LINCOLN- A new partnership between the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services’ Lincoln Regional Center and the College of Saint Mary in Omaha seeks to train future mental health nursing professionals.

DHHS announced the new partnership Tuesday as a way to benefit college students with training and professional experience in a direct mental health setting. It will also provide the regional center with additional staff, where concerns have been raised in the past year about staffing levels, including from mental health technicians who protested over working conditions and safety.

Twenty-two students are enrolled for training at the center through the program, which began in late September.

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