SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT INC

What SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT INC does

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department Inc (SWNPHD) is a government-related nonprofit public health organization established on May 16, 2002 through an inter-local agreement among Nebraska counties. It serves as the legally designated local public health authority for a nine-county district in southwest Nebraska (Chase, Dundy, Frontier, Furnas, Hayes, Hitchcock, Keith, Perkins, and Red Willow), holding FEMA Emergency Support Function #8 authority for emergency response. The department delivers a broad portfolio of services organized into disease prevention (communicable disease surveillance, emergency preparedness, rabies control, West Nile Virus monitoring, colon cancer awareness), environmental health (air quality, lead, mold, well water testing, radon, recycling), health services (dental screenings for children through sixth grade, immunizations, the Healthy Families America home visiting program, workplace wellness), and healthy lifestyle programs (Walk to Health fitness tracking via the BeWell app with Fitbit integration, FROG fall prevention, Overdose Data 2 Action, Pool Cool sun safety, respite services, tobacco cessation, behavioral health via the Crediblemind platform). It also maintains a community resources directory of 280+ local services.

The organization is funded entirely through government sources, including tobacco settlement funds (LB692), CDC grants, and Nebraska DHHS grants, with services delivered at no direct cost to residents. It operates from two physical locations — the McCook headquarters at 404 West 10th Street and an Ogallala satellite office — supplemented by community outreach, a website (swhealth.ne.gov), a Facebook presence, and a YouTube channel with 22 subscribers and 53,255 cumulative views. The department is governed by a Board of Health with representatives from each of the nine member counties, and the entity has no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed private equity involvement. Underlying technology is limited to standard public health surveillance and data collection systems; no proprietary AI or advanced technology platform is in use. The Walk to Health program, launched in 2004, represents the most notable ongoing digital initiative, using the BeWell consumer fitness app with Fitbit integration for step tracking and a twelve-week team challenge.

Name

SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT INC

Legal name

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department Inc

Website

https://swhealthdept.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SWNPHD is a government-funded nonprofit public health department delivering disease prevention, environmental health, immunization, dental, and healthy lifestyle services across a nine-county district in southwest Nebraska, operating from McCook and Ogallala offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Services

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (92312), Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK), Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Disease prevention programs
• Environmental health services
• Community health education
• Immunization services

Headquarters

HQ city

McCook

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Public Health Funding: Established through an inter-local agreement between nine Nebraska counties (Chase, Dundy, Frontier, Furnas, Hayes, Hitchcock, Keith, Perkins, and Red Willow) funded by tobacco settlement funds (LB692). Also receives grants from CDC and Nebraska DHHS.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department delivers community-based public health services across nine counties in southwest Nebraska. Its core offerings include disease prevention and surveillance, environmental health programs (air quality, radon, lead, well water testing), clinical services such as immunizations and dental screenings, and healthy lifestyle programs including Walk To Health fitness tracking, fall prevention, tobacco cessation, and opioid overdose prevention.

Product overview

Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department operates as a public health services organization covering nine counties (Chase, Dundy, Frontier, Furnas, Hayes, Hitchcock, Keith, Perkins, and Red Willow). The department provides a broad portfolio of health services organized into three main areas: Health Services (Dental screenings, Immunizations, Healthy Families America home visiting, Target Your Health workplace wellness), Healthy Lifestyle programs (Walk To Health fitness tracking, FROG fall prevention, Overdose Data 2 Action, Pool Cool sun safety, Respite care services, Tobacco cessation), and Environmental Health (Air Quality, Lead, Mold, Well Water, Radon, Recycle). The department also maintains Disease Prevention services (contagious diseases, colon cancer, emergency preparedness, Rabies, respiratory illnesses, West Nile Virus) and a Community Resources Directory with 280+ local resources. The Walk To Health program includes a digital component using the BeWell app with Fitbit integration for step tracking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Disease Prevention Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Averages 13 melanoma cases per year documented in the health district over 15 years
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Nebraska Respite Network (Southwest Area)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSWNPHD serves as one of 6 Nebraska sites for the Nebraska Respite Network, providing information and referral services for families and respite providers in the southwest region. Local coordinator available at 866-RESPITE or 308-345-4990.
• Opioid Response Network (ORN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational agency assisting SWNPHD with the Mindfulness Inmate Project, providing mind-body mental health support during incarceration and upon release.
• C4 InnovationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational agency working with SWNPHD on projects directed toward inmates, providing positive strategies to address addiction.
• Nebraska Department of Health and Human ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState agency providing CDC grant funding for drug overdose and prevention efforts in southwest Nebraska.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal agency providing grant funding through Nebraska DHHS for overdose and prevention efforts.
• Community Hospital's Wellness for Life ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing the BeWell fitness challenge app used for the Walk to Health program, allowing users to link step trackers or enter steps manually.
• Nebraska Medical AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking with SWNPHD, ORN, and C4 to find additional grant money and provide guidance on projects and activities.
• 988 Suicide & Crisis LifelineminorOthersNational crisis helpline promoted as an immediate help resource on the community resources page.
• 211 Community ResourcesminorOthersNebraska community resources helpline promoted as an immediate help resource on the community resources page.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Public Health Solutions: Nebraska local public health department serving multiple counties in southeast Nebraska under the same inter-local agreement framework, with an analogous mix of clinical services, environmental health, and community health programs.
• Central District Health Department: Nebraska multi-county health district operating under the same LB692 framework, delivering the same mix of public health services to central Nebraska counties with a comparable inter-local governance model.
• Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department: Nebraska local public health authority providing disease prevention, environmental health, immunizations, and emergency preparedness, but operating in an urban county under a city-county government structure; same statutory mandate, different scale and governance.
• Douglas County Health Department: Nebraska's largest county health department, offering the full public health service portfolio (disease surveillance, environmental health, clinical services, emergency preparedness) under the same state framework, but at materially greater scale in the Omaha metropolitan area.
• Two Rivers Public Health Department: Nebraska local public health department serving a multi-county region under the same state statute, providing analogous disease prevention, immunizations, environmental health, and emergency preparedness services to rural Nebraska residents.
• Panhandle Public Health District: Another rural Nebraska multi-county health district established under the same LB692 tobacco settlement framework, serving counties in the Nebraska Panhandle with the same portfolio of disease prevention, environmental health, and healthy lifestyle programs. Directly comparable governance, funding model, and service mix.

Others

• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO): Umbrella membership and advocacy organization representing the country's nearly 3,000 local health departments including SWNPHD; not a service peer but the defining ecosystem body that supports and standardizes local public health practice in the U.S.

Broad incumbents

• Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services: State-level public health authority that funds and oversees SWNPHD and the other 17 Nebraska health districts; comparable mission in disease prevention and population health but operating at state scope rather than local district scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCfJI3zKaMDy9mZVdqLJjnAg
• Facebookfacebook.com/swnphd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/southwest-nebraska-public-health-department-inc

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