The funding comes from the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska through the American Recovery Plan Act Award Program, according to a news release from the university.
The money will go toward program recruitment and retention to address Nebraska’s behavioral and mental health provider shortage. The grants will also fund a clinical training instructor to manage the university’s community counseling clinic, the release said.
University of Nebraska Medical Center is based in Omaha.
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