SUBSIDIZED ADOPTION PROGRAM, DHHS, ADM.
Description
ADOPTION, SUBSIDIZED ADOPTION FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT FINANCIAL BARRIERS OR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A CHILD'S SPECIAL NEEDS DO NOT PREVENT ADOPTION. SUBSIDIZED GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH GUARDIANSHIP OF STATE WARDS (UP TO AGE 19).
Contact Information
Address:
OFFICE OF PROTECTION AND SAFETY
301 CENTENNIAL MALL SOUTH, 3RD FL.
Lincoln
NE
68509-5026
Hours of Operation:
8:00 TO 5:00 MONDAY-FRIDAY
Website:
www.dhhs.ne.gov
Main Phone:
Phone
402-471-9457
Other Phone(s):
Fax
402-471-9034
Phone
800-430-3244
Main Contact(s):
NANETTE SIMMONS
Other Contact(s):
Main Email:
Other Email(s):
margaret.bitz@nebraska.gov
General Information
Agency ID: 795
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: NONE
Eligibility: FOR SUBSIDY THE CHILD MUST MEET FOLLOWING: MUST HAVE DOCUMENTED PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, OR MENTAL DISABILITIES. CANNOT BE ADOPTED WITHOUT A SUBSIDY; CANNOT OR SHOULDN'T BE RETURNED TO THE HOME OF THE LEGAL/BIOLOGICAL PARENTS; IS A WARD OF DHHS AT THE TIME THE ADOPTION PETITION IS FILED OR A WARD OF A PRIVATE AGENCY; IS 18 OR YOUNGER; IS IN A SIBLING GROUP OF 3 OR MORE.
Ages Served: Ages up to 18
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: REQUEST APPEAL PROCEDURE.
Languages with interpreters on staff: