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Helps schools, parents, and the community in an effort to prepare young people to become successful and productive citizens.

Focuses on the YMCA core values of Character, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility, tied with the Six Pillars of Character Development to enhance the self confidence, motivation, and self esteem of the participants.

The program is site-based and operates at different schools sites in the community. Every group at each particular site meets at different times.

Identifies at-risk youth that are potential leaders and are currently underachieving.

Subsidized housing, fair housing, homelessness resources, and discrimination concerns.

Provides health care and specialty health care services, including mental health care. Can also provide family and internal medicine services.

Provides a maternity home (NOT A SHELTER) dedicated to the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of single pregnant mothers, girls that are not pregnant but have an infant, or young women who are pregnant with another young child (infant) with them. It is a safe haven where they can stay while learning the skills, get basic needs and counseling they need to make a better life for themselves and their babies.

Offers library services. Items that may be borrowed from or used in the library include books, music recordings, videos and DVDs, audiobooks, computer software, magazines, and newspapers. The library also has computers and Wi-Fi for public access. There are also library sponsored programs for all ages offered.

Provides non-perishable food items to anyone in need of food. 

Offers an outlet Store that has new and slightly used items at a low cost.

Offers individual and group services to adults struggling with behavioral health problems. Case management, community support services, and some residential services are provided to address issues such as illness management, life skill development, linkage to community resources, and socialization.

Provides inpatient services to individuals needing 24-hour intensive psychiatric care, including inpatient addiction treatment.

Serves families interested in adopting a child. Allows birth parents and adoptive parents to design an adoption plan that is in the best interest of the child, and recognizes the importance of the adoptive parents and birth parents developing an on-going relationship. Services include counseling young women who are pregnant, adoption orientations, adoption home studies for domestic and international adoptions, as well as for special needs adoptions, post-placement supervision, finalization services, ongoing support groups, and adoption searches.

Offers daily hot meals for older adults. Meal delivery available for individuals who are homebound.

Provides vocational assessments, job coaching and supported employment services. In addition, support for students with disabilities pursuing post-secondary education is available.

Provides timely, factual reports about family emergencies, such as a death, illness or birth, to service members wherever they are stationed.

The main effort for emergency services is the family follow-up. SAF units contact the client to check on the outcome of the requested services. This follow-up could include:

Contacting the family after an Emergency Communications Message is sent to determine any new or ongoing needs.

Assessing the needs of the family beyond emergency communications.

Providing information about, and referral to, local resources.

Conducting a client satisfaction survey prior to closing the case.

Provides several services for women in the community.

-- Prenatal care.

-- OB/GYN.

-- Family planning.

-- Pregnancy testing.

-- Birth control.

-- Diagnostic care.

Provides access to food for families in need living within the boundaries of Algonquin and Lake in the Hills. Clients may make selections from a supermarket style set-up which includes the use of shopping carts. A variety of packaged, canned, refrigerated, and frozen foods are available.

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 free shower to anyone in need.  Also provides towels and hygiene products.

Serves all Nebraska adoptive families - international, domestic infant, private, step-parent and foster adoptive families. Advocates for the special interests of adoptive families and connects families to one another. Six core services include Permanency Support Services, Respite Care Connections, Parent2Parent Network, Mental Health Connections, Training, and Support Groups and Family Activities.

Case management available for up to 180 days. Individualized family plan designed and implemented with the family's input.

Assists post adoptive and guardianship families in locating formal and informal respite providers and can provide financial assistance for respite services (limited). All families who receive financial respite assistance through the program will be asked to attend a training.

Mentoring in partnership with Nebraska Foster and Adoptive Parent Association (NFAPA) to assist in providing peer mentoring services to post adoptive and guardianship families.

Mental health services - locates and refers families to professional post adoption and guardianship providers.

Training opportunities that can support skill building on issues related to adoption.

Support groups and networks for families and youth where social networks can be created and peer support can be achieved.