Services
United Way of South Central Nebraska is directly involved with providing the following service(s) to area residents. Please call Tabitha or Jody at (402) 462-6600 for additional information.
2-1-1 Facts
2-1-1 is a confidential one-stop free service that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to callers seeking information and referrals as well as volunteer opportunities. The 2-1-1 database is the most comprehensive record of local health services in the area including everything from food pantries and utility assistance to support groups, crime prevention, and day care referrals.
The United Way of South Central Nebraska has entered into a contract with the United Way of the Midlands, located in Omaha, making 2-1-1 available in Adams, Clay, Nuckolls and Webster Counties of Nebraska. Other counties in Nebraska that are already using the service include; Adams, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dawson, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Fillmore, Franklin, Gosper, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Howard, Jefferson, Kearney, Lancaster, Merrick, Nance, Nuckolls, Phelps, Platte, Polk, Sarpy, Scotts Bluff, Seward, Thayer, Thurston, Wayne, and Webster Counties. Callers in the City of York also have 2-1-1 access.
Brought to South Central Nebraska in part by the United Way of South Central Nebraska and Eaton Corporation of Hastings.
Prescription Drug Savings Program
IT'S FREE: This is a free resource from the FamilyWize community service partnership. Use this FamilyWize card to start saving money on your prescription drugs today.
IT'S EASY: Simply present your card and prescription to a participating pharmacy to obtain the discounted price. You always receive the lower of the discounted price or pharmacy's retail price.
HOW MUCH YOU SAVE: This card can save you and your family an average of 20% on 8 out of 10 prescriptions. Click here to see the discounted price of medications using this card.
NO RESTRICTIONS: Use your card as often as you need, for any prescription, for everyone in your family. There is no income limit, age requirement, eligibility or registration required.
$100 MILLION IN SAVINGS: The goal of this community partnership is to reduce the cost of medicine for children, families and individuals with no prescription drug coverage by $100 million in five years. The cards are being distributed free of charge nationwide by participating United Way agencies, community and faith-based organizations, county agencies, doctors, businesses, some pharmacies, and individuals like you. The discounts and savings are provided voluntarily by the more than 53,000 participating pharmacies that have agreed to accept this card. Please remember to thank them for their participation and the difference they are making for you, your family and for your community when you fill your prescription.
HOW YOU CAN HELP: Did you know that more than one out every five people in the United States has no prescription drug coverage? Please email your friends, family members, co-workers, and members of groups you know a link to this website, place a link to this site on your websites and web pages, and print cards for the people you know that do not have Internet access. Together, we can make a difference, A $100 MILLION DIFFERENCE.
THIS IS NOT HEALTH INSURANCE: Discounts are available only at participating pharmacies.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact the United Way of South Central Nebraska at 421 N. Kansas Ave, Hastings, NE, 402-462-6600.
Born Learning
Parents and caregivers of young children understand that the early years are important, yet many aren’t sure how to encourage early learning, or feel they don’t have time to do what it takes to help their child succeed in school. Many communities are concerned about children coming to school unprepared, but aren’t coming together to give parents more choices and children more opportunities.
In response, United Way of America and United Way Success By 6 are partnering with the Ad Council, Civitas and Families and Work Institute to create Born Learning, an innovative public engagement campaign that helps parents, caregivers and communities create quality early learning opportunities for young children.
Born Learning is designed as a tool for long-lasting community change that supports young children. It has three cornerstones:
- Awareness – Providing important information about how young children learn. Born Learning includes nationwide public service announcements – television, radio and print ads and targeted billboards – in English and Spanish. The PSAs communicate that everyday moments can easily be turned into quality early learning opportunities for young children, as they are born learning. The ads drive parents to this Web site for tips, information and resources, where parents can download educational material and find a Born Learning campaign near them.
- Education – Providing easy, fun action steps that parents, grandparents and caregivers can use every day. Educational material provided by Born Learning makes it simple and easy for parents, grandparents, informal caregivers and professional child care providers to find out about, understand and apply the latest research to help children come to school ready to succeed. The material helps parents make learning fun and take advantage of everyday moments.
- Action – Providing a visible platform for public policy and action. Born Learning puts research-driven products – along with tools and templates for education and outreach – into communities through a national grassroots network that’s creating innovative ideas to help local children. And we’re supporting a mobilization effort that helps any community’s early learning efforts, providing tools, templates and training, along with more intensive national support for targeted communities or states.
Our goal is to inspire everyone who impacts young children to make the best possible decisions to boost school readiness. And we aim to give each of them the tools to make long-lasting community change.
You may be interested in reading a message that Brian Gallagher, President and CEO of United Way of America, sent to opinion leaders across the country about United Way’s commitment to early learning – and his strong belief that business leaders can help shift the odds for vulnerable children.
