History of Buffalo County Community Partners
Shaping Community Systems
30 Years of Impact
1996: Community Partners Created
Reduced youth alcohol use by 45%
Created RYDE
the first rural transportation system in Nebraska
Reduced Youth Tobacco use by 75%
Well City USA
Celebrated Well City USA and supported worksite wellness
Alzheimer's Units
Built the community’s first units specially designed for persons with dementia/Alzheimer’s
Engaged Goodwill
to bring employment services to Kearney
Ravenna Youth Center
Community Partners provided a grant to finish the Ravenna youth center.
2006-2018 Celebrations
Walk Out on Your Job
Created annual event promoting workplace activity
Created YAB
Created the first cross county youth advisory board, created by youth for youth.
Curbed Parties for Cruise Nite
Curbed large parties associated with Saturday night of Cruise Nite weekend.
HelpCare Clinic
Completed 15 year effort to establish HelpCare clinic, providing medical care to people who lack health insurance.
Health Fairs
Hosted health fairs in partnership with the Kearney Family YMCA.
Engaged Farmer's Market
Engaged Kearney Area Farmer’s Market vendors in expanding the market and creating social engagement.
Mental Health Stigma
Responded to loss of lives to suicide by gathering the community to train, lead and break the stigma of mental health. Created Hope and Healing partnership.
2019-Current Celebrations
Community Health Workers
Created the First Community health Workers Network, designed to prevent diabetes.
Childcare Coaching
Built an Early Childhood Provider coaching program engaging more than 160 childcare providers.
Community Hub
Serverd as a community hub for pandemic response, to ensure everyone could meet basic needs.
Childcare Champions
Childcare Champions to coach high-quality daycare providers through licensing and launch of new centers