{"id":110427,"date":"2024-04-18T09:15:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T14:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=110427"},"modified":"2024-04-19T08:25:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T13:25:19","slug":"former-sen-john-stinner-others-recognized-at-bhecn-awards-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/04\/18\/former-sen-john-stinner-others-recognized-at-bhecn-awards-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Sen. John Stinner, others recognized at BHECN awards dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>As leader of the Nebraska Legislature\u2019s budget-writing Appropriations Committee, former Sen. John Stinner held a uniquely powerful post that allowed him to help direct how state tax dollars were invested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that role, the lawmaker from Gering proved to be a powerful champion for behavioral health, said Erin Schneider, EdD, deputy director of the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSen. Stinner often worked directly to ensure the state budget included strong funding for key behavioral health issues,\u201d Dr. Schneider said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two examples of Sen. Stinner\u2019s behavioral health advocacy occurred in 2022, his last in the legislature, when he worked to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increase BHECN\u2019s annual operating budget; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allocate $25.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to BHECN to distribute to organizations throughout the state to address Nebraska\u2019s behavioral health workforce shortage and behavioral health issues that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to his efforts to advance behavioral health care, BHECN presented Stinner with the 2023 BHECN Distinguished Service Award on April 16 during the organization\u2019s annual awards dinner in Omaha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Distinguished Service Award is the highest honor bestowed by BHECN and is presented to individuals who provide inspirational leadership, service, advocacy and heart in support of behavioral health workforce development in Nebraska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSen. Stinner deeply understands the importance of behavioral health care and its impact on the state as a whole,\u201d said BHECN Director Marley Doyle, MD. \u201cThis understanding allowed him to make vital contributions that will improve the health and well-being for many Nebraskans for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four others received awards at the dinner including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Robin Conyers<\/strong> and <strong>Cecilia Poon, PhD,<\/strong> who received the 2023 Ambassador Award. Conyers is vice president of behavioral services for CHI Health\/Central Division of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Poon is a staff psychologist in the Nebraska Medicine Department of Psychology, training director of the Clinical Health Psychology Pre-Doctoral Internship at Nebraska Medicine and adjunct assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Psychiatry. The award recognizes individuals for outstanding efforts in mentoring the future behavioral health workforce in Nebraska.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kenton Shaffer, MD,<\/strong> a retired pediatrician from Kearney, received the BHECN Champion Award, which recognizes outstanding service and outreach to the behavioral health community by a student, trainee or health care professional.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Laurie Halpenny<\/strong> of Omaha \u2013 who has long advocated for children with developmental disabilities &#8212; received the BHECN Courage Award. The award recognizes outstanding service and outreach to the behavioral health community by a consumer of behavioral health services or a family member.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/bhecn\/\">Learn more about BHECN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" title=\"A xWn\">A xWn<\/a> --><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behavioral health advocates honored at April event. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":110428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"45950,52837,19832,49552,32001,45252","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","department-press-release","author_override-chuck-brown-behavioral-health-education-center-of-nebraska"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former Sen. 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