Difference Makers in the Heartland

A nonprofit organization supporting foster and adoptive families by providing family strengthening events and care programs to encourage true, honest, and happy smiles in children.

We provide Christ-centered discipleship resources for women and their children suffering from trauma, addiction, or mental health challenges, guiding them toward healing and hope.

A strengths based, Christ centered Elementary school working to open in North Omaha.

Release works with Foster kids and families. They offer many services including foster care, mentorship, mental health services, a foster closet, and more.

Nebraska Diaper Bank provides diapers through collaborative partnerships to change lives and empower families in need.

Nebraska Diaper Bank provides diapers through collaborative partnerships to change lives and empower families in need.

Biblically based mental health care for those facing mental health struggles. Helps transform a reactive system into a proactive one through coaching and other services.

To transform the sidewalk in front of every abortion facility in America and beyond into a place of real help and hope and end abortion. Partners with pregnancy centers and offers financial and other kind of help to those in need.

Provides College-Bound Mentoring and Goal-Setting programs for Omaha youth. Wants to improve Omaha’s workforce by providing educational learning to kids.

Holds a zoom meeting or phone call every Monday to meet with those who might feel left behind. They meet every week to encourage senior citizens, talk with them, and pray with them. Each of their calls are recorded so they can go back and listen anytime they want.

Heartland Hope Mission helps working poor families by providing them with some of life’s most basic staples including: a week’s supply of food, clothing, hygiene items, SNAP assistance, community referrals, and job resources. Heartland Hope Mission is a faith based organization that also offers Bible studies and prayer.

Parent Life seeks to connect with expectant and parenting teens and their children through intentional relationships with caring adults and community partnerships. Their aim is to empower teens to thrive in every aspect of life and to encourage them to further their education and move toward becoming life-long followers of Jesus Christ.

Heartland Workforce Solutions is an American Job Center and a non-profit workforce resource serving Douglas, Sarpy and Washington counties. Dedicated to strengthening the Nebraska workforce and connecting people to opportunities, whether you’re a career seeker or employer.

A Radio Service that plays on streaming and special frequencies that airs written word over the radio, like the Omaha World Herald for individuals who struggle with hearing disabilities.

YFC reaches young people everywhere, working together with the local church and other like-minded partners to raise up lifelong followers of Jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to the Word of God and prayer, passion for sharing the love of Christ, and commitment to social involvement

To transform the sidewalk in front of every abortion facility in America and beyond into a place of real help and hope and end abortion. Partners with pregnancy centers and offers financial and other kind of help to those in need.

Christ-centered ministry serving young women and men who are facing an unplanned pregnancy. Helps women choose life by either accepting their baby or putting them into the adoption system.
How to help: Volunteer or donate items

Halfway homes founded on Biblical principles which empowers addicted/wounded women with hope, love, and freedom to effect the transformation of their minds, bodies, and spirits to create permanent life change.

Humble and kind is a non-profit that seeks to help families who need it most wherever they’re at. And while that is a broad statement, they also know that people’s needs are broad and varied. Projects they do include food, clothing, and hygiene donations, as well as booster bags for new parents who aren’t prepared.

To transform the sidewalk in front of every abortion facility in America and beyond into a place of real help and hope and end abortion. Partners with pregnancy centers and offers financial and other kind of help to those in need.

A group of volunteers dedicated to building, assembling, and delivering top-notch bunk beds to children and families in need

Dedicated to help men and women get off the street and into the church. The goal is for them to feel genuinely loved by the church.

Intended to help married couples experience God’s love in their homes. A marriage retreat dedicated to show how to do marriage God’s way.

Mentoring program for men and women. Partners with churches, shelters, jail ministries, and schools.

Nebraska Diaper Bank (formerly The Life House) provides diapers through collaborative partnerships to change lives and empower families in need.

God-inspired, grace driven, and people focused organization designed to develop emotional, spiritual, and physical needs through different kinds of therapy. Including mental, Christian based, and more

4 month live in discipleship program for men. Specifically those struggling with addiction.

Advocates for those with diverse healthcare needs and provides services that allow them to live full and meaningful lives.

Their motto is that no kid sleeps without a bed in our town. With a mission to make a bed for each kid in the Omaha Council Bluffs area.

Provides College-Bound Mentoring and Goal-Setting programs for Omaha youth. Wants to improve Omaha’s workforce by providing educational learning to kids.

Wants to see every young person have the opportunity to know and have a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Wild Hearts n Horses exists to provide a safe and positive experience for youth and families to learn life skills and gain confidence through horses and the love and hope that is offered through Jesus Christ.

Community Center whose goal is to educate, engage and inspire children through early childhood care and out-of-school experiences.

Boxing ministry dedicated to providing a place for youth to go to for mentoring/coaching rather than have them on the streets.

Prison Ministry. Good News Jail is the largest supplier of chaplains for jails and prisons worldwide. Helps reach those who others have forgotten.

Bethlehem House provides emergency housing for women, infants, and youth. It is. community funded, faith-based nonprofit providing long term social services, at no cost, to families. they provide pathways for attaining quality prenatal care, essential parenting skills, and economic security through education and employment.
How to help: Volunteer or Donate items

Provides pregnancy tests and ultrasounds. Goes through other options in case of pregnancy, and provides other testing and treatment.

Provides support to women facing unsupported as well as unplanned pregnancies. Including testing, ultrasound, and classes for those unsure about what to do.
How to help: Volunteer or donate items

Provides a variety of services to those coming to America with Refugee status. Education, Clothing, Furniture, In house Furnishing, etc
How to help: Volunteer/donate items on their website

Teaches youth about God through sports teams in schools and communities.

Wants to see every young person have the opportunity to know and have a relationship with Jesus Christ

Thrift Store and Food pantry that provides meals and clothing to those in need located in Council Bluffs. They accept Drop offs of all kinds of food and clothing.
Address: 17 N 2nd St, Council Bluffs, IA 51503

Campus ministry that helps mentor and lead kids to Christ.

Prison Ministry. Helps those inside, and helps them acclimate to the outside when they get out.

When hopeless people have a safe place to process their pain, and faith-filled hope is modeled and shared, they become hope-filled and thrive (in spite of their mental health challenge).

Food, clothing, and other needs pantry. Our food pantry is a choice pantry available to families once every 30 days. We offer fruits, vegetables, breads, meat and dairy products.

Their mission is to teach the Gospel to “anyone who will listen” They are ministry focused.

Providing hope and restoration for victims and survivors of human trafficking and exploitation.Rejuvenating Women is a nonprofit organization providing hope and restoration to those enslaved in human trafficking. We are committed to developing long-lasting relationships with the girls and women who are deeply traumatized by meeting her right where she is at in life. We help them restore their physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
Office Number: 1-800-402-0601

Helps provide training and resources to new leaders in their Christian life. Including booklets and other items to prepare for one’s spiritual journey.

On a mission to provide a safe and nurturing environment with support services for families and individuals experiencing the crisis of homelessness. MICAH House will help to end homelessness by restoring hope to families and individuals while preserving family unity; empowering all to live independently and free from the crisis of homelessness through community support and collaboration.

Our mobile food distribution trucks patrol Omaha’s streets from early December through the end of February, making multiple stops in areas where homeless people congregate to offer hot meals and winter outerwear to anyone in need. Shifts are approximately three hours, during which volunteers drive the trucks or distribute hot meals, beverages and winter clothing to those who come by. Volunteers must be older than age 18 and able to lift 20 pounds and stand for 40 minutes at a time (Youth ages 14-18 can participate if accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times; the parent/guardian must sign up for a volunteer slot as well). Volunteer drivers must complete an MVR form and a one-hour driving course and be approved by The Salvation Army.

Together’s mission is to prevent and end homelessness in the Omaha community. Together helps individuals and families through two main programs, The Horizons Program and The Nourish Program.
Phone: (402) 345-8047

The Set Me Free Project was founded on the belief that every person can take a stand against human trafficking. Using research-based methods, our READY to Stand curriculum engages participants in meaningful and fun activities designed to inform and empower. Our READY to Stand Curriculum offers age-appropriate presentations for learners of all ages.
Phone:(402) 521-3080
Email: [email protected]

Works with Omaha-area residents, volunteers, and interns to grow vegetables, flowers, and herbs using environmentally responsible and sustainable gardening techniques in our community gardens and urban farm.
Phone: (402) 504-1910
Email: [email protected]

Birthright is committed to providing confidential, non-judgmental support to any woman who is pregnant or thinks she might be pregnant, no matter her age, race, circumstances, religion, marital status or financial situation. Birthright is a charitable organization that relies on the dedication, time and talents of volunteers and the generosity of donations to ensure it can persevere in supporting pregnant women.
Hotline: 1 (800) 550-4900
Phone: (416) 469-4789
Email: [email protected]

Table Grace Ministries fosters healthy community by offering great food prepared and served with dignity and providing opportunities for transformation both personally and spiritually through hospitality, music and fellowship.
Phone: (402) 965-1276
Email: [email protected]

Helps families stay in their homes and keep food on the table by providing financial assistance, caring concern, educational assistance and referrals when needed most.
Phone: (402) 616-2330
Email: [email protected]

To equip unemployed and undereducated adults through vocational training and job experience so they can attain employment and become financially successful.
Phone: (402) 590-2100

Email:
For training: [email protected]
For social hall rental: [email protected]
For auto donations: [email protected]

Mission to save Moms from pregnancy related heart issues.
Email: [email protected]

Club used to create a positive influence in children ages 4-17. There are field Trips, games, activities, awards, ect.
Phone: (402) 457-7820
Email: [email protected]

Helps those who have been effected by natural disasters (resources and volunteer building).
Email: [email protected]

Faith based movement that works with The Salvation Army, with a building for classes and activities.
Phone: (402) 905-3500
Email: [email protected]

Uses flowers donated to them from weddings and other events to enrich those in nursing homes or hospitals.
Phone: (402) 880-8476
Email: [email protected]

Scatter Joy Acres is a ranch ministry complete with a public petting zoo. They are a rescue organization.
Phone: (402) 709-9401
Email: [email protected]

Programs that include counseling, emergency services for children, early childhood care, foster care, and residential treatment and education for children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders. Including family interaction programs to help restore lives and offer hope for a successful future.

Phone:
Main Campus:(712) 322-3700
Children’s Center: (712) 325-1662
Omaha Foster Care: (402) 556-6765
AfterCare: (712) 225-9061

A collaborative network of local churches, and church leaders that serve together to plant and grow churches. As well as help develop leaders.

Creates a safe, positive, and welcoming environment for the recreational, educational, social, cultural advancement for all, through the restoration and redevelopment of the historic Riverside HS building.
Phone: (402) 807-5287
Email: [email protected]

World’s largest pro-life team. “Teammates” that wear their witness. “To Remember the Unborn.” Running is optional, the t-shirt is required.

Foster Care system that focuses on a Christ centered approach to raising children in hard places. Nebraska based.

Lincoln Address:
14880 Old Cheney Rd
Walton, NE 68461
Phone: (402) 421-5437
Fax: (402) 421-5438

Omaha Address:
Herd Building 2nd Floor
4343 N 52nd St
Omaha, NE 68104
Phone: (402) 421-5437
Fax: (402) 884-5745

Kearney Address:
10635 1st Ave N
Kearney, NE 68847
Phone: (402) 421-5437
Fax: (308) 236-8992

Carol Joy Holling Camp – Summer Camp that focuses on ministry. Overnight Camps, family camps, special needs camps, day camps.

Outreach program working with individuals, families, and communities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Nebraska.
Nebraska Rural Response Hotline: (Monday-Friday 8-5pm) 1 (800) 464-0258
Nebraska Family Helpline: (24/7) 1 (888) 866-8660

Provides emotional and financial support to families battling pediatric cancer.
Executive Director, Suzie Nelson’s office number: (402) 934-0999

Program that brings an associate’s degree in Christian Ministry to Inmates at the Nebraskan State Penitentiary (Run through Crown College.
Email Steven Scott (Founder): [email protected]

Campus ministry that does apologetics for high school and college students.
Email Westley Farewell: [email protected]