O’Neill Early Head Start

Diezel Sidak was born on January 22, 2008 at St. Anthony’s Hospital in O’Neill, NE. He was also born deaf. Diezel has six siblings, a brother that is deaf, and his mother is disabled with bi-polar disorder. Mom and Dad have done a very good job raising...

When “Sandy” was accepted into the THRIVES program, she was pregnant and leaving an abusive, drug filled home. Although she was employed, she was on FML and not receiving an income. Although Sandy had a checking account, she didn’t know how to write a check. She worked with her case manager to...

This past winter, an elderly gentleman from Sargent, Nebraska called our Weatherization Specialist Sharon Jonak to ask for some help. He said someone from the gas company was just at his home and red-tagged his furnace and shut off the gas. The furnace wasn’t working properly and he had called...