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Community-based services and support to persons of all ages with developmental disabilities.

Residential program includes staffed group homes for youth and adults, supervised apartments, and independent living arrangements in Alliance, Chadron, and Hay Springs.

Vocational training and employment services through a supervised workshop, Niobrara Enterprises, includes on-site contract work, work stations in industry, supervised employment programs, and job coaching.

Year-round educational program is available to children through contractual arrangements with the school district.

Adult leisure and recreational center for individuals who have reached retirement age. Clients are served through an alternative day program that emphasizes recreation, leisure, and maintenance of daily living skills. Alternative day services are also available for other adults whose needs do not include vocational or employment goals.

Play It Again Sam Thrift Store, 427 Illinois St, work training site.

Provides skill training, paid work opportunities, community integration and employment to individuals in order to enhance and maintain their independence in community living. The program gives support, assistance and advocacy for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Works to ensure that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities achieve greater independence, personal choice, self-awareness, and wellness opportunities.

Provides community day services, including four classrooms for those living with cognitive and developmental disabilities. Participants are taught life skills, nutrition, hobby development, social interaction, conflict resolution, anger management, exercise/fitness, and more.

Activities include monthly parties, day camps, field trips, gardening, volunteering/community integration, and more. There are two full-time nurses on staff that manage a wide variety of duties.

Designed to help individuals optimize their personal and social competency to live successfully in the community. Activities include volunteerism, leisure and recreation, health and wellness, personal empowerment, access to the arts, making friends, pursuing hobbies, passions, and more.

Provides a fun, engaging environment to teach life skills and community integration for adults with disabling conditions or special needs.

Provides help persons with disabilities to find and acquire full or part time work in their communities. Offers a day program designed to give persons with disabilities the opportunity to grow skill sets and explore life, no matter how severe their disability.

Services include:

- Day Programs.

- Work skills evaluation.

- In-house/on-site community job placement.

- Vocational case management.

- Young adult employment services.

- Transportation services.

- Life skills mentoring.

Provides assistance for individuals with developmental disabilities. Services offer help with decision making, managing health issues, and supporting healthy living. Activities include educational instruction, daily living skills practice, and vocational support. Vocational training supports developing job skills, positive work habits, and allows access to work in a supervised environment.

Provides help to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to focus on building personal skills through active treatment. The program assists clients to achieve their personal goals and desires through education, pre-vocational training, assistance with personal care, and community integration.

Provides skill training, paid work opportunities, community integration and employment to individuals in order to enhance and maintain their independence in community living. The program gives support, assistance and advocacy for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Offers support to adults aged 18 and older with severe and persistent mental disorders to help them maintain and enhance their adjustment and acceptance within the community. Services are tailored to each individual's capacity and may include structured opportunities for personal and social development, daily living skills instruction, basic education, recreational and social activities, coordination exercises, and other developmental support. These programs aim to foster functional skills necessary for community involvement, self-advocacy, self-care, and, where possible, employment.

Focuses on personal, social, educational, and vocational development.

Offers two programs to promote community involvement:

- CAPS (Community Awareness Possibilities and Supports): Daily learning opportunities, experiences, and activities within the community.

- ECNO (Empowering Community Networking Opportunities): Weekly opportunities to get out in the community by participating in various volunteer opportunities.

Connections provides comprehensive support services aimed at fostering coping, problem-solving, and self-management for individuals with diagnosed mental illnesses. The center offers morning refreshments, including coffee and doughnuts, as well as a midday meal. The program emphasizes daily living skills, recreational and social activities, and developmental support to help participants enhance functional skills for community involvement, self-advocacy, and self-care.

Activity rooms are available for recreational and social engagement or relaxation, providing opportunities for personal and social development in a structured environment.

Connections also maintains a donation room stocked with clothing, shoes, coats, gloves, and other essentials, updated frequently to meet client needs. Staff members assist with housing searches, accessing medical benefits, and connecting clients to additional services and resources.

Offers two levels of Supported Community Living Services designed to meet the daily living needs of adults with disabilities and mental illness. These services increase a client's independence and provide a level of relief for family members and caretakers. The level of service is determined by the individual, guardians, case managers, and providers to best suit their needs.

Services may include employment assistance, day habilitation programs, and more.

Helps individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by enabling them to successfully live, learn, work, and socialize in the community. Its programs are attuned to the unique potential of each individual and designed to build self-confidence and independence. Support services are provided through one or more of the following programs:

- 24-hour residential support.

- Developmental training.

- Supported living.

- Supported employment.

- Competitive employment.

- Janitorial training.