The Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Nebraska (childrensnebraska.org) celebrated a milestone gift: a $5.51 million grant from the James M. Cox Foundation. The funding will support innovative, high-tech solutions to improve mental health outcomes and care experiences for children and teens across Nebraska and the region.
The Behavioral Health & Wellness Center, slated to open in January, will provide a full continuum of care to improve physical and mental health and well-being to ensure youth and families can access the care and immediate support they need, regardless of the level of crisis they are experiencing.
As part of the Center’s continuum of care, funding from the James M. Cox Foundation will bring together Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) therapeutics, therapeutic gaming and on-demand, in-room sensory controls into an innovative care model to support patients’ emotions, coping and resilience.
“This visionary investment will provide meaningful support and empowerment to countless youth in crisis, when they need it most,” said Chanda Chacón, MPH, FACHE, president and CEO of Children’s Nebraska. “This is more than innovation. It’s a bold transformation of what pediatric behavioral health can look like when compassion, science and technology come together.
“Cox and Children’s Nebraska are united by a shared mission: to empower and provide opportunities to everyone we serve,” said Kim Rowell, market vice president for Cox Communications Nebraska and Iowa. “With this generous support from the foundation, we’re now deepening our longstanding partnership and taking a transformative step together toward a brighter, healthier future for all youth throughout our region.”
Learn more information at childrensnebraska.org.