Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services


The Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services is a state agency of Nebraska, headquartered in Lincoln. The agency provides health and human services for both families and regular patients. DHHS is Nebraska's largest agency and is responsible for nearly one-third of the state's government, both in employees and budget.
DHHS consists of five divisions, seven facilities, and eight operational areas. The five divisions are:
At the end of June 2018, DHHS had 4,651 full-time equivalent employees and a budget totaling $3,580,658,297.

Division of Children and Family Services

Youth Rehabilitation & Treatment Center - Kearney in Kearney is the juvenile correctional facility for boys. Youth Rehabilitation & Treatment Center - Geneva in unincorporated Fillmore County, near Geneva, is the juvenile correctional facility for girls. The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services managed those facilities for 23 years; on January 1, 1997, the youth correctional facilities were transferred out of the scope of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.