If you want to be a part of making sure Nebraska families are thriving, please contact your local community collaborative:
Growing Community Connections (formerly Dakota County Connections)
JoAnn Gieselman, Coordinator
712‐222‐6383
Buffalo County Community Collaborative
Denise Zwiener, Coordinator
308-865-2280
Community Impact Network (Adams, Clay, Webster, and Nuckolls Counties)
Brady Rhodes, Coordinator
402-461-8418
Dawson County Community Collaborative
Nichole Hetz, Coordinator
308-529-8784
Douglas County Community Response Collaborative
Deborah Dancer, Coordinator
402-595-1326 x2003
Families First Partnership (Lincoln and Keith Counties)
Caroline Sabin, Coordinator
308‐520‐0608
Four Counties Collaborative (Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson Counties)
Laura Osborn, Central Navigator
402-274-7510
Fremont Family Coalition (Dodge and Washington Counties)
Steph Gardeman, Coordinator
402‐721‐4157
Hall County Communty Collaborative (H3C), (Hall, Howard, Buffalo, Dawson, Merrick, Hamilton, Phelps, Kearney, Adams, Clay, Harlan, Franklin, Webster, and Nuckolls Counties)
Julie Nash, Coordinator
308-930-9038
Lancaster County
Rachael Surmick, Coordinator
402-441-7774
Lift Up Sarpy
Tanya Gifford, Coordinator
402‐306-3749
Norfolk Family Coalition (Madison and Stanton Counties)
Britney Watson, Coordinator
402‐640‐2409
Panhandle Partnership (Scotts Bluff, Banner, Kimball, Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Sheridan, Dawes, Box Butte, Morrill, and Sioux Counties)
Faith Mills, Coordinator
308‐262-5940
Community and Family Partnership (formerly Zero 2 Eight Collaborative) (Platte and Colfax Counties)
Sarah Papa, Coordinator
308-991-0030
York County Health Coalition
Jake Owens, Coordinator
Partners 4 Otoe County
Lisa Chaney, Coordinator
402-713-5270
Southeast Nebraska Collaborative (Polk, Butler, York, Seward, Fillmore, Saline, Thayer, Jefferson, Gage, Cass, Otoe, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, and Richardson Counties)
Collena Laschanzky, Coordinator
402-729-6510
Sandhills Community Collaborative (Blaine, Custer, Garfield, Greeley, Loup, Sherman, Valley and Wheeler Counties)
Cathy Minnick
308-870-3180
Valentine Children and Families Coalition (Cherry County)
Sonia Coats, Coordinator
402-252-9030
If there is not currently a community collaborative in your area, there are lots of ways to volunteer to help make Nebraska a better place for all of us. Visit Nebraska Impact for ways to volunteer in your community.
Find out more about how you and your community can join Bring Up Nebraska by contacting Jennifer Skala.