Building Community
For 30 years, Buffalo County Community Partners has brought people, organizations, and resources together to improve the health, safety, and well-being of our community.
Shaping Community Systems
30 Years. One Community.
Community Partners Created
Created RYDE
the first rural transportation system in Nebraska
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
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.
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 created system to coach high-quality daycare providers through licensing and launch of new centers.
Who We Are
Buffalo County Community Partners exists to build connections among people who measure, promote, and strengthen community well-being. We engage community conversations around complex social issues, identify community needs, align partners around solutions, and invest in outcomes that improve quality of life.
By the numbers
Community Impact
Hours
In Buffalo County, while working a minimum wage job, it takes 70 hours per week to rent a two-bedroom home.
Children
In Buffalo County, unable to access childcare.
Children
In Buffalo County, need access to food resources.
Youth
In Buffalo County report poor mental health.
Our Stories
Youth Voices Showcase Gallery
More Than Meets the Eye Youth Voices ShowCase Gallery 1 in 5 Buffalo County High School Youth struggle with mental health. Buffalo County Community...
Grow Another Row
Grow Another Row4.22.26 Community Campaign donate to local food pantries Local Gardeners Invited to Grow Another Row and Help Feed Their NeighborsKEARNEY, NE. This growing season, local gardeners are being asked to do something simple and powerful: plant an extra...
Prescription Takeback
Kearney, NE – On October 26, 2024, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office is hosting a prescription takeback event at CHI Health Good Samaritan Hospital, 10 E 31st St, Kearney, NE, in the north parking lot “M.” Unused or expired medication,...
Community Partners Move to UNK
Kearney, NE – Buffalo County Community Partners, a Kearney-based non-profit dedicated to addressing community health and wellness, will relocate to the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus on September 24. The organization, initiated in 1996 by CHI Health Good...
Building Connections
Buffalo County Community Partners identifies issues impacting community well-being and addresses those issues by collecting and evaluating data and facilitating conversations among interested parties and community members. We build connections and gather the...
Voices of Support
“Our historic partnership with Community Partners leverages wellness in our county by weaving public and private funding
to do good things. This partnership is rare, we have seen success in many areas of county government, however, important to note is the successful partnership with county law enforcement, county attorneys and judges co-designing supports for youth and families. We have invested in local families by grantmaking to support quality childcare, too.”