Adult Resources

Great Plains Chapter
5601 South 27th Street, Suite 201
Lincoln, NE 68512
(402) 420-2540
Kearney, NE: (308) 440-7773
Scottsbluff, NE: (308) 635-5230
24-hour Helpline: (800) 272-3900
www.alz.org/greatplains

Midlands Chapter
1941 South 42nd Street, Suite 205
Omaha, NE 68105
(402) 502-4301
24-hour Helpline: (800) 272-3900
www.alz.org/midlands

The Alzheimer’s Association - Great Plains Chapter serves 80 counties of Nebraska and all of Wyoming. Since 1983 what is now the Alzheimer's Association of the Great Plains has provided information and referral services, education and training, and care consultation. The Alzheimer’s Association of the Great Plains advocates for the estimated 33,000 Great Plains residents struggling with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia by advising our state legislators and agencies about the disease and its ramifications on society. The Great Plains Chapter offers financial respite assistance for the caregivers of those afflicted with dementia and supports research on a national level.

Since 1982, the Midlands Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association has provided education, information, and support to individuals afflicted with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the related disorders and supports the National Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association in its research for the prevention, cure, and treatment of AD and related disorders. The Midlands Chapter serves the counties of Burt, Cedar, Cuming, Dodge, Douglas, Knox, Sarpy, Stanton, Washington, and Wayne in Nebraska.

Douglas County
(402) 599-2338


Lancaster County
(402) 441-6610

Behavioral Health Jail Diversion Programs are available in Douglas and Lancaster counties. The goal of the program is to divert individuals with a serious mental illness or co-occurring substance abuse disorder who are in jail for nonviolent, misdemeanor crimes or who have had multiple law enforcement contacts in the community to the local behavioral health system.

Not only does the program stop the “revolving door” for individuals who are successfully diverted, it further allows the individual to become engaged in needed treatment services, assures their civil rights, and improves their safety and quality of life. Jail diversion allows law enforcement additional time to investigate more serious crimes, jails have more appropriate usage of beds, tax dollars are being invested in solutions, and federal tax dollars are being returned to Nebraska to benefit its residents.

Catholic Charities, Inc.
3300 North 60th Street
Omaha, NE 68104
(402) 554-0520
catholiccharities@ccomaha.org
www.ccomaha.org

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha began as a formal social service agency in 1926 to offer relief and rehabilitation to Catholic families. Since that time, the agency has seen tremendous growth and today provides its services to individuals and families in need of assistance regardless of race, creed, or socioeconomic status. Over 70,000 individuals were reached in 2007 through the programs of Catholic Charities.

In addition to offering adoption, pregnancy counseling, family and individual counseling, and chemical dependency services, Catholic Charities operates the following services:

• Campus for Hope is the state's largest inpatient chemical dependency treatment facility and provides civil protective custody, detoxification, and short-term, extended care, and outpatient treatment programs.
• Family Passages is a HUD funded transitional living program for homeless families who are victims of domestic violence
• Interfaith Immigration Services provides immigration legal services in English, Spanish, and Sudanese languages to people of lower incomes
• Journeys provides substance abuse evaluations, outpatient and residential treatment, and aftercare to youth
• Juan Diego Center in south Omaha provides assistance to the Latino community
• St. Martin de Porres Center serves as the hub of activity for many programs serving low-income individuals
• The Latina Resource Center provides Hispanic women with services such as English as a second language, health and family-life education, counseling, and aid with job preparation
• The Shelter, a 26-bed residential program for abused women and children

Heartland Crisis Intervention Team Council
(402) 510-7267

A variety of programs have been established throughout Nebraska with the goal of enhancing law enforcement’s response toward individuals with mental illness. In Omaha, a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model was developed and adopted as a cooperative community partnership involving law enforcement agencies, mental health service providers, mental health consumers, family members, and community funders.

Through participation in this program, CIT police officers learn to recognize common forms of mental illness and to utilize the most effective means of communicating with people undergoing crisis. The officers are trained to de-escalate the individuals in crisis and allow the consumer to participate in the decision-making regarding their treatment. CIT officers must successfully complete 40 hours of training to become certified.

Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska, Inc.
124 South 24th Street, Suite 230
Omaha, NE 68102
(402) 342-7038
www.lfsneb.org

Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska (LFS) is a faith-based, not-for-profit, multi-service human care agency with more than 30 locations across Nebraska and locations in Council Bluffs, Iowa and Wichita, Kansas.

Serving over 35,000 individuals annually, LFS’ mission is to provide human care services that build and strengthen individual, family, and community life. LFS’ services-ranging from prevention to intensive treatment-are as diverse as the people they serve. LFS’ programs and services are available to everyone regardless of age, race, religion or income.

Behavioral health services through LFS are offered in Bellevue, Blair, Fremont, Gothenburg, Lexington, Lincoln, McCook, North Platte, Omaha, Papillion, Plattsmouth, Seward, Tecumseh, and Wahoo.

Mental Health Association of Nebraska
1645 ‘N’ Street, Suite A
Lincoln, NE 68508
(402) 441-4371
(888) 902-2822
www.mha-ne.org

The Mental Health Association of Nebraska (MHA-NE) is a consumer-run, voluntary, not-for-profit, statewide association with Chapters located in communities throughout Nebraska. MHA-NE brings together service recipients, families, professionals, advocates, and concerned citizens to address all aspects of mental health and mental illness.

MHA-NE is dedicated to ensuring that public mental health policy is just, fair, and promotes equality and opportunity.

MHA-NE supports freedom for individuals with mental illness. Freedom to take advantage of any of life’s opportunities. Freedom to decide where one lives, works, the important things they will do with their lives, the relationships they establish, how they chose to contribute to their community, and what services they will use.

Congratulations to MHA-NE as they have brought awareness of the need for a Rose House, a consumer-run respite home for adults, to Nebraska. The Rose House is a model recognized nationally for their success.

NAMI-Nebraska
415 South 25th Avenue, Building LH
Omaha, NE 68131
(402) 345-8101
(877) 463-6264
nami.nebraska@nami.org
www.nami.org/sites/ne

NAMI Nebraska is a nonprofit, grassroots organization dedicated to education, support and advocacy for anyone whose life has been touched by mental illness. NAMI believes in recovery and the hope for a better future.

NAMI Nebraska helps unite parents, spouses, siblings, friends and people who have a mental illness together with mental health professionals to fight for improved treatment, a better quality of life and recovery.

Some of NAMI-Nebraska’s signature programs include:

Connection Recovery Support Groups
Support groups offer a casual and relaxed approach to sharing the challenges and successes of coping with mental illness. Meetings last 90 minutes and follow a flexible structure. Groups are led by trained individuals who are in recovery themselves.

Family to Family Education Program
Family to Family (F2F) is an education program that provides information about illnesses of the brain and their treatment for family members. Participants learn coping skills including problem solving, listening and communication techniques, and strategies for handling crisis and relapse. Guidance is provided on locating appropriate supports and services within the community.

Family Support Groups
Family Support Groups are provided by trained facilitators who are family members of a person with a mental illness. It differs from the more traditional “share and care” model in that it offers an innovative set of group structures and processes specifically designed to help support caregivers dealing with mental illness.

In Our Own Voice
The In Our Own Voice: Living with Mental Illness community presentations demonstrate how individuals with severe mental illness experience recovery. Each presenter has been through training to translate the story of his or her own struggles and successes.

Nebraska Advocacy Services
The Center for Disability, Rights, Law and Advocacy
134 South 13th Street, Suite 600
Lincoln, NE 68508
(402) 474-3183
(800) 422-6691
info@nebraskaadvocacyservices.org
www.nebraskaadvocacyservices.org

Nebraska Advocacy Services, Inc. (NAS), The Center for Disability Rights, Law and Advocacy, is a private, non-profit organization designated by the Governor to protect and advocate for the rights of Nebraskans with significant physical or mental disabilities. From its beginning, NAS has promoted the principles of equality, self-determination, and dignity of persons with disabilities.

NAS is independent of any public or private agency which provides treatment or services to people with disabilities. The board of directors is composed of individuals with disabilities, family members, and other people who are interested in the rights of people with disabilities.

NAS operates seven federally funded protection and advocacy (P&A) programs. The P&A system is a nationwide network of congressionally created, legally based disability rights agencies. P&A organizations within the system each have the authority to provide legal representation and other advocacy services to people with disabilities and, together, comprise the nation's largest provider of legally based advocacy services for people with disabilities.

Nebraska Brain Injury Advisory Council

Targeted Adult Service Coordination (TASC)
2000 ‘P’ Street
Lincoln, NE 68503
(402) 441-0419 ext. 10

The Targeted Adult Service Coordination (TASC) Program was started in October of 2005 and serves Butler, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Polk, Richardson, Saline, Saunders, Seward, Thayer, and York counties. Through TASC mental health professionals are available at the request of law enforcement 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to provide consultation and assist in identifying needs and resources to meet those in need.

Law enforcement may call TASC when an officer doubts a need for an EPC, if an officer thinks there are alternatives but is not familiar with them, if the individual does not qualify for an EPC but needs assistance, or if the officer wants a consultation on a possible EPC.

University of Nebraska – Omaha
College of Public Affairs
Department of Gerontology
6001 Dodge Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68182
(402) 554-2272

The Department of Gerontology is currently working on several projects focused on caring for caregivers of families and mental illness in the elderly.