OUR PARTNERS

Nebraska Statewide Independent Living Council (NESILC)

Nebraska Vocational Rehabilitation

Nebraska Assistive Technology Partnership (ATP)

Disability Rights Nebraska

MakeTheConnection.net

Connecting Veterans, their families and friends to mental health resources and information

Nebraska Area Agencies on Aging

Aging Partners

Serving Polk, Butler, Saunders, York, Seward, Lancaster, Fillmore, and Saline counties.

Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging

Serving Otoe, Johnson, Nemaha, Richardson, Pawnee, Gage, Jefferson, and Thayer counties.

Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging

Serving Dodge, Washington, Douglas, Sarpy, and Cass counties.

Northeast Nebraska Area Agency on Aging

Serving Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Burt, Cedar, Cherry, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Holt, Keya Paha, Knox, Madison, Nance, Pierce, Rock, Stanton, Thurston, and Wayne counties.

Midland Area Agency on Aging

Serving Howard, Merrick, Hall, Hamilton, Adams, Clay, Webster, and Nuckolls counties

South Central Nebraska Area Agency of Aging

Serving Grant, Hooker, Thomas, Arthur, McPherson, Logan, Keith, Perkins, Lincoln, Dawson, Chase, Hayes, Frontier, Gosper, Dundy, Hitchcock, and Red Willow counties.

Aging Office of Western Nebraska

Serving Sioux, Dawes, Box Butte, Sheridan, Scotts Bluff, Banner, Morrill, Garden, Kimball, Cheyenne, and Deuel counties.

Southwest Iowa

Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Iowa Statewide Independent Living Council

Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Connections Area Agency on Aging

Serving Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Cass, Mills, Montgomery, Fremont, Page, Adair, Adams, Cherokee, Clarke, Decatur, Ida, Monona, Plymouth, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, and Woodbury counties.

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“Networking is not about just connecting people. It’s about connecting people with people, people with ideas, and people with opportunities.”

–– Michele Jennae.

I am Ashley Parker the Older Worker Employment Specialist with Connections Area Agency on Aging and can say firsthand that networking is one of the most valuable ways to achieve success.  Recent work with The League of Human Dignity is a perfect depiction of that.  As an OWEP worker the job candidates I serve sometimes require additional resources; for this example, an individual needed housing within a months’ time which included his dog companion.  This is no easy feat as most know; he had been caring for his aunt who had passed for years and when that happened, he was told he had to get out of his house and had no additional supports.  League of Human Dignity graciously partnered with OWEP providing crucial information needed to secure housing.  With this information I was able to place the job candidate and his pet in Harlan, IA, within a period of less than two weeks!  He reports he is very happy with his home and new location.  Connections AAA thanks the League of Human Dignity for their support.
Ashley Parker, MSW,
Older Worker Employment Specialist
Connections Area Agency on Aging,
Council Bluffs, IA