RESPONDED TO OUR REQUEST. FOR MORE INFORMATION. MENTAL HEALTH IS A GROWING ISSUE FOR MANY, INCLUDING CHILDREN IN THE METRO. DETROIT CHILDREN’S. NEBRASKA IS OPENING THEIR NEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER. THE NEW FACILITY OPENED ITS DOORS FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A RIBBON CUTTING. OMAHA MAYOR JOHN YOUNG JR AND NEBRASKA GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN WERE BOTH THERE FOR PEOPLE AT CHILDREN’S NEBRASKA. IT’S ABOUT ADDRESSING A LONG SEEN NEED. EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, THE RATES OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY HAVE BEEN AND SUICIDE HAVE BEEN INCREASING OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS AT ALARMING RATES. AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH INNOVATION FOUNDATION AND TO CREATE THIS FACILITY WAS SO NEEDED. CHILDREN’S NEBRASKA KNEW THAT THERE WAS A NEED, AND WE STEPPED IN TO CREATE A FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT MEETS KIDS WHERE THEY
Ribbon cutting for new behavioral health and wellness center
Updated: 4:53 PM CST Jan 6, 2026
Children’s Nebraska cut the ribbon to their brand new Behavioral Health and Wellness Center today near 85th & Indian Hills Drive.The facility looks to provide behavioral health treatment to youth in the metro area. Services provided include crisis assessment, partial hospitalization, inpatient and outpatient services, and eating disorders partial hospitalization.Children’s Nebraska’s Vice President of Behavior, Health, & Wellness Renee Rafferty said they’ve observed the need for the facility for years. She went on, saying that even before the pandemic the rates of depression and anxiety, alongside suicide, have been increasing. Those alarming rates caused them to reach out and partner with Mental Health Innovation Foundation to create the new facility.The new facility opens up to the public on Jan. 7 at 7 a.m.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
OMAHA, Neb. —
Children’s Nebraska cut the ribbon to their brand new Behavioral Health and Wellness Center today near 85th & Indian Hills Drive.
The facility looks to provide behavioral health treatment to youth in the metro area.
Services provided include crisis assessment, partial hospitalization, inpatient and outpatient services, and eating disorders partial hospitalization.
Children’s Nebraska’s Vice President of Behavior, Health, & Wellness Renee Rafferty said they’ve observed the need for the facility for years. She went on, saying that even before the pandemic the rates of depression and anxiety, alongside suicide, have been increasing. Those alarming rates caused them to reach out and partner with Mental Health Innovation Foundation to create the new facility.
The new facility opens up to the public on Jan. 7 at 7 a.m.
Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.
NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |