Scotts Bluff Area Agencies
United Way of Western Nebraska is partnering with eighteen agencies in 2021-2022 that focus on better health, education and financial stability. Click here for a detailed description of each agency.
Health
Buckboard Therapeutic Riding Academy
Buckboard Therapeutic Riding Academy offers therapeutic equine-assisted activities and pleasure horseback riding to disabled children. It combines instruction in tradition horsemanship skills with concepts of physical therapy to improve the strength, balance and self-esteem of physically and mentally disabled children. For more information visit: Buckboard Therapeutic Riding Academy - Home (weebly.com)
CAPstone Child Advocacy Center
CAPstone is a safe, child friendly environment where children who have been abused or neglected can be heard and supported. For more information visit: CAPstone Child Advocacy Center of Western Nebraska (capstonenebraska.com)
Carpenter Center
The Carpenter Center provides athletic and fundamental camps and programs to our youth throughout the Panhandle. Financial assistance is available for those who lack the financial resources to participate in these programs. For more information visit: CarpenterCenter.net
CASA of Scotts Bluff County
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) serves children involved in the Juvenile Court System. CASA volunteers are advocates for children who are victims of abuse and neglect and who have entered the Juvenile Court System not because of what they did, but because of what someone did to them. For more information visit: CASA of Scotts Bluff County (casaofscbcounty.com)
The DOVES Program
The DOVES Program provides support to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. For more information visit: www.thedovesprogram.com.
Plains West CASA
Plains West CASA recruits, screens and trains volunteers to be advocates for children who have been abused or neglected in Cheyenne, Kimball and Duel counties. For more information visit: HOME | plainswestcasa
Scotts Bluff County Volunteer Center
The Scotts Bluff County Volunteer Center coordinates and promotes activities that can be performed by community volunteers who are committed to caring for those in need through Meals-on-Wheels, Shopping for Seniors, Home Delivered Commodities, Snow Angels, Thanksgiving in the Valley and various other programs. These programs are designed to be of benefit to the elderly, challenged and homebound in our community and to provide them with the opportunity to remain in their homes longer and improve their quality of life. For more information visit: Scottsbluff County Volunteer Center | Facebook
Education
Banisters Leadership Academy
Banisters Leadership Academy strengthens and empowers youth through leadership development programs and opportunities. For more information visit: Banisters Leadership Academy – Empowering Youth & Families Through Leadership (banistersacademy.org)
Boy Scouts of America, Longs Peak Council
The Boys Scouts of America is an educational program for boys and young adults to build character, to train in the responsibilities of participating citizenship and to develop personal fitness. For more information visit: Longs Peak Council BSA (longspeakbsa.org)
Friends of Sidney Library
Friends of Sidney Library is partnering with Imagination Library to deliver free books to children aged 0-5 in Cheyenne County. For more information visit: Friends – Sidney Public Library
Guadalupe Center
The Guadalupe Center is a facility for the recreational, cultural, social, educational and health needs of the people primarily living in Southeast Scottsbluff. For more information visit: Guadalupe Center (guadalupescottsbluff.com)
Summer Camp for Handicapped Children (Camp Scott)
The Summer Program for Handicapped Children, also known as Camp Scott, provides a social and recreational program for developmentally disabled children and adolescents, ages 7-21. For more information visit: Camp Scott | Facebook
TeamMates of Scotts Bluff County
TeamMates positively impacts the world by inspiring youth to reach their full potential through mentoring providing support and encouragement to school-aged youth. For more information visit: Scotts Bluff County - TeamMates Chapters
Financial Stability
11.13 Ministries
11.13 Ministries puts God's love into action by providing spiritual, physical, and emotional aid in many forms to people in need. For more information visit: 11.13 Ministries - HARVEST VALLEY CHURCH
Cirrus House-Youth Program
The Cirrus House, Inc. Transitional Age Program (TAP) helps homeless youth ages 16 to 24 learn the independent living skills necessary to transition successfully to living on their own in the community with a focus on serving youth who have mental illness serves a unique and important niche in the community. For more information visit: Cirrus House, Inc. - Home
Family Stabilization Program (CAPWN)
The Family Stabilization Program within CAPWN focuses on helping families move one step ahead to achieve personal success by empowering clients toward positive change and supporting them in building productive relationships that lead to economic and personal independence. For more information visit: CAPWN - Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska
Firefighter Ministry
Firefighter Ministry provides assistance to anyone suffering loss from fire or natural disaster. For more information visit: Firefighter Ministry | Facebook
Scottsbluff-Gering Soup Kitchen
The Scottsbluff/Gering Soup Kitchen meets the needs of families and individuals struggling with food insecurity be being able to provide a nutritious meal at no cost as well as a place for fellowship and encouragement. For more information call: United Way 308-635-2522