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Offers to work with registered child care providers to improve the nutritional level of the children they serve via nutrition classes and home visits. The program reimburses registered providers for providing USDA approved meals and snacks, thus ensuring the nutrition children need to grow.

Five core services include:

- Information and Referral.

- Independent Living Skills Training.

- Peer Counseling.

- Advocacy.

- Transition Program.

In addition, the Center offers programs that include Personal Assistance (PA Services), Community Reintegration Program, and Education/Outreach programs.

Provides counseling services for adults, adolescents, and young children, including support for individuals and their intimate partners experiencing relationship challenges. Services aim to address relationship difficulties, explore alternative resolutions, and enhance marriages or committed partnerships through individual, group, or conjoint counseling sessions.

Provides information about the history of Jackson County.

Offers free, confidential support to help people through mental health, substance use, or emotional crises. Trained responders are available to provide support, help to calm stressful situations, and connect individuals with the care they need. Callers may reach out if they, a friend, a family member, or a neighbor is:

- Feeling overwhelmed, anxious or hopeless.

- Talking about suicide or self-harm.

- Acting out in a way that seems unsafe or concerning.

- Struggling with stress, loss, addiction, or mental health concerns.

- In need of help, but unsure where to start.

There is no wrong reason to reach out.

Trained CRT responders answer calls 24 hours a day. If needed, a team member can meet in person, typically within 30 minutes. Responders listen, offer support, assess safety, and help plan next steps. Follow-up support is available in the days and weeks after the crisis. No police are involved.

Provides inpatient and outpatient services for adults with chemical dependency. Has a Dual Diagnosis Track for individuals who have either a medical or mental illness in combination with an addiction. Provides both individual and group therapy.

Offers the following services

• A registered nurse provides many services such as pain/symptom management, medication management, disease management, etc.
• Physical therapy.
• Occupational therapy.
• Home health aides assist with bathing, oral hygiene, nail care, etc.

Serves as a crisis team with an Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor providing mobile crisis response intervention including on-site counseling, mental health evaluation, and asessment for psychiatric hospitalization.

All locations offer a wellness floor with cardio and weight equipment and wellness staff to assist. Most locations offer a range of group-exercise classes (high intensity, challenging, low impact, chair-assisted, fall prevention), active older adult and youth programs, open swim and lap times, swim lessons (including adaptive and adult), open gymnasium hours, pickleball, child watch, youth sports, and summer day camp.

Other programs and features vary by location (See notes below and visit website for more details and hours):

- The Buena Vista YMCA Express is a co-op project in conjunction with Omaha Public Schools, located on the Buena Vista High School campus. It includes a unique wellness floor featuring eGYM and MX4 equipment. This location is a wellness-only 14+ facility.

- The Westview YMCA offers youth sports and sports camps, a splash pad, and it is attached to Omaha Public School’s Westview High School. Visit other locations to learn more about summer day camp opportunities.

- The YMCA Healthy Living Center is an adult-only location designed for individuals 30+, with a therapeutic warm-water pool and a wider variety of low impact classes and equipment as well as social clubs and activities geared toward active older adults.

- The Charles E. Lakin YMCA offers eSports.

- The Butler-Gast YMCA and Downtown YMCA locations accept registrations for youth sports and host practices and games in collaboration with the Maple Street YMCA.

- The Gretna Crossing YMCA has eGYM equipment and a splash pad. It is part of the Gretna Crossing Park that offers trails, disc golf course, and a water park.

- The Blair Family YMCA offers a fitness center, pool, and many activities for youth and adults regardless of ability to pay.

Provides energy efficiency services without cost to homeowners or renters who meet guidelines. Installation of work measurers are determined and measured by a computerized energy audit. Work includes sealing air infiltration leaks, high-density insulation, health and safety check, heating system repair or replacement, water heaters repair or replacement. Some minor repair is allowable for health and safety reasons.

Offers a free in home counseling program for children on Medicaid, ages 4-19, who need help improving behavioral skills. Provides in-home BHIS services out of all office locations. 

Offers to help children in grades 4-12 develop knowledge and skills. Services include learning about citizenship, leadership, cooking, arts and crafts, mechanics and technology, horticulture, agriculture, and other subjects. To teach young people about these subjects, the 4-H program uses the learn-by-doing method of instruction.

Dedicated to connecting people who need life-saving blood with generous volunteers who give.

1,000 volunteer blood donors each week are needed to keep the blood supply stable. Donors are welcome at any of the donation centers or the many blood drives held weekly.

Donation sites:

-- 100 North 84th Street in Lincoln

-- 1631 Pine Lake Road in Lincoln

-- 4900 North 26th Street in Lincoln

-- 12100 Pacific Street in Omaha