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Provides vision screening, training and education programs. Services may also include free eye exams, glasses and resource referrals for additional needs for qualified low-income children and adults.

Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

Provides information, advocacy, and referral services for deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing Nebraskans, as well as families, businesses, and community partners.

Offers guidance on available programs, services, and technology, and supports individuals and organizations in navigating communication access and accessibility across Nebraska.

Services include:

- Information and referral to statewide and local resources.

- Sign language interpreter referral service.

- Advocacy and education on deaf culture, communication access, and disability rights.

- Guidance on accessibility solutions, including interpreters, assistive technology, and communication tools.

- Support in understanding rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

- Connection to programs such as the Nebraska Specialized Telecommunications Equipment Program (NSTEP) and the Hearing Aid Bank (HAB).

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 community based living. Offers a personal assistant referral and management program. Peer mentoring. Mobility options equipment repair and sales.

Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

Offers a loan closet that includes walkers, wheelchairs, crutches, chairs, canes, commodes, and bed pans as available. Also offers eyeglass recycling.

Provides information, advocacy, and referral services for deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing Nebraskans, as well as families, businesses, and community partners.

Offers guidance on available programs, services, and technology, and supports individuals and organizations in navigating communication access and accessibility across Nebraska.

Services include:

- Information and referral to statewide and local resources.

- Sign language interpreter referral service.

- Advocacy and education on deaf culture, communication access, and disability rights.

- Guidance on accessibility solutions, including interpreters, assistive technology, and communication tools.

- Support in understanding rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

- Connection to programs such as the Nebraska Specialized Telecommunications Equipment Program (NSTEP) and the Hearing Aid Bank (HAB).

Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

Provides information, advocacy, and referral services for deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing Nebraskans, as well as families, businesses, and community partners.

Offers guidance on available programs, services, and technology, and supports individuals and organizations in navigating communication access and accessibility across Nebraska.

Services include:

- Information and referral to statewide and local resources.

- Sign language interpreter referral service.

- Advocacy and education on deaf culture, communication access, and disability rights.

- Guidance on accessibility solutions, including interpreters, assistive technology, and communication tools.

- Support in understanding rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

- Connection to programs such as the Nebraska Specialized Telecommunications Equipment Program (NSTEP) and the Hearing Aid Bank (HAB).

Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

Offers a Disability Access Point, or “DAP”, which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need—both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

Monetary assistance for purchasing specialized telecommunications equipment which may include mobile wireless devices, computer conversion packages, amplified phones, TTY/TT, telephone amplifier, telephone ring signals, CapTel (Captioned Telephone) and voice carry-over (VCO)-TT.

Upon approval of the application, a voucher is issued and the applicant can purchase compliant equipment at any location.

Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

Provides a directory of Lions Clubs and would refer based on where inquirer lives for possible assistance with glasses and hearing aid needs. Accepts donations of used eyeglasses for third world projects. Also accepts used hearing aids. Eye screenings for children 6 months to 48 months. PROJECTS include an Eye Bank and donor information.

Offers to loan equipment or services needed to improve independence and quality of life. Examples include wheelchairs, scooters, Braille equipment, voice simulation systems, scanners, listening devices, telecommunication devices for the hard of hearing, augmentative communication systems, environmental control units, computers, and adaptive peripherals. Loans for Service or Support Animals - can help with the acquisition of the animal, its training, veterinary care, and up to one year of supplies for care. Loans for Education or Employment Equipment - helps with modifying or purchasing equipment necessary to complete training, acquire or maintain employment. Loans for home or vehicle modifications (adding a ramp, widening doorways, hand controls, etc.) Loans for essential vehicle or home repairs. Loans to help build or repair credit.

Most loans have flexible terms, up to 5 years. Most loans are capped at $2,500. Assistive technology loans may go up to $10,000, but there may be a waitlist for loans over $2,500.

Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

Provides low-income individuals who are not eligible for eye exams, glasses, hearing tests, or hearing aids through other public benefit sources can apply for those services through their local club.

Services include

Used Eyeglasses Collection. Eyeglasses collected for distribution and reuse in poverty areas worldwide.

Diabetic Eye Screening, Travels the state to give free, basic screenings to adults with diabetes and adults over 55 years of age to detect diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.

Mobile Hearing Screening Unit that travels the state to give free screenings to adults, detect possible hearing loss, and educate the public.

Used Hearing Aid Bank provides reconditioned hearing aids to persons who cannot afford them.

Evaluation, sales, service, and rentals of wheelchair and handicap accessible vans and adaptive equipment products.

Free evaluation to assess needs for individuals or families.

Sells mini vans, full-size vans, mini buses, ramps, lifts and parts; rentals and service available.

Converts vans to wheelchair accessibility.

State and VA approved. Assistance in obtaining financing.