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Recent RFP Announcements

Request For Proposals Announcement Region 6 Behavioral Healthcare released a Request for Proposal (RFP) effective Friday, April 20, 2018 at 12:00 noon for the following Read More

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What's New

System of Care now has training on-line. To learn more about the training and how to access, please read our latest issue of the System Read More
Region 6 Behavioral Healthcare invited the Policy Research Associates (PRA) to Omaha in November 2017, to conduct a Douglas County-Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) mapping workshop, Read More
Region 6 Behavioral Healthcare presents the Independent Living Class on Setting Financial Goals. In this class participants will learn tips on how to track spending, Read More

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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Regional Governing Board

Regional Governing Boards are local units of government organized under the Interlocal Cooperation Act for the purpose of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating and reporting of the local service systems of mental health, and substance abuse within geographic areas (regions). There are six regions in Nebraska.

Each county participating in the region appoints one county commissioner to the board to represent that county and to participate in the decision making of the Regional Governing Board. The Boards are staffed by the Regional Program Administrator who in turn hires sufficient staff to accomplish the tasks within the region.

The regions function as Regional Networks in the Behavioral Health System meaning the administrator, acting on behalf of the Board, purchases needed services from within the region and, if necessary, from other service providers across the state.

Region 6 Governing Board

Region 6 serves the residents of Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy, and Washington counties in eastern Nebraska. The governing board includes one representative from each county: