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Nebraska will use the grant to strengthen its capacity to implement and sustain Motivational Interviewing (MI), an evidence-based approach that helps individuals build motivation toward positive change. DHHS will partner with Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, Community Collaboratives, Nebraska 211 Warmline team, Chapin Hall, and MI Model Trainer Brenda Jennings to help expand provider capacity, strengthen referral pathways, and support implementation across Nebraska.
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The Vice President of Nebraska Children’s Beyond School Bells joins a national class of colleagues who are playing pivotal roles in establishing state funding mechanisms, state funding streams, and state priorities to support expanded learning and afterschool.
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Rooted in Relationships 2025 Annual Report Shows Significant Impact on Nebraska's Early Childhood Mental Health System (January 2026)Statewide initiative reaches nearly 5,000 children across 43 counties, achieves 93% expulsion-free rate in participating programs
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PBS NewsHour recently featured a series on the child care challenges and potential solutions. Nebraska Children's own Communities for Kids initiative was featured in segment 3 and included interviews from McCook and Shickley.
Nebraska Children in the News
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Nebraska Children's Beyond School Bells partners on internship program
Blog Stories
This op-ed originally ran in the Lincoln Journal Star on 9/25/2026. Nebraska needs more nurses. Nebraska needs more teachers. Walk into a nursing program or a teacher-prep classroom, and you’ll notice the same thing: almost no men. That’s a missed…
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation's Connected Youth Initiative recently hosted the Imagining the Future: Older Youth Convening, gathering 50 participants to enhance support for older youth in foster care. Young leaders emphasized the importance of community, connection, and adult support. The meeting underlined collaboration's role in fostering positive outcomes for young people in Nebraska.
Why Teaching Youth Advocacy Is So Important Imagine standing in front of your state’s governor at sixteen years old, presenting a carefully researched argument about a bill that could change lives — and doing it with confidence, evidence, and heart.…
What if the person who once needed support became the one offering it? That’s exactly what happened to Tyeisha Thompson. As a young person navigating challenges as she transitioned to adulthood, she felt alone—like no one could understand her story.…
When children pick up a picture book about paleontologists digging for fossils, they’re not just learning vocabulary or learning to read—they’re discovering that science happens right in their own backyard. That’s exactly what happened when two Nebraska women collaborated to…
