Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska

- Career Pathways Overview
- - Behavioral Health Career Pathways
    Behavioral health professionals share what is unique about their profession and how it is different from other behavioral health careers.
  - BHECN App
    The BHECN Behavioral Health Mentorship & Supervision App is a resource for anyone interested in behavioral health careers in Nebraska.
- - Behavioral Health Opportunities Program
    The Behavioral Health Opportunities Program recruits and supports undergraduate and graduate students seeking licensed behavioral health careers in Nebraska.
  - Correctional Sites Internship Program
    With clinical supervision, trainees in this internship program provide direct care to inmates and individuals needing mental health care.
  - Mentorship Program
    BHECN's mentorship program provides guidance and support to undergraduate and graduate level students seeking licensed behavioral health careers in Nebraska.
  - Rural and Underserved Trainee Stipend Program
    In BHECN’s Rural and Underserved Trainee Stipend Program, graduate-level student trainees can apply to receive a stipend for their experiences.
- Education and Training Overview
- - Project PEACE
    The Project PEACE Webinar Series is a series of webinars recorded by psychiatry residents on rotation with BHECN.
  - Core Topics
    This accredited continuing education activity is designed for Behavioral Health providers to include psychologists, nurses, therapists, and social workers.
  - DSM-5 TR
    This webinar reviews revisions from the DSM-5 to the DSM-5-TR with speakers Krista Fritson, PsyD and Arden Szepe, PhD, NCC.
  - Heal the Healer
    Heal the Healer is a free webinar series that addresses incivility and bullying in the workplace designed for nurses and interested healthcare professionals.
- - Training Partnerships
    BHECN establishes partnerships to create and disseminate educational materials for the development of the behavioral health workforce.
  - Nebraska Behavioral Health Education Partnership
    BHECN partners with the 19 academic institutions to track the number of graduate-level behavioral health education students graduating and staying in Nebraska.
  - The BHECN Serenity Project
    The BHECN Serenity Project is a series of free online yoga and meditation sessions in partnership with Lotus House of Yoga.
- Research, Data & Policy Overview
- Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Dashboard
  The dashboard helps policy makers, employers, and behavioral health care stakeholders understand the state of the behavioral health workforce.
- Legislative Reports
  BHECN's biennial legislative reports examine the characteristics of actively practicing behavioral health providers in Nebraska.
- Nebraska Behavioral Health Policy Forum
  This forum discussed how investments in BHECN are being used to recruit, train, and retain behavioral health and rural healthcare providers across Nebraska.
- ARPA
  Access information related BHECN’s allocation of $25.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to Nebraska behavioral health providers.
- Rural Sites Overview
- BHECN Panhandle
  BHECN Panhandle serves as a rural hub that supports our mission of recruitment and retention of behavioral health professionals across Nebraska.
- BHECN Central
  BHECN Central serves as a satellite location for training and workforce development in the central parts of the state.
- BHECN Northeast
  BHECN Northeast is a satellite location based at Wayne State College that facilitates training and workforce development in Northeast Nebraska.
BHECN Model

— Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska — American Rescue Plan Act

American Rescue Plan Act

The Nebraska Legislature in 2022 allocated more than $25 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to BHECN to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shortage of behavioral health professionals. The funds cover projects in four award categories: behavioral health training opportunities, telebehavioral health support in rural areas, behavioral health workforce projects to address the COVID-19 pandemic, and funding for supervision of provisionally licensed behavioral health providers currently employed in Nebraska.

View a list of those who received ARPA funds from BHECN.
Visit the ARPA Awardees blog, which contains helpful information for those who receive BHECN-ARPA awards.
Read an executive summary of the BHECN-ARPA Awards Program for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
Policy forum shows ARPA dollars already having an impact on behavioral health in Nebraska.

Jessie Buche

Jessie Buche, MPH, MA

Director of the ARPA Awards Program

Contact Jessie for more information about the ARPA Awards Program.

Phone: 402-552-7697