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.
- - Lifelong Learning Fund
    BHECN's Lifelong Learning fund supports educational and career engagement opportunities to help grow our state's behavioral health workforce.
  - 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.
  - 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.
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— Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska — Research, Data and Policy

Research, Data and Policy

Research and data collection are vital to understanding the needs for behavioral health workforce development and training and in advancing policies that help improve behavioral health in our state.

In collaboration with other academic institutions and federal agencies, BHECN conducts a variety of behavioral health workforce projects to inform the public policies and practices to improve access to and quality of behavioral health care in Nebraska, the Mid-America region, and the United States. Research focus areas for BHECN include Behavioral Health Workforce Analysis, Provider Education and Training, Integrated Care, School-Based Mental Health, Women’s Mental Health, and Substance Use Disorders.

Workforce Dashboard

Explore key data and statistics about Nebraska’s behavioral health workforce.

Legislative Reports

Read the bi-annual reports on Nebraska’s behavioral health workforce for members of the state legislature.

ARPA

Access information related BHECN’s allocation of $25.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act dollars to Nebraska behavioral health providers.

Nebraska Behavioral Health Policy Forum

Learn about BHECN’s annual policy forum.

BHECN research ensures work is data driven

Read how BHECN's unique research informs our efforts to strengthen Nebraska's behavioral health workforce.

A photo of Kendra Ratnapradipa, PhD.