ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, DHHS, ADMIN
Description
THE SERVICES ARE THOSE NECESSARY & APPROPRIATE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO PROTECT AN ABUSED VULNERABLE ADULT, ENSURE THAT THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ALTERNATIVE IS PROVIDED, PREVENT FURTHER ABUSE & PROMOTE SELF- CARE & INDEPENDENT LIVING. SERVICES AVAILABLE: *RECEIVING & INVESTIGATING REPORTS OF ALLEGED ABUSE/NEGLECT; *SERVICES COORDINATION/CASE MANAGEMENT; *DEVELOPING SOCIAL SERVICE PLANS; *ARRANGING FOR SERVICES, SUCH AS: MEDICAL CARE, MENTAL HEALTH CARE, LEGAL SERVICES, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOUSING & HOME HEALTH CARE. *ARRANGING FOR ITEMS, SUCH AS: FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER & SUPERVISION. ARRANGING OR COORDINATING SERVICES FOR CAREGIVERS.
Contact Information
Address:
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES
301 CENTENNIAL MALL SOUTH, 5TH FLOOR
Lincoln
NE
68509-5026
Hours of Operation:
8:00 TO 5:00 MONDAY-FRIDAY
Website:
www.dhhs.ne.gov
Main Phone:
Phone
402-471-7989
Other Phone(s):
Phone
402-471-3121
Phone
800-652-1999
Main Contact(s):
SHERRI HABER
Other Contact(s):
Main Email:
sarah.briggs@nebraska.gov
Other Email(s):
General Information
Agency ID: 1101
List of Provided Services:
Administrative: Administrative
Counties Served: Adams, Banner, Blaine, Boone, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Dundy, Fillmore, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gage, Garden, Garfield, Gosper, Grant, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Keith, Keya Paha, Kimball, Knox, Lancaster, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Madison, McPherson, Merrick, Morrill, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Red Willow, Richardson, Rock, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Scotts Bluff, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Stanton, Thayer, Thomas, Thurston, Valley, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, York, Arthur, Antelope
Written material: BROCHURES
Eligibility: INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER AND ABUSE OR NEGLECT IS SUSPECTED.
Ages Served: Ages 18 and Up
Disabilities Served: Alcohol/Drug, BIMI (Behavioral Impairment/Mental Illness), Brain Injury/Head Injury, DD (Developmental Disability including ID), Hearing Impairment, LD (Learning Disability), OHI - Other Health Impairment, Orthopedic, Speech Disability, Visual Disability
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Fees:
Sliding fee schedule: Yes
How to appeal a decision: APPEAL VERBALLY OR IN WRITING TO THE LOCAL DHHS OFFICE OR TO THE STATE OFFICE IN LINCOLN
Languages with interpreters on staff: