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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.

To view the full article, click here.

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

Nebraska Child Support Collection and Disbursement System Implementation Project

The purpose of this project was to conduct a study of child support issues to recommend how Nebraska can preserve existing strengths and reduce or eliminate weakness in its child support customer service system as the state complied with a federal mandate to centralize the State Disbursement Unit (SDU) for the receipting and disbursement of child support payments.

Key Partners
The PPC worked closely with an intergovernmental Work Group, consisting of representatives from the Unicameral, the Nebraska Child Support Enforcement/IV-D agency, the Governor's Office, the State Court Administrator's Office, and the District Court Clerk's Association.

Funding
The Executive Board of the Nebraska Legislature

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

Name: Nancy Shank
E-mail: nshank@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-5687


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