NE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ADMIN
Description
DIVIDED INTO 6 DIVISIONS: 1) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - ADMINISTERS STATE HOSPITALS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL AND PUBLICLY-FUNDED COMMUNITY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. 2) CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES - INCLUDES PROTECTION AND SAFETY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES (CHILD WELFARE, JUVENILE SERVICES), ECONOMIC AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, AND THE SERVICE AREAS. 3) DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES - CONSISTS OF THE BEATRICE STATE DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER AND PUBLICLY-FUNDED COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES. 4) MEDICAID AND LONG-TERM CARE - ADMINISTERS THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, AGING SERVICES, AND OTHER RELATED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. 5) PUBLIC HEALTH - INCLUDES PREVENTIVE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, REGULATION AND LICENSURE OF HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS, REGULATION AND LICENSURE OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES. 6) VETERANS HOMES - INCLUDES THE EASTERN NEBRASKA VETERANS HOME, GRAND ISLAND VETERANS HOME, NORFOLK VETERANS HOME AND WESTERN VETERANS HOME.
Contact Information
Address:
STATE OFFICE BLDG.
301 CENTENNIAL MALL SOUTH PO BOX 95026
Lincoln
NE
68509
Hours of Operation:
8:00 TO 5:00 MONDAY-FRIDAY
Website:
www.dhhs.ne.gov
Main Phone:
Phone
402-471-3121
Other Phone(s):
Phone
800-430-3244
Fax
402-471-9449
Main Contact(s):
STAFF
Other Contact(s):
Main Email:
Other Email(s):
General Information
Agency ID: 840
List of Provided Services:
Administrative: Administrative
Information and Referral: Information and Referral
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: INCOME/RESOURCE GUIDELINES, BUT PROGRAMS HAVE DIFFERING ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES.
Ages Served: All Ages
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: ASK FOR APPEAL FORMS OR CALL SYSTEM ADVOCATE, DIANA DURAN AT 402-471-6035 OR 800-254-4202.
Languages with interpreters on staff: Spanish