Peer Networking
Disease/Disability Information
Peer to Peer Counseling: Offers the opportunity for individuals with disabilities to meet other individuals with the same disability or similar life challenges to discuss expression of problems, feelings and solutions. Independent living and advocacy skills are often other tools learned as a result of connecting with peers.
Offers peer support for: - Survivors of mass violence such as, mass shootings terrorist attacks, or other large scale community violence. - Survivors and Responders of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Services

Peer to Peer Networking
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.

Services

Disease/Disability Registries
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Disability Rights Groups
Centers for Independent Living
Driving Evaluation
Driver Training
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Peer to Peer Networking
Specialized Information and Referral
Peer to Peer Counseling: Offers the opportunity for individuals with disabilities to meet other individuals with the same disability or similar life challenges to discuss expression of problems, feelings and solutions. Independent living and advocacy skills are often other tools learned as a result of connecting with peers.
Reach to Recovery: Women currently facing breast cancer are paired with breast cancer survivors for moral support, literature and resources. Efforts are made to pair women with similar treatment courses and with similar life situations.

Services

Peer to Peer Networking