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Central Navigation Community Response Contacts:

Below is a list of contacts for the local Community Collaboratives. Click here to download a pdf of this list.

If you are looking to see how you can get involved and support your local collaborative, please contact your local Coordinator.

If you are struggling and looking for assistance, contact the local Central Navigator from the list below. The Central Navigator is a local person who has experience with all kinds of problems and will listen and get you connected to supports to meet your goals.


You can also text HELP to 402-225-5842 or 308-280-8383 to be connected to your local Central Navigator.


Community Collaborative Central Navigator Coordinator Counties Served
Better Together/ Partners 4 Otoe County Vanessa Sherman 402-969-0319 | vsherman@otoecountyne.gov Lisa Chaney 402-713-5270 | partners4oc@gmail.com Otoe
Buffalo County Wellbeing Collaborative Wanda Fedorchik 308-865-2284 wfedorchik@bcchp.org Denise Zwiener 308-865-2284 dzwiener@bcchp.org Buffalo
Community and Family Partnership Tammy Bichlmeier 402-366-5615 | centralnav@columbusunitedway.com Roberta Miksch 402-809-3297 | rmiksch@columbusunitedway.com Boone, Colfax, Nance, Platte
Community Impact Network of Adams, Clay, Webster, Nuckolls Erin Trausch 402-461-8418 | navigator@unitedwayscne.org Brady Rhodes 402-461-8418 | coordinator@unitedwayscne.org Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster
Dawson County Family Partners Pam Reicks (Cozad) 308-784-2804 | cfcozad@cozadtel.net Nichole Hetz (Gothenburg) 308-529-8784 | GECLC.coordinator@gmail.com Diana Romero (Lexington) 308-746-3685 | lexnav1dcfp@gmail.com Amanda Woolley, 308-325-3476, DCFPcoordinator@gmail.com Dawson
Douglas County Community Response Collaborative Nikia Gunn-Abdulai 531-301-3021 | ngunn-abdulai@nebraskaearly.org, Laura Hernandez lhernandez@nebraskaearly.com, Candace Howard choward@nebraskaearly.org Deborah Dancer 402-212-9120 | ddancer@nchs.org Douglas
Families 1st Partnership Tori Courter 308-520-3743 | info@families1stpartnership.org Caroline Sabin 308-520-0608 | caroline@families1stpartnership.org Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, Perkins
Fremont Family Coalition Victoria Gaughen 402-721-4157 | victoria.gaughen@fremontunitedway.org Michelle Padilla 402-721-4157 | Michelle.Padilla@fremontunitedway.org Burt, Dodge, Washington
Four Counties Collaborative SENCA 402-414-2460 Laura Osborne 402-414-2460 | FourCountyCollaborative@gmail.com Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson
Growing Community Connections Sandy Nation 712-389-4401 | snation@siouxlandship.org JoAnn Gieselman 712-223-9614 | jgieselman@siouxlandship.org Dakota
Hall County Community Collaborative (H3C) Jeremy Ross 308-930-9046 | h3cnavigator@gmail.com Saffron Buettner 308-930-9038 | executivedirector@h3cne.org Franklin, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Howard, Kearney, Merrick, Phelps
Holt/Boyd Communication Connections
Amy Shane 402-340-2232 | amyshane81@gmail.com
Lancaster Connected CEDARS 402-434-5437 Lynn Ayers, 402-441-6070, layers@untedwaylincoln.org Lancaster
Lift Up Sarpy Elci Warnell | ewarnell@liftupsarpycounty.org Tanya Gifford 402-306-3749 | tgifford@liftupsarpycounty.org Sarpy
Norfolk Family Coalition Jamie Bouslaugh 402-640-2409 | centralnavigator@norfolkfamilycoalition.org Kimberly Powell 402-640-5106 | director@norfolkfamilycoalition.org Madison, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Joseph Fleming 402-837-5331 | joseph.fleming@nebraska.gov

Panhandle Partnership Carmen Trevino 308-633-3236 | ctrevino@capwn.org Faith Mills 308-262-5940 | faith.mills@panhandlepartnership.com Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sioux
Panhandle/Western NE Native American outreach Rebekah Barber | bekahb6@hotmail.com and bbarber@societyofcare.org, Edison Red Nest III | erednest@societyofcare.org

Project Everlast Lincoln at The HUB Lindsay Drake 402-580-9247 | ldrake@hublincoln.org - Lancaster
Project Everlast Omaha Emily Boardman 402-875-3594 | eboardman@nebraskachildren.org - Douglas, Sarpy
Sandhills Community Collaborative Lori Lambrecht | llambrecht@central-plains.org Nicole Jacobsen, 605-630-3302 | sandhillscoordinator@gmail.com Blaine, Custer, Garfield, Greeley, Loup, Sherman, Valley, Wheeler
Santee-Sioux Nation Carrie Rouillard 402-857-2300 | crouillard@societyofcare.org Yvonne Bickerstaff 402-857-2300 | ybickerstaff@societyofcare.org
Saunders County Active Community Team Amber Pelan 402-443-8107 | cell: 402-367-8456 | apelan@saunderscounty.ne.gov Michelle Libal 402-429-8933 | mlibal@saunderscountyne.gov
Southeast Nebraska Collaborative Collena Laschanzky 402-729-6510 | Collena@sncollaborative.org Collena Laschanzky 402-729-6510 | Collena@sncollaborative.org Butler, Cass, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Otoe, Polk, Saline, Seward, Thayer, York
Valentine Children and Families Coalition - Jill Austin 402-252-9030 | vcfcoalition@gmail.com Cherry
Building Courageous Families Angie Walker 402-878-2379 | angie.walker@winnebagotribe.com Michelle Parker | mparker@hccdcorg
York County Health Coalition Britney Watson 402-363-9946 | ychcbritney@gmail.com Jake Owens | ychcjake@gmail.com York

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