CITIZEN ADVOCACY
Citizen Advocacy is a way for local communities to respond to the need for protection of individuals with disabilities who are at risk of abuse or neglect. These local, independently-operated Citizen Advocacy offices create one-to-one matches between ordinary citizens and vulnerable people with disabilities in their communities. Citizen Advocates are asked to look out for the rights and interests of the person with a disability as if they were their own. Disability Rights Nebraska provides consultation on program development, training for board members and staff, and program evaluation to citizen advocacy offices in Nebraska. Read the Citizen Advocacy Fact Sheet to learn more about the program.
- Lincoln Citizen Advocacy
- Coordinator: Sarah Rasby
- 711 North 48th Street
- Lincoln, NE 68504
- 402-450-3708
- lca1970@allophone.com
Buffalo County Citizen Advocacy- Coordinator: Sandy Randall
- P.O. Box 1343
- 3710 Central Ave
- Kearney, NE 68848
- 308-234-9368
- bcca45@gmail.com
Heartland Citizen Advocacy- Coordinator: Katie Barmettler
- 10730 Pacific Street, Ste. 225
- Omaha, NE 68114
- 402-885-9050
- www.heartlandcitizenadvocacy.org
- kbarmettler@heartlandcitizenadvocacy.org
- Grand Island Citizen Advocacy
- Coordinator: Tracy Adrian
- 123 North Locust, Ste. L101
- Grand Island, NE 68801
- 308-385-5542
- www.gicitizenadvocacy.org
- coordinator@gicitizenadvocacy.org
North Platte Citizen Advocacy- Coordinator: Christie Parker
- 315 N. Dewey, Ste. 211
- PO Box 281
- North Platte, NE 69103
- npca95@gmail.com