• safe from harm or maltreatment;
• in a permanent healthy nurturing and caring environment;
• with a stable family;
• helped to heal from the harmful effects on their lives, and
• no longer threats to their community. that communities are safe from harm by these children or youth.

• Adoption
• Abuse & Neglect
• Foster Care
• Domestic Violence

• Data & Reports

• Child Welfare & Juvenile Services Contracts
• Administrative and Policy Memos
• Child and Family Services Review
• Nebraska Children & Families Foundation:
  Rethink Your Reaction

• Inter-Agency Agreement Office of Juvenile Services and Administrative Office of Probation
• Juvenile Services Youth Link Program in Omaha
• Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
• Juvenile Correctional Facilities Master Plan
• Program Statement - A Co-located Youth Facility for Chemical Dependency Treatment and Secure Care
  

Abused and neglected children are:

• Children who lack proper parental care due to the fault or habits of the parent;
• Children whose parents can not provide care through no fault of their own;
• Children whose parents give up their rights to the child in writing to the State; and
• Children that are wards of another State agency for which child placement is requested.

Juvenile offenders are:

• Youth breaking laws such as truancy or being a runaway;
• Youth breaking criminal law.

There are two youth correction facilities in Nebraska.  The facility for females is located in Geneva and the facility for males is located in Kearney.

Partnership Approach
Protection and Safety work together with many groups to improve the lives of Nebraska's youth. These groups include:

• field staff and central office employees;
• law enforcement;
• county attorneys;
• judges;
• guardians ad litem and court appointed special advocates;
• medical personnel;
• therapists;
• foster parents;
• group homes and institutional care providers;
• schools;
• care providers, and
• the children, youth, and families.

For more information, contact:
Division of Children & Family Service
P.O. Box 95026
Lincoln, NE 68509-5044
Phone: (402) 471-9272
childrenandfamilyservices@dhhs.ne.gov

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