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Provides a payee for individuals needing help with their Social Security benefits.

Provides a payee for individuals needing help with their Social Security benefits.

Provides hope to cancer patients and their families. In June 2023, Gems of Hope and its programs joined the Nassif Community Cancer Center and St. Luke's Foundation. Both the Community Cancer Center and St. Luke's Foundation are committed to the mission of Gems of Hope and continuing its programs and fundraising efforts to benefit local cancer patients in Eastern Iowa.

Offers a donation based store featuring household items, clothing, and furniture for sale.

Partners with SingleCare to provide community members with access to affordable prescription medications, ensuring greater health and financial stability.

SingleCare prescription discount cards are free to use, work regardless of existing insurance, and are accepted at major pharmacy chains nationwide.

Safeguards the rights of all employed persons in the State to obtain and hold employment without discrimination resulting from one or more of the protected basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy), disability, marital status, age, retaliation, or equal pay.

Eliminates unlawful discrimination in the acquisition, ownership, possession, or enjoyment of housing in Nebraska.

Ensures the full and equal enjoyment of any place of public accommodation without subjection to unlawful discrimination, race, creed, colon, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, and retaliation.

Receives and investigates charges of unlawful discrimination practices in Nebraska relating to employment, housing, and public accommodations.

Education, mediation, and conciliation, attempting to eliminate unlawful discrimination.

Holds public hearings and makes case referrals for litigation through the Attorney General's office to carry out the purposes of the statutes administered by NEOC.

Serves persons who are victims of alleged unlawful discrimination by employer, union, provider of housing, housing financier, or public proprietor due to membership in designated protected classes.

Training is provided in these areas free of charge.

Provides voter registration, absentee requests, voting programs, and election precinct information for all county, state, and national elections. This office serves as a campaign disclosure site for local and county candidates and maintains comprehensive election records and statistics.

Additionally, it maintains supplies of blank federal and state tax forms, property tax relief applications, rent rebate and renters tax credit forms, and utility tax exemption applications for individuals, businesses, and other entities. Archives of past tax and election forms are available for reference, and current documents are provided for download via the website to assist in meeting various filing requirements.

Provides training in maternal/child health and nutrition-related education for state human service employees. This service is meant to increase self-sufficiency.

Provides low-income housing options and the Section 8 Voucher Program, that pays the balance of a rent payment that exceeds 30% of renter's monthly income.

Horticultural Education offered to area schools including field trips and outreach programs. Additional educational services include horticultural education programs for adults and groups.

Oversees planning functions and administrates county zoning ordinances, including building permits, conditional use permits, variances, re-zonings, subdivision plats, mining permits, and appeals.

Provides infection and control training to community agencies and organizations.

Counselors will assists with questions about the Medicare program, long term care, and other types of health insurance.

Provides energy efficiency services without cost to homeowners or renters who meet guidelines. Installation of work measurers are determined and measured by a computerized energy audit. Work includes sealing air infiltration leaks, high-density insulation, health and safety check, heating system repair or replacement, water heaters repair or replacement, refrigerator/freezer diagnostic and replacement along with utility measures such as aerators, low-flow shower heads, pipe wrap, carbon monoxide detectors, and smoke detectors. Some minor repair is allowable for health and safety reasons.

FaDSS is a free and voluntary home visitation program that partners with families to set goals that lead to self sufficiency. FaDSS works with low income families, at or below 175% of federal poverty level based on family size or receiving cash assistance (FIP). FaDSS is a family based program, working with the whole family and offering activities and screening with children 0-5. FaDSS assists families in learning to set goals and advocate for themselves, as well as connecting with community resources.

School district for grades Pre-K through 12.

The Country Store has clothing (baby, children's, school, maternity, adult, plus size, winter, formal wear, shoes), household goods, small kitchen appliances, bedding/linen, bed frames, office supplies, tools, and walkers/wheelchairs, etc. at moderate prices. Availability of items depends on what has been donated. The County Store accepts vouchers (for clothing and household goods) issued by local agencies. In times of community or personal disaster (fire, flood, tornado, chemical spill, etc.) in Howard County, may provide clothing and blankets free of charge. Donations accepted during store hours and volunteer opportunities available.

Coordination services for those with mental health or intellectual and other developmental disabilities. Each county offers a service coordinator to assist with applications for Medicaid, food assistance, housing, childcare assistance, Social Security and other human/social services that are available in the community. Directs individuals to a variety of programs to help with day-to-day living, housing, employment, and health challenges. Can also help direct clients to a variety of inpatient and outpatient resources focused on mental and physical health treatments.

Provides services to help individuals with disabilities find and keep a job, services include: job placement, job skills training, and supported employment.

Provides hospital services.

Provides primary care to individuals and families, including obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, adolescent, adult, and geriatric medicine.

Provides Section 8 rental assistance for single persons, families, elderly, or non-elderly with disabilities. Provides long-term rental assistance.

Medicaid enrollment provides assistance in applying for Medicaid. To qualify for Medicaid, a person must be a citizen or legal resident of the United States and meet income guidelines. Unborn children are also eligible for Medicaid.

Single-level, private residences in Lincoln that are licensed, staffed, and equipped to provide long-term care with private rooms and baths in a neighborhood setting.

Provides medical examinations in cases that include sudden, unexpected, violent or unnatural deaths, and other deaths "affecting the public interest". Any death in which the manner of death is NOT natural, or any death in which the decedent was NOT seen by a physician within the previous 36 hours (lengthened to 30 days when the decedent had a diagnosed terminal or bedfast condition) MUST be INVESTIGATED by a medical examiner.