BHECN's Lifelong Learning fund supports educational and career engagement opportunities to help grow our state's behavioral health workforce.
The Graduate Trainee Support Program financially bolsters master's-level students during select advanced practicum or internship experiences.
BHECN's mentorship program provides guidance and support to undergraduate and graduate-level students seeking licensed behavioral health careers in Nebraska.
The BHECN Scholars program supports undergraduate seniors who plan to pursue master’s degrees in Nebraska-based behavioral health programs.
Project PEACE is a series of web-based modules designed to equip primary care providers with skills and knowledge to address behavioral health concerns.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, day-to-day use of telehealth allows people to connect safely and effectively to mental health services no matter where they are located.
BHECN partners with the 20 academic institutions to track the number of graduate-level behavioral health education students graduating and staying in Nebraska.
BHECN establishes partnerships to create and disseminate educational materials for the development of the behavioral health workforce.
The Behavioral Health Workforce Center Alliance (BHWCA) is a network of behavioral health workforce development centers from across the United States.
BHECN’s advisory groups provide input that shapes our work and help us keep up with the latest challenges and issues facing Nebraska’s behavioral health workforce.
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The dashboard helps policy makers, employers, and behavioral health care stakeholders understand the state of the behavioral health workforce.
Read our latest report about the Nebraska behavioral health workforce and access data snapshots that explore the workforce in greater detail.
BHECN's biennial legislative reports examine the characteristics of actively practicing behavioral health providers in Nebraska.
Access information related BHECN’s allocation of $25.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to Nebraska behavioral health providers.
See a listing of BHECN's published research.
Our BHECN Panhandle site supports our mission of recruitment and retention of behavioral health professionals in Western Nebraska.
BHECN Central is a remote site for training and workforce development at the University of Nebraska Kearney that serves the central part of the state.
BHECN Northeast is a remote site based at Wayne State College that facilitates training and workforce development in Northeast Nebraska.
BHECN East is located at the UNO Grace Abbott School of Social Work and focuses primarily on the behavioral health workforce needs of the Omaha area.
BHECN Southwest is a remote site based in North Platte that facilitates training and workforce development in Southwest Nebraska.
BHECN Southeast is headquartered at Region 5 Systems and focuses on meeting the behavioral health workforce needs of Southeast Nebraska.
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