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.
- - Core Topics
    This accredited continuing education activity is designed for Behavioral Health providers to include psychologists, nurses, therapists, and social workers.
  - Project PEACE
    The Project PEACE Webinar Series is a series of webinars recorded by psychiatry residents on rotation with BHECN.
  - 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 19 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.
- 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 Model

— 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's Published Research

See a listing of BHECN's published research.

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.