Technical Assistance

• Technical Assistance Survey
• Technical Assistance Partners
• Types of Technical Assistance Available
• Program development

 

 

 

Technical Assistance Survey

The Public Policy Center and NEBHANDS has developed a survey to assess the Technical Assistance needs and priorities of the organizations receiving (or applying for) NEBHANDS sub-awards. Please take a moment to complete this survey and email, mail or fax it to the PPC. Your responses will help the PPC in their mission to provide the TA that your organization requires.

This survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete.
You can complete the form in two ways:
1) You can open the Word document and complete the form on the computer (to be emailed back as an attachment)
2) You can open the document through either Word or PDF and print a hard copy (to be completed by hand and faxed or mailed back)

Please note: if you email the survey back, you must send it as an attachment, NOT in the text of an email.

Please return this form through email (as an attachment) to mdekraai@nebraska.edu
Or through the mail:
Mark DeKraai
University of Nebraska Public Policy Center
NEBHANDS
121 S. 13th St
Suite 303
Lincoln NE 68588
Fax: 402-472-5679

Questions? Call Mark DeKraai at 402-472-1496.

Download the Sub-awardee Survey of Technical Assistance Priorities
Word Document or PDF File

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Technical Assistance Partners

Community Action of Nebraska (CAN)
Community Action of Nebraska is a coordinating body for the nine community action agencies across Nebraska. They work to relieve hunger and poverty in both urban and rural areas and serve as a leader in community collaboration efforts across the state. NEBHANDS will partner with these agencies through CAN to lead and explore collaborations between faith-based and community organizations and behavioral health in each of the nine areas in Nebraska. CAN will facilitate regional collaborations that serve both as outreach and implementation tools of the NEBHANDS project. CAN will also serve as a provider of technical assistance in organizational development as needed.

1120 K Street, Suite 100
Lincoln, NE 68508
402-471-3714
http://www.canhelp.org

Farm Mediation Service (FMS)
The farm mediation service represents a vital link between the farmers and ranchers of the state and this project. NEBHANDS will partner with FMS to create opportunities to strengthen communication with rural residents. FMS will be available to provide technical assistance to behavioral health providers and faith communities about the rural culture in Nebraska. They also serve as a vital link to the farming/ranching community that is identified as underserved by the traditional behavioral health system in Nebraska.

301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68509-4947
402-471-3348
http://www.agr.state.ne.us/division/med/med.htm

First Step Recovery and Wellness Center, Inc.
First Step is an integrated mental health, substance abuse, and addictions practice that will provide technical assistance to faith-based and community organizations in the area of behavioral health and integration issues. NEBHANDS has partnered with First Step to create instructional materials that will help faith and community leaders understand mental illness, substance abuse, and addictions such as gambling. Materials will also be created that provide guidance to behavioral health care providers as they enter into new collaborations with faith-based institutions. The resulting training guides will be made available statewide via the Interchurch Ministries lending library.

1919 South 40th , Suite 212
Lincoln, NE 68506
402-441-9280
http://www.firststeprecovery.com

Interchurch Ministries Nebraska (IMN)
Interchurch Ministries Nebraska represents a diverse group of faiths throughout Nebraska. IMN is a conduit of communication between and among adjudicatory heads and behavioral health. NEBHANDS has partnered with IMN to provide a mentor to small congregations and small faith-based organizations whose constituency includes populations that have not been able to access traditional behavioral health services. IMN has hired Caroline Walles, a nationally recognized Church World Service Leader, to fill this role. She will work with groups to stimulate an interest in behavioral health and link them to the project. NEBHANDS will also work with IMN to establish a lending library that includes behavioral health resources for faith-based and community groups and population specific material that can enhance behavioral health professionals' cultural sensitivity and inclusion of spirituality as part of treatment. All curriculum developed as part of the NEBHANDS project will become part of this lending library that can be sustained following the life of the grant. In addition, IMN will work to bring faith communities to training and technical assistance opportunities through the provision of scholarships to attend events that can enhance the organization's ability to participate more fully in behavioral health in Nebraska.

215 Centennial Mall South, Suite 411
Lincoln, NE 68508-1888
http://www.interchurchministries.org

Lincoln Action Program (LAP)
Lincoln Action Program has developed training and expertise in grant writing, technology applications, outcome based service provision and reporting, volunteer recruitment, coordination and retention, and finding funding sources. NEBHANDS will leverage this expertise by creating opportunities for faith-based and community organizations to take part in the regularly offered training at LAP. The training that is specifically designed for faith communities will become part of the Interchurch Ministries lending library. LAP will also serve as a connector across the state through the design and publication of a newsletter created on behalf of the project.

210 O Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
402-471-4515
http://www.lincoln-action.org

Nebraska Advocacy Services (NAS)
Nebraska Advocacy Services is the fiscal agent for the Nebraska Mental Health Association and a leader in the state for behavioral health consumer rights. Nebraska's project focuses on enhancing capacity for faith-based and community organizations to participate in the behavioral health system. NAS serves as the conduit for the consumer voice in the design and delivery of this project. NEBHANDS will partner with NAS to provide leadership training to behavioral health consumers from around the state so they can actively participate in the design and delivery of programs in their own communities. NAS will facilitate collaboration between consumers and faith communities and work to lessen the stigma associated with mental health and substance abuse. NAS will work to bring consumers to training and technical assistance opportunities through the provision of scholarships to attend events that can strengthen ties between consumers and faith-based organizations.

522 Lincoln Center Building
Lincoln, NE 68508
402-474-3183

Nebraska Office of Minority Health
This office serves as a link between the minority cultures of Nebraska and the project. NEBHANDS is partnering with the office of minority health to reach groups in Nebraska that have difficulty accessing behavioral health care. This office will administer scholarships and recruit minorities with links to faith communities to take part in training and technical assistance opportunities as part of the NEBHANDS outreach activities.

PO Box 95044
Lincoln, NE 68509-5044
402-471-0161
http://www.hhs.state.ne.us

United Way of the Midlands
United Way of the Midlands will provide technical assistance to faith-based and community organizations in the area of information and referral service. NEBHANDS has partnered with United Way to produce and maintain a curriculum that will guide organizations in starting, implementing, and maintaining an information and referral service. The curricula will be available statewide through the Interchurch Ministries Nebraska lending library. United Way will provide leadership to stakeholders and others in statewide coordination of these services that can lead to less fragmentation and greater access to behavioral health services for all people in Nebraska.

1805 Harney Street
Omaha, NE 68102-1972
402-522-7930
http://www.uwmidlands.org

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Types of Technical Assistance Available

The following types of Technical Assistance are available:

Case management training
Community development/planning/organizing
Computer/technical applications/information management
Cultural competence training
Evaluation, Quality improvement, data collection and program evaluation, outcome tracking
Financial accountability/Budgeting
Fundraising
Grant proposal research/writing
Information and referral/network
Leadership and board development
Legal assistance
Marketing and advertising
Market Research
Meeting facilitation
Needs assessment
Networking (see Information and Referral)
Organizational structure/development
Social entrepreneurship
State licensing and certification process
Strategic planning
Training of interpreters
Volunteer recruitment and training
Working with consumers of behavioral health services

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Program development

The following services are available through Technical Assistance providers who have developed curriculum, or from subawardees who provide these services directly:

Adolescent transition
African American Healthy Lifestyle
Aging
Assertiveness training
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Best Practices
Bullying prevention
Child Abuse advocates
Child abuse recognition/response
Children with mental health issues-family peer support
Christian counseling
Civil commitment
Conflict resolution
Consumer oriented approaches to behavioral health
Counseling
Crime Survivors/offenders health needs
Crisis intervention
Depression
Disaster and mental health
Distance technology
Domestic violence
Educational Programming
Employment (pre-employment counseling)
Environmental strategies that impact community norms
Equine therapy
Expanding services/access
Family and Youth Development
Farm Community/rural culture
Gambling
Healthy Lifestyle
Hispanic mental health issues
HIV/AIDS
Homeless Population
Integration of services
Integration of faith-based resources with health care
Law Enforcement/Criminal justice relationships
Mental health/illness
Methamphetamine abuse
Parenting education
Peer leadership
Personal empowerment
Policies and procedures for mental health organizations
Sexual Addictions
Stress management
Substance Abuse/addiction
Suicide Prevention
Teen Parenting support
Teen stress management
Threat assessment
Time management
Tobacco cessation
Youth in transition (age 18-21)
Youth in juvenile justice
Youth with mental, behavioral disorders
Youth, High risk youth and families

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