University of Nebraska Public Policy Center


November 7, 2009NU | UNL | UNMC | UNO | UNK | IANR 

News and Events

Nebraska DHHS Awarded Grant Money for Suicide Prevention

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services was notified last week it will receive $500,000 per year for 3 years to implement best practices to prevent youth suicide. The grant is from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the US Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of Health and Human Services will work with the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center and Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska to carry out grant activities and evaluate project progress.

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For more information, go to the Nebraska Suicide Prevention Project page

Community Service Initiative

The purpose of this project was to integrate planning and implementation of the City/County’s Human Services Plan across the health and human services community as well as the public. Goals included key policy decisions emanating from the human services community, not a proscriptive process controlled solely by funders. Community Service Initiative facilitated participation and input by representatives from the service agencies, the business community, consumers, the general public, funders, and other stakeholders. This project has also been referred to as the c-sip project.

Key Partners 
Joint Budget Committee of the City of Lincoln and Lancaster County
United Way of Lincoln/Lancaster County
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center on Children, Families and the Law

Funding
Joint Budget Committee of the City of Lincoln and Lancaster County
United Way of Lincoln/Lancaster County

In The News
Foundation Awards More Than $68,000 in Grants. (2004, September 15). Lincoln Journal Star.
Local Group Releasing Plan on Drug Abuse. (2002, April 17). Lincoln Journal Star.

Lead Contact:
Name: Alan Tomkins
E-mail: atomkins@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-5688