About Us

Project Staff | Mission | History | Newsletter | Important Partners | HONcode | W3C |Downloads

Answers4Families.org is a project of the Center on Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and is supported by funding from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services: Aging and Disability Services, the Office of Protection and Safety, and the Office of Family Health; and the Nebraska Department of Education - Early Development Network.

Contact the Project Associate for questions about the content or design of the site. Need assistance with a disability related issue? Visit the Nebraska Resource and Referral System Web site: http://nrrs.ne.gov.

Contact us by phone: (staffed Mon. - Fri. from 8:30am to 5pm CT)
800-746-8420 Toll-free or 402-472-0844 in Lincoln

MISSION

Answers4Families.org's mission is to provide information, opportunities for dialogue, education, and support to Nebraskans with special needs and their families; by developing and providing Internet resources; and by encouraging others to do the same. We serve several target groups - which you can conveniently locate within the left hand navigation on this page.

HISTORY

The project began in 1994 with a grant from the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau. This grant served 40 families in the Early Intervention and Katie Beckett programs.

The Answers4Families.org project (formerly the Nebraska Network for Children & Families) was extended in 1996 by a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce TIIAP program which created the Partnership IDEAS Network.

Since 1999, the Answers4Families.org project has been funded by the following agencies and departments: the Office of Aging and Disability Services Division in the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; the Foster Care Program in the HHS Division of Protection & Safety; the School Nursing Program in the HHS Division of Family Health, and the Nebraska Department of Education - IDEA Parts B & C. To learn more about our project partners, please visit our 'Important Partners' page.

NEWSLETTERS

• What's New January 2007 Newsletter
• What's New March 2007 Newsletter
• What's New May 2007 Newsletter
• What's New July 2007 Newsletter
• What's New September 2007 Newsletter
• What's New October 2007 Newsletter
• What's New November 2007 Newsletter
  

HEALTH ON THE NET

Answers4Families subscribes to the HONcode principles of the Health On the Net (HON) Foundation. The HONcode addresses the reliability and credibility of medical and health information. HON is an international initiative and non-profit organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The HON Foundation is dedicated to realizing the benefits of the Internet and related technologies in the fields of medicine and healthcare.

W3C COMPLIANCE

Answers4Families and NRRS are working to become 100% W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) compliant. In order for the Web to reach its full potential, the most fundamental Web technologies must be compatible with one another and allow any hardware and software used to access the Web to work together. Becoming W3C compliant is one step closer toward Answers4Families and NRRS being accessible to all users.

DOWNLOADS

Some content within (and outside) the Answers4Families web site requires an applet, a plug-in, or another application be present on your (the user's) computer to interpret page content. We have created a list of helpful (and free) programs for you to download.