Associated Press - November 27, 2009 6:25 AM ET

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Boys Town will operate a children's behavioral health help line and provide other services, starting Jan. 1.

The Department of Health and Human Services also announced that Lutheran Family Services will provide postadoption and guardianship services.

The services were authorized by the Legislature earlier this year after the original safe-haven law exposed problems with older children not getting the help they needed. Before it was amended, parents and guardians were surrendering older children at Nebraska hospitals.

The help line will operate 24 hours a day.

The state says Family Navigator services will follow within three days when needed, providing family peer support and helping families find other services they need for their kids.

Information from: Lincoln Journal Star, http://www.journalstar.com

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