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Disability Related Support Services - Omaha

Agency: League of Human Dignity

Services for individuals with disabilities.  Includes information and referral, service coordination, independent living skills training, individual and system advocacy, equipment loan and rental, barrier removal consultations and grants, and disability awareness training.  Assists people with disabilities to transition from nursing homes to commun...

Transitional Living Program

Agency: YSS

Our Transitional Living Program provides living options that center on participants achieving of self-sufficiency. Through monitored facilities and onsite staff, participants may live in a cluster or scattered housing for 18-24 months (depending on the program requirements). During this time, programming elements emphasize living skills, including ...

Residential Housing

Agency: Maryland Living Center

Up to 18 months of residential housing for youth ages 16-21 experiencing homelessness, are runaways or aging out of foster care. Living accommodations, independent living skills training, educational opportunities, counseling, advocacy, referral services, and mentoring of youth in a person-centered approach. Each individual's innate talents are ide...

Discrimination Assistance - Cedar Rapids

Agency: Iowa-Nebraska National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Purpose is to end racial discrimination for all. Civic, youth, education. Assists minority under-privileged youth, low income, elderly and multi-problem persons. Provides advocacy, job referrals, counseling, assistance with resumes. Provides positive role models and mentorship.

Constitutional/Civil Rights Group- Sioux City

Agency: Iowa-Nebraska National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

NAACP - Sioux City advocates for civil rights in the Sioux City community, conducts voter mobilization, partners with local businesses, mentors youth of color, and monitors equal opportunity in the public and private sectors. The Helen Louise Kendrick Honoree will receive a $1000.00 scholarship Second and t...

Mental Health Services

Agency: Tanager Place

Provides inpatient and outpatient mental health services to children and adolescents.

Education Services

Agency: Fremont Public Schools

Public school system.Early childhood program.Teammates program (Tom Osborne Program) provides mentoring.Newcomers program assists adjustment of non-English proficient students.Special education.

Education Services

Agency: Elkhorn Public Schools

Suburban K-12 school district located on the west edge of the Omaha Metro area.

Education Services

Agency: Lincoln Literacy

Volunteer tutors for adults, available to native speakers of English seeking to improve literacy skills and those learning English as a new language (English Language Learners).One to one instruction is available for learners desiring to work at their own pace and/or on a specific skill area.Small group tutoring is offered through programs organize...

Youth Development Programs

Agency: Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands

Character and leadership development.  Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.  Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).Meals served.  Limi...

Family Support Center

Agency: Children and Families First

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST offers counseling for children, adolescents and families. Focus on issues such as family life, parenting issues, mentoring, grief support, spiritual enrichment, literacy development, and educational consulting. The program exists to strengthen families by working to eradicate violence against women, improve family relati...

Mentoring and Scholarship Program

Agency: Partnership 4 Kids

Offers mentoring, goal achievement and college-bound programming to youth from Omaha’s under-resourced communities, providing these students with a continuum of support from pre-kindergarten to careers.

Mentoring Programs

Agency: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL IOWA matches adult volunteers with children who need a supportive adult in their life. The program recruits men and women who are willing to make a commitment to a child for at least one year. Volunteers spend 4 hours a month with a child, participating in activities of their choice throughout the community (goin...

After School/Summer Programs for Girls

Agency: Girls Incorporated of Sioux City

After school and summer programs for girls. Tutoring, health and sexuality, leadership and life planning, self-reliance, life skills, sports and adventure. Girls Inc. Economic Literacy Girls Inc. Friendly PEERsuasion Girls Inc. Leadership and Community Action Girls Inc. Media Literacy Girls Inc. Operation SMART Girls Inc. Preventing Adolescent Preg...

Youth Development Programs

Agency: Girls Inc. of Omaha

Social development, social recreation, art, dance, drama, and physical education.  Education support (grades K-12) including tutoring and computer training.  STEM activities (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).Career development (7-18 years), including non-traditional careers.Family counselingUSDA Meal Program, nutrition education, gardeni...

Youth Development Programs

Agency: Hope Center for Kids, The

Education support, with the goal that youth and children will graduate from high school with the expectation of pursuing learning opportunities after high school.Employability skills, so youth will be prepared to develop the skills needed to be gainfully employed; goal is that youth will be ready to get and keep a job at completion of their time at...

Mentoring Services

Agency: Mentor Iowa

MENTOR IOWA provides trained volunteer mentors to abused, neglected, and/or delinquent youth/children. The agency does this by working in partnership with children, their families, schools and the community. Programs include:ONE-ON-ONE PROGRAM: matches a volunteer mentor with a Child in Need of Assistance or (CINA). Mentor Iowa works directly with ...

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OST (Out of School Time) provides remedial learning services to 50 targeted 7th graders.

Mentoring Programs

Agency: Mentor Clinton County

Community based match program matches youth with screened volunteers in match friendships. The relationship is supported and supervised by BBBS staff. Volunteers provide friendship, guidance, and support to children. They encourage positive development and engage the youth in community activities.School based match program is offered in Northeast, ...

Leadership Mentoring

Agency: University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Strengths-based leadership mentoring program at the University of Nebraska that pairs college student leaders in one-to-one relationships with K-12 student leaders in Lincoln schools.