Madonna School & Ability Alliance

Connected Roots Care Center (CRCC), formerly known as Children's Respite Care Center, operates the School Age Level 3 District Partnership Program at its Southwest center on South 138th Street in Omaha. The program is designed specifically for students ages 5 through 21 with complex medical, physical, cognitive, and multiple developmental disabilities whose intensive healthcare and specialized learning needs require comprehensive clinical and educational wrap-around care. Classrooms are fully sensory-adapted and staffed by certified special education teachers, paraprofessionals, and on-site pediatric registered nurses. CRCC coordinates directly with public school districts across Douglas, Sarpy, and neighboring counties through the IEP process, delivering individualized functional academics, assistive technology communication, and activities of daily living. On-site rehabilitation therapies including physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) are woven into the school day, providing an integrated educational and medical home for medically fragile children.

Heartland School is an accredited private Level 3 therapeutic educational facility located on South 108th Street in southwest Omaha. Founded in 1987 as the Midlands Level 3 Program through a joint educational initiative by area public school educators, Heartland School provides a specialized, highly structured academic and behavioral environment for students in grades 3 through 12 who experience verified emotional, behavioral, and mental health challenges. Serving approximately 50 students referred from school districts throughout eastern Nebraska, the program emphasizes intensive small-group instruction and low student-to-staff ratios. Certified special education teachers and behavioral interventionists implement individualized behavioral plans alongside standard academic curricula, focusing on emotional self-regulation, interpersonal social skills, conflict resolution, and personal accountability. Heartland School works closely with sending school districts, mental health providers, and families to help students build coping mechanisms and academic confidence, with the ultimate objective of returning students to their resident public school settings.

The Omaha Home for Boys School (OHB School) is an accredited, year-round secondary education program located on the historic Omaha Home for Boys campus on North 52nd Street in north Omaha. Established to support high school-age youth residing in the organization's residential and transitional living programs, the school provides an individualized, trauma-informed academic environment for young men who have experienced academic delays, behavioral setbacks, truancy, or disruption in standard public high schools. With small class sizes and low student-to-teacher ratios, the OHB School enables certified secondary educators to deliver personalized, self-paced instruction and accelerated credit recovery. In addition to core academic disciplines required for high school graduation, the school integrates comprehensive hands-on vocational coursework through its Skilled Trades Program and 4-H activities, offering instruction in welding, electrical work, building maintenance, and automotive mechanics. Staff collaborate directly with each student's resident school district to fulfill state graduation requirements or prepare students for post-secondary technical careers, military service, or college enrollment.