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The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska opened a new site in Lincoln recently, which means it now has locations in all six of the state's behavioral health regions. The very first site, the central location, was launched at the University of Nebraska at Kearney in 2015. Other sites are in Chadron, Wayne, Omaha and North Platte.
Each site responds to issues and needs of its particular areas, but all sites work to recruit and retain behavioral health workers due to an industry shortage. Kimberly Clawson The Lincoln site will respond to the needs of behavioral health workers in the southeastern part of the state, according to co-directors Kimberly Clawson and Wendy Baumeister. The region is a mix of rural and urban areas, including several higher education institutions where future behavioral health workers could receive training.
It also houses multiple correctional facilities where there is a need for behavioral health workers. People are also reading..
. The southeastern site will partner with these institutions, along with other behavioral health workers, to identify and address challenges in the area. "Southeastern Nebraska is unique in so many ways, and its behavioral health workforce needs reflect that fact," Clawson said in a news release.
"By working with stakeholders from a broad array of fields and communities, we will help ensure our workforce meets those needs and improves behavioral health for those who live here." The site is already operational, but a formal opening event will 5-7 p.m.
Tuesday at Region V Systems, 3600 Union Drive in Lincoln. Download the new Journal Star News Mobile App Top Journal Star photos for April 2025 Cows graze in the fields below as Sandhill Cranes take flight at sunrise along the Platte River on Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Kearney. The Cranes eat corn from the grain fields and then sleep on the sandbars.
The largest congregation of sandhill cranes occurs from February to early April along the Platte River in Nebraska. Gretna East senior Sonora DeFini scores against Lincoln Southwest with a header during a high school soccer game on Monday, April 7, 2025, at Beechner Athletic Complex. Halsey, a Great Horned Owl, looks through a kaleidoscope of mirrors on display on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at Indian Center Inc in Lincoln.
Lincoln Southwest's Sole Jones (center) competes against other athletes in heat one of the girls 400m during a track and field invitational at Union Bank Stadium on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Lincoln. A bee covered in pollen buzzes from flower to flower on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at the Sunken Gardens in Lincoln. Jarrek Renshaw, a lead mechanic, works on an engine in a testing area at Duncan Aviation on Wednesday.
Duncan is expanding its engine overhaul facility, which will allow it to test engines for Canadian aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney. University of Kansas students Remi Ward (left) and Jess Judd test out their concrete canoe Friday at Holmes Lake. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering hosted a competition in which college students from across the region used their own concrete mixes to design and build canoes -- some more than 20 feet long and weighing more than 300 pounds.
The canoes were tested for buoyancy and raced at Holmes Lakes. The event was part of the American Society of Civil Engineers' Mid-America Student Symposium hosted by UNL from Thursday through Saturday. Rutgers’ Yomar Carreras (left) slides into home as Nebraska’s Will Jesske tags him out on Sunday at Haymarket Park.
An early voter drops off her ballot at a drop box at the Lancaster County Election Commission Office, 601 N. 46th St., on Friday in Lincoln.
The primary election is Tuesday. Sandhill Cranes excitedly dance with one another as they begin to stir along the sandbars on the Platte River the morning of Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Kearney. Hundreds of thousands of Sandhill Cranes have been converging on the Platte Basin for their annual migration to their northern breeding grounds.
Every spring, as sandhill cranes are migrating to their breeding grounds, cranes without partners will start pairing up. During this time, the cranes perform dancing displays. Although the dancing is most common in the breeding season, the cranes can dance all year long.
Sometimes the dance involves wing-flapping, bowing, and jumping. Nebraska defensive line coach Terry Bradden talks to players during a team practice on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at Hawks Championship Center. Jacob Huebert, president of the Liberty Justice Center, argues at the Nebraska Supreme Court in a case over the city's ban on guns in public places on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at the Capitol.
Gov. Jim Pillen (right) greets World War II veterans Clare Sward (from left) and Jay Cawley on Tuesday in Lincoln. Lincoln Pius X's Tatum Heimes (from left) and Ana Patera look on as Gretna East's Lily Frederick (far right) celebrates a goal with teammate Madi Shelburne during a high school soccer game on Monday, March 31, 2025, in Lincoln.
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