Contact Us
Click here for a list of Central Navigators throughout the state that can help connect you to resources.
If you want to be a part of making sure Nebraska families are thriving, please contact your local community collaborative:
Buffalo County Community Collaborative
Denise Zwiener, Coordinator
308-865-2280
Community and Family Partnership (Platte and Colfax Counties)
Sarah Papa, Coordinator
308-991-0030
Community Impact Collaborative (Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, and Webster 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, and Richardson Counties)
Laura Osborn, Central Navigator
402-274-7510
Fremont Family Coalition (Burt, Dodge, and Washington Counties)
Steph Gardeman, Coordinator
402-721-4157
Growing Community Connections (formerly Dakota County Connections)
JoAnn Gieselman, Coordinator
712‐222‐6383
Hall County Communty Collaborative (H3C), (Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Franklin, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Howard, Kearney, Merrick, Phelps, Nuckolls, and Webster Counties)
Julie Nash, Coordinator
308-930-9038
Lancaster County
Rachael Surmick, Coordinator
402-441-7774
Lift Up Sarpy
Tanya Gifford
402-306-3749
Norfolk Family Coalition (Madison and Stanton Counties)
Britney Watson, Coordinator
402‐640‐2409
Panhandle Partnership (Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, and Sioux Counties)
Faith Mills
308-262-5940
York County Health Coalition
Jake Owens
Partners 4 Otoe County
Lisa Chaney, Collaborative Coordinator
402-713-5270
Southeast Nebraska Collaborative (Butler, Cass, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Otoe, Polk, Saline, Seward, and Thayer Counties)
Collena Laschanzky
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.