Nonprofits

UNITED WAY FUNDED AGENCIES

American Red Cross of Southeast Nebraska

Disaster Relief Program:

uses the principles of Preparedness, Response, and Recovery to support individuals before, during and after home fires, floods, tornadoes, and other disaster emergencies.

Asian Community & Cultural Center

Family Resource Program:

helps families build English language proficiency, pursue citizenship and employment, establish medical/dental homes, provides meals and helps with SNAP applications and renewals and helps families file state and federal income tax returns. The program also translates important documents from other relevant health and social service agencies, enhancing their ability to serve these clients with limited English proficiency.

Refugee and Immigrant Youth Program:

provides after-school and out-of-school programming to 250-300 refugee and immigrant youth at several high schools and middle schools, which focus on building Developmental Assets through one-to-one mentoring, as well as holistic case management services provided to youth and families on a select case-load.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters Lincoln

Community-Based Mentoring:

provides mentoring to children through school-, community-, and site-based matches that focus on improving academic and social skills.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Lincoln/Lancaster County

Power Hours & Project Learn:

provides underserved youth with access to high-impact and high-quality, before & after-school programs such as STE[A]M, financial literacy, homework help, tutoring, mentoring, summer learning loss prevention, leadership development and youth entrepreneurship.

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BraveBe Child Advocacy Center

Direct Services to Child Victims of Abuse:

provides direct services to victims of child abuse which include: forensic interviews; medical evaluations; on-going advocacy; Court School; referrals for mental health services; case coordination, and; professional training and community education.

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CASA for Lancaster County

Court-Appointed Advocacy for At-Risk Children:

recruits, trains and supports community volunteers who advocate for the needs and best interests of abused, neglected, truant and ungovernable children while they are in juvenile court.

CEDARS Youth Services

Community Learning Centers:

provide “core” before and after school programming, expanded learning clubs to support academic success and social enrichment, full-time summer and school break care and family and community events to strengthen neighborhood connections for children at Clinton and Hartley Elementary Schools

Emergency Shelter:

provides emergency shelter and essential crisis intervention services for homeless, runaway and other at-risk teenagers.

Early Childhood Development Centers:

provides nationally accredited, full-day, full-year childcare to children six-weeks to six-years old, focusing on children of low-income and at-risk families.

Prevention Services:

focuses on keeping children safe from abuse and neglect by providing services and support to prevent families from requiring formal involvement in the child welfare system.

Street Outreach and Youth Opportunity Center:

conducts outreach and engages homeless and runaway youth to seek formal assistance in creating safer, more stable living situations and to address the issue(s) that led to their homelessness.

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Catholic Social Services of Southern Nebraska

Emergency Services Program:

provides cash assistance to homeless individuals and families to assist in obtaining housing, and to those at risk of becoming homeless by providing emergency assistance to pay rent and utilities during difficult times.

Food Market and Meal Service Program:

is a food choice market that provides families the opportunity to select perishable and nonperishable items once per month.

St. Gianna Women’s Homes:

provides safe, secure housing and intensive care management for women fleeing domestic violence.

Center for People

English Language Learning:

offers daily instruction for new Americans and other adults who want to improve their spoken or written English language proficiency, while also receiving support around adapting to American culture, preparing for the citizenship exam, etc.

Neighborhood Food Distribution Program:

provides food-insecure participants with fresh produce, baked goods, meats, canned items, etc. to meet the nutritional needs of their household.

Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties

Basic and Emergency Needs Services:

addresses the issues of homelessness, near homelessness, and unsafe housing in the community through emergency services, landlord/tenant mediation, housing authority homeless voucher support services and representative payee services.

Community Action Head Start:

offers quality, comprehensive early childhood education and case management through health and mental health screenings, monitoring of immunizations, and nutritional assessments for home-based and center-based services.

Community Action’s Gathering Place:

a soup kitchen located in Lincoln providing free evening meals seven days a week to those struggling with hunger.

Financial Well-Being Programs:

contains distinct programs and services that support the efforts of individuals with limited financial resources to build strong financial futures.

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ECHO Collective

The Refinery:

provides refugee and immigrant women the opportunity to achieve economic independence and build social capital through business education and professional mentorships.

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Educare Lincoln

Early Childhood Education:

preparing Children for Kindergarten and Lifelong Success: utilizes research from early childhood development, education, social work and other allied fields, and consists of four core features: data utilization, embedded professional development, high-quality teaching practices and intensive family engagement to provide early education to under-resourced families in Lincoln.

El Centro de las Américas

Adelante Educational Program:

focuses on increasing the academic achievement of Latino youth to bolster graduation and GED-completion rates, promote enrollment in post-secondary education, and foster positive behaviors.

Crisis Assistance and Prevention Program:

combines the elements of employment assistance, resource navigation, and case management in order to help clients obtain essential resources for themselves and their families, obtain employment, and avoid homelessness.

Mujeres en Confinaza (Women among Friends):

is an outreach, case management, referral program which targets Latina women and their children who have experienced domestic violence.

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Family Service Lincoln

Behavioral Health Program:

addresses children’s mental health or behavioral needs within the school setting to improve academic, personal and social performance.

Community Gardens Program:

educates new and returning community gardeners as well as provides low-income families with their own land on the best methods of growing the maximum amount of food in our area. Families gain the knowledge and ability to grow a significant amount of fresh, nutritious food year after year.

The InResponse program:

provides housing assistance to individuals and families experiencing homelessness or fleeing domestic violence in the City of Lincoln. Rental assistance is provided with an average stay of 6 months.

Food Bank of Lincoln

Food Distribution at 1221 Kingbird:

distributes food at the Food Bank to provide emergency food assistance for neighbors before the weekend, when some assistance options (including in our schools) might be unavailable.

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Fresh Start

Transitional Shelter Services:

offers a residential shelter program for homeless women. The program provides transitional housing and case management in addition to referring participants to services for substance abuse, domestic violence, education, employment, medical treatment and housing assistance.

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Friendship Home

Emergency Shelter Program:

provides confidential emergency shelter, transitional housing, Rapid Rehousing and supportive services to victims of domestic violence and their children.

Good Neighbor Community Center

Basic and Emergency Needs Program:

provides clothing, household items, personal care hygiene products, holiday gifts, rent assistance, utility assistance and diapers to those in need.

Food Distribution Program:

assists people who are food-insecure using shopper’s-choice selection for non-perishable food once per month and perishable food twice a week.

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HopeSpoke

Outpatient Services:

provides individual, family, group and marital therapeutic services to children, adolescents and adults; particularly to those who have experienced sexual, physical and/or emotional trauma.

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LUX Center for the Arts

After-School Enrichment Art Classes for Low-Income and At-Risk Youth:

provides after-school art classes to under-served Title 1 low-income schools in the Lincoln Public Schools District and art classes to incarcerated and at-risk youth in the Lancaster County Youth Services Center.

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League of Human Dignity, Inc.

Barrier Removal Program:

oversees renovation of residential structures to ensure that design and construction allow physically handicapped persons access to and use of housing, thus eliminating barriers and enabling people to maintain their independence.

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Legal Aid of Nebraska

Domestic Violence Project Program:

provides free legal services for protection orders, divorce, custody/visitation, establishment of paternity, child/spousal support, other family law matters, consumer/finance (credit, debt, bankruptcy, tax, etc.), public benefits (TANF, Medicaid, disability, food stamps, unemployment), and housing (public housing, landlord/tenant, and real estate). Also collaborates with local domestic violence programs to provide wraparound services to clients and make referrals to other agencies and organizations as appropriate.

UPLIFT: Using the Power of the Law to Influence and Foster Transformation.

a collaboration between Legal Aid, the Center for Legal Immigration (CLIA), and three Lincoln area community centers to provide free civil legal services to low-income families in three high-poverty neighborhoods, including the Asian Community and Cultural Center, the Good Neighbor Community Center, and El Centro de las Americas (Centers).

Lighthouse

After-School Mentoring Program:

offers out-of-school time activities for youth aged 13-18 including evening meals, enrichment and recreational activities.

Education Program:

offers high-quality after-school programming to youth by providing services, opportunities and supports necessary to pursue higher education, vocational training or meaningful employment.

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Lincoln Literacy

FirstStep Healthcare Career Pathways:

provides a pre-CNA and CNA prep course to immigrant and refugee students interested in healthcare careers.

Lincoln Medical Education Partnership

School Community Intervention Program (SCIP):

is an early identification and referral program designed to bring together families, schools and the community to support student mental, behavioral and emotional health by addressing both individual and environmental elements that influence youth.

Lincoln Public Schools

Two Generation Family Literacy Program:

provides adult literacy as well as child- and parent-education programs.

Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Inc.

Children’s Behavioral Health:

provide intensive, evidence-based treatment services to children and youth under the age of 19.

Malone Community Center

Early Education Program:

neighborhood based, educational and recreational program for children ages 3-5. The program teaches social and cognitive skills, while focusing on the child learning their independence. The goal is to prepare the child for school in a playful and structured way.

Out-of-School Program:

provides after-school opportunities for youth including tutoring, computer lab access, health education, recreation, and art activities.

The Maternal Health and Wellness Program:

supports BIPOC families with pre and post-natal care through its doula program, breastfeeding support group, and educational initiatives.

Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach

Hunger Relief Program:

supplies two hot meals a day as well as information, referrals, advocacy, life skills and identification programs to the working poor, hungry and homeless.

Transitional Housing:

helps individuals move from homelessness and addiction to a stable living environment by providing transitional housing, case management, goal planning, advocacy, and referral services.

Mourning Hope Grief Center

Peer-Based Grief Support:

provides an open and honest community of support for bereaved children and their families. Services include education, networking, outreach, and support groups to help individuals gain a better understanding of the grief process and learn coping strategies.

NeighborWorks Lincoln

Homeownership Program:

provides a HUD-approved pre-purchase education course designed to help individuals and families make the complicated transition from renting to stable homeownership.

Northeast Family Center

Parents as Partners:

offers safe and affordable child care by using creative curriculum and focusing on school readiness.

People’s City Mission

Family and Women’s Shelter:

provides emergency overnight shelter beds and day shelter, three meals daily, children’s programs, individual support and advocacy, life skills workshops, and other related services (showers, laundry, mail, phone, etc.).

St. Monica’s Life Changing Recovery for Women

Project Mother & Child:

is a comprehensive six-month residential treatment program for chemically dependent or dually diagnosed pregnant women and women with children under the age of 12. Emergency shelter, domestic violence services along with professional medical, mental health and substance abuse services are provided.

TeamMates Mentoring Program of Lincoln

TeamMates Mentoring Program of Lincoln:

provides students in grades 3-12 with weekly one-to-one school-based mentoring focusing on the intentional cultivation of a student’s strengths; while modeling positive social behaviors and building a meaningful, non-familial relationship with the student.

The Arc of Lincoln

Youth Programs +:

provide high quality services and resources to youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) with the opportunity to have meaningful interactions with peers, adults and their community.

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The HUB Central Access Point for Young Adults

Central Access Navigation:

provides case management to young adults to access services including financial assistance for housing and utility assistance, financial coaching/budgeting assistance and community connections to ensure their needs are met.

Lincoln Education Outreach:

provides academic support, college preparation, job readiness/exploration, tutoring and long-term goal setting to at-risk youth in high school.

Youth and Community Together (YouthACT):

serves young men and women who are student parents at Lincoln Public Schools and those who are completing their GED at The HUB. Youth ACT works with these student parents to support and assist them as they accelerate through their transition into adulthood

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The Salvation Army – Lincoln

After School Program/Fine Arts Academy:

provide a safe environment to at-risk youth supported in the hours after school with educational support and activities as including free music education instruments year-round to low-income families.

Disaster Services Program:

provides food, beverages, spiritual and emotional care as well as follow up care at the scene of a disaster.

Food Security Program:

provides perishable food twice a week and non-perishable food monthly to those in the Lincoln community. Year-round, a hot meal is provided to children Monday-Friday.

Utility Assistance Program:

provides emergency utility assistance to those who are at risk of having or have had their utilities shut off.

Voices of Hope

Crisis Intervention and Advocacy Program:

offers 24-hour crisis intervention and advocacy, individual and group counseling, information and referral services to victims of domestic violence and their children. Also provides ongoing case management, counseling, training, and individualized case plans for women in battered situations.

Willard Community Center

Lakeview Community Learning Center:

provides core child care, academic clubs, enrichment activities and neighborhood enhancement for children at Lakeview Elementary School.

Preschool and Pre-K Programs:

provide licensed preschool for 3-4 year olds and a Pre-K program for 4-5 year olds at two elementary schools – Lakeview and Roper Elementary Schools. The program focuses on developing a child’s social/emotional, cognitive, fine and large motor skills at learning stations including age appropriate math, science, language, art and dramatic play.

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