3-24-2020 - COVID-19 Update:
Legal Aid of Nebraska has extended its office closings to include ALL offices statewide as of 3/17/20. Legal Aid offices will be closed to the public, including all Access to Justice (A2J) Self-Help Centers. Staff will continue to work from home and attend all required court appear...
Legal services for persons age 60 and over and their spouses. Specializes in elder law and provides assistance with simple wills, powers of attorney for health care, living wills, durable powers of attorney, Medicare/Medicaid, etc.
National consumer engagement initiative to improve care at the end of life.
Free brochures and web information on a wide range of end-of-life topics including advance care planning, caregiving, hospice and palliative care, grief and loss, and pain.
Referrals to local hospice providers.
Compassion & Choices improves care, expands options and empowers everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.
Advance health care planning information and services available to help ensure that individual's health care preferences are discussed, documented and honored.
The COVID-19 Legal Advice Hotline helps individuals and businesses with free legal advice regarding their legal problems related to the COVID-19/ coronavirus crisis.
Iowa Bar Association services include Find a Lawyer, Living Will forms, and the Handbook for Older Iowans, which covers health care decisions, wills, power of attorney, and landlord tenant rights. The h...
Committed to the release of political prisoners worldwide, fair and prompt trials for political prisoners, to abolish torture and executions, reducing gun violence around the world, helping to empower people of color, securing LGBTQ rights and working on many other human rights issue.
Remits fines and forfeitures. Grants respites, reprieves, pardons and commutations in all cases of conviction for offenses against the laws of the State of Nebraska, except for treason and cases of impeachment. Board is comprised of the Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General.
Video taped forensic interviews of children who are victims of sexual and physical abuse and neglect or witnesses to violence.
Child advocacy.
Community education and outreach.
Safe place for children to be interviewed by law enforcement, case workers, or forensic interviewer once abuse has been disclosed. Provides referrals to mental health services and support groups, and follows the case through the legal system. Assists parents in reporting abuse or following up on reports already made. Offers community educational...
The Patient Advocate helps children and families navigate through the system, assisting the child and family to receive appropriate services.
Provides a safe environment for forensic interviews and medical evaluations of a child victim, 18 years or under, who is alleged to have been a victim of child sexual abuse, serious physical abuse and neglect, witness to a violent crime, recovered from a kidnapping, or found in a drug endangered environment. Services accessed after hours via on-ca...
Safe place for children who are alleging sexual and/or physical abuse, have witnessed a violent crime, witness to domestic violence, and/or been kidnapped to be interviewed by law enforcement, case workers, or forensic interviewer. Coordinated multi-disciplinary approach to the ongoing investigation of child abuse cases which includes law enforcem...
Provides coordinated services for children and families including finding a doctor, manage medications, advocacy, and answer questions.
Provides inpatient and outpatient mental health services to children and adolescents.
Forensic interviews when requested by law enforcement or Child Protective Services. A child interview specialist will conduct a video-taped forensic interview with the child. One of the goals of this interview is to reduce the number of times the child must tell the story of his/her abuse.
Medical exams to evaluate children who are sus...
Provides a safe, non-threatening atmosphere where victims of alleged child sexual and physical abuse are interviewed by one person. Replaces the traditional system by which children endured numerous interviews by various agency professionals. The investigation team (made up of representatives from the Department of Children and Family Services (D...
Safe place for children to be interviewed by a forensic interviewer and receive forensic medical exams.
Referrals to mental health services and support groups and following the case through the legal system.
Community educational presentations.
Assist parents in reporting abuse or following up on reports already mad...
Coordination of law enforcement, Health and Human Service, prosecutors, healthcare professionals, and advocates to respond to abuse and sexual assault.
Referral source for victims of child abuse, sexual abuse, domestic violence, and abused or neglected vulnerable adults.
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