Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska

- Programs and Training Overview
- - Lifelong Learning Fund
    BHECN's Lifelong Learning fund supports educational and career engagement opportunities to help grow our state's behavioral health workforce.
  - Graduate Trainee Stipend Program
    The Graduate Trainee Stipend Program financially supports master's-level students during select advanced practicum or internship experiences.
  - Mentoring Program
    BHECN's mentorship program provides guidance and support to undergraduate and graduate-level students seeking licensed behavioral health careers in Nebraska.
  - BHECN Scholars
    The BHECN Scholars program supports undergraduate seniors who plan to pursue master’s degrees in Nebraska-based behavioral health programs.
- - Project PEACE
    Project PEACE is a series of web-based modules designed to equip primary care providers with skills and knowledge to address behavioral health concerns.
  - Telehealth Training
    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.
- Partnerships Overview
- Nebraska Behavioral Health Education Partnership (NEBHEP)
  BHECN partners with the 20 academic institutions to track the number of graduate-level behavioral health education students graduating and staying in Nebraska.
- Nebraska Behavioral Health Training Partnership
  BHECN establishes partnerships to create and disseminate educational materials for the development of the behavioral health workforce.
- Behavioral Health Workforce Center Alliance
  The Behavioral Health Workforce Center Alliance (BHWCA) is a network of behavioral health workforce development centers from across the United States.
- Advisory Groups
  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.
- 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.
- BHECN's Published Research
  See a listing of BHECN's published research.
- BHECN Sites Overview
- BHECN Panhandle
  Our BHECN Panhandle site supports our mission of recruitment and retention of behavioral health professionals in Western Nebraska.
- BHECN Central
  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
  BHECN Northeast is a remote site based at Wayne State College that facilitates training and workforce development in Northeast Nebraska.
- BHECN East
  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
  BHECN Southwest is a remote site based in North Platte that facilitates training and workforce development in Southwest Nebraska.
- BHECN Southeast
  BHECN Southeast is headquartered at Region 5 Systems and focuses on meeting the behavioral health workforce needs of Southeast Nebraska.
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— Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska — Career Pathways

Career Pathways

Learn about ways and avenues into behavioral health professions.

A key component of BHECN’s mission is to recruit and attract high school and college students to behavioral health fields. We also aim to help these students along their educational path toward licensure. Check out some of the ways we are working to accomplish this important task, which is essential to growing and maintaining a strong behavioral health workforce.

Download our brochure

Download our "Pathways to a Career in Behavioral Health" brochure for more information about career options in behavioral health. If you would like a supply of these brochures to use for your own programs, please contact us by email or at 402-559-7697

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Pathways to a Career in Behavioral Health Brochure & Infographic

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Lifelong Learning Fund

BHECN's Lifelong Learning fund supports educational and career engagement opportunities to help grow our state's behavioral health workforce.

BHECN Scholars

The BHECN Scholars program supports undergraduate seniors who plan to pursue master’s degrees in Nebraska-based behavioral health programs.

Graduate Trainee Stipend Program

The Graduate Trainee Stipend Program financially supports master's-level students during their advanced practicum or internship experiences that serve rural, under-resourced, or justice-involved communities.

Mentoring Program

BHECN's mentorship program provides guidance and support to undergraduate and graduate level students seeking licensed behavioral health careers in Nebraska.

UNMC Psychiatry Student Interest Group

The UNMC Psychiatry Student Interest Group is an active, medical student-run organization that works to promote psychiatry and mental health.

Strong mentorship, strong workforce

Learn how BHECN is using powerful mentorship offerings to help build the state's behavioral health workforce.

Robyn Springer, left, found a mentor in BHECN Central Director Krista Fritson, PsyD. Dr. Fritson has guided Springer toward volunteer opportunities and other activities that have helped the future counselor plug into the professional community she will enter when she joins the behavioral health workforce.

Behavioral Health Career Pathways

In this video series, behavioral health professionals share what is unique about their profession and how it is different from other behavioral health careers.

The Behavioral Health Careers App

The BHECN Behavioral Health Mentorship & Supervision App is a resource for students and professionals interested in behavioral health careers. It is especially helpful for those who currently live in rural or underserved areas of Nebraska.

A person holds up a mobile phone displaying the Behavioral Health Careers App