Our Mission
Nebraska Collegiate Prevention Alliance (NECPA) works collaboratively to develop strategies for reducing and preventing high-risk drinking and substance use among Nebraska college students.
WHATʼS NEW
NECPA NEWS
- Our November newsletter is now available. November Newsletter.
- Megan Hopkins, NECPA Director receives 2021 Creative Works Award from NUtech Ventures. This award recognizes an individual that has developed a creative innovation, which is typically protected under copyright.
- University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Collegiate Recovery Community now hosting All Recovery meetings.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The NECPA was awarded a new grant, "COVID Emergency Relief Funding for the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SAPTBG)" from the Department of Health and Human Services, Behavioral Healthcare which includes over $100,000 in funding earmarked for NECPA member institutions to utilize for alcohol and drug prevention programming on your campuses through February 2023!
Detailed information about this opportunity and the application process can be found in the Request for Proposals (can you link “Request for Proposals” to this - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15RtHRuwUjKCZ118E3Oz3o9FsaojSxjby). Proposals should be submitted to the nepreventionalliance@nebraska.edu by 5:00 pm central time on November 19th, 2021 for consideration.
UPCOMING
NECPA NEWS
- Our November newsletter is now available. November Newsletter.
- Megan Hopkins, NECPA Director receives 2021 Creative Works Award from NUtech Ventures. This award recognizes an individual that has developed a creative innovation, which is typically protected under copyright.
- University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Collegiate Recovery Community now hosting All Recovery meetings.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The NECPA was awarded a new grant, "COVID Emergency Relief Funding for the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SAPTBG)" from the Department of Health and Human Services, Behavioral Healthcare which includes over $100,000 in funding earmarked for NECPA member institutions to utilize for alcohol and drug prevention programming on your campuses through February 2023!
Detailed information about this opportunity and the application process can be found in the Request for Proposals (can you link “Request for Proposals” to this - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15RtHRuwUjKCZ118E3Oz3o9FsaojSxjby). Proposals should be submitted to the nepreventionalliance@nebraska.edu by 5:00 pm central time on November 19th, 2021 for consideration.
UPCOMING
JOIN THE NECPA
The NECPA Currently includes 26 institutions of higher education in Nebraska, including private and public colleges and universities as well as community colleges and proprietary colleges. NECPA members use strategic and comprehensive environmental approaches to reduce high-risk drinking and the negative effects of excessive alcohol use. The only criterion for membership is the written commitment of the top administrator to support his/her personnel in efforts to reduce high-risk drinking among the institutionʼs students.
To learn more about the NECPA or how to join, please fill out our contact form.
The NECPA is funded in part by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Behavioral Health Division, the Nebraska Department of Transportation, Highway Safety Office, and coordinated by the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.
