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
UPCOMING EVENTS
Collegiate High-Risk Gambling Train-the-Facilitator Workshop - Omaha (REGISTER)
- 📅 Date: Thu, April 23, 2026
- 🕘 Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- 📍 Location: University of Nebraska Omaha - Community Engagement Center | 6400 S University Dr Rd N, - Room 209 | Omaha, NE 68182
CBP Innovations Training & Brief Motivational Interviewing - Lincoln (REGISTER)
- 📅 Date: Wed, June 24, 2026
- 🕘 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- 📍 Location: Southeast Community College – Jack J. Huck Continuing Education Center | 301 S 68th St Pl | Lincoln, NE 68510
CBP Innovations Training - Kearney (REGISTER)
- 📅 Date: Tue, June 30, 2026
- 🕘 Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
- 📍 Location: University of Nebraska - Kearney - Ockinga Center | 2505 20th Ave | Kearney, NE 68849
2026 Statewide Convening 20th Anniversary - Lincoln (Registration opens May 20th)
- 📅 Date: Tue, July 22, 2026
- 🕘 Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
- 📍 Location: Southeast Community College | 8800 O Street | Lincoln, NE 68510
NECPA NEWS
- Read our latest newsletter: NECPA Newsletters
- The NECPA’s fourth iteration of the Nebraska Assessment of College Health and Behaviors (NACHB) is now underway statewide! Once the survey period closes, the Methodology and Evaluation Research Center (MERC) at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will begin cleaning and analyzing the data. Comparison briefs and full reports will be released this summer. Stay tuned!
- The NECPA would like to acknowledge the following schools that have successfully implemented Narcan Access on their Campuses!
- Central Community College
- Nebraska Methodist College
- Western Nebraska Community College
- The NECPA continues to work with Dillon St. Bernard to lead our Narcan Education & Stigma Reduction Campaign across Nebraska college campuses. The campaign launched on November 10, 2025 and continues to perform strongly. Phase 1 focuses on education and awareness and has been extended through May 2026 as “Phase 1.5” while campuses prepare for broader care box implementation. Digital outreach on Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat is actively dispelling misconceptions about Narcan and normalizing its role as a standard safety tool. Phase 2, which will shift toward action, student engagement, and promotion of campus‑specific resources, is expected to launch between June and December 2026 as campuses become ready for the care box rollout. The campaign continues to generate meaningful engagement, creating opportunities to address misconceptions and foster compassionate, open conversations about overdose, addiction, and naloxone access.
- The NECPA is excited to partner with Jen Landis’s graphic design class at UNL to develop two student‑led campaigns focused on sports betting and gambling awareness and prevention. Students were invited to submit proposals for their campaign concepts, and two groups were selected to move forward. We can’t wait to see these concepts come to life—campaign assets will be released in May, so stay tuned!
- Stressed on Bets is grounded in real-world concerns such as anxiety, depression, and online harassment. The student creators demonstrated a strong understanding of the wide range of harms associated with gambling and translated those insights into a thoughtful, relatable concept.
- Play Your Cards Right draws inspiration from the current popularity of sports trading cards. Nostalgic, colorful, and culturally relevant, especially among college audiences. This campaign uses a trading‑card layout to deliver prevention and harm‑reduction messaging. Instead of statistics, cards will feature practical tips and a consistent theme centered around its tagline, “Play Your Cards Right.”
HIGHLIGHTS
- The NECPA is thrilled to announce that its 'Make it About You' social media campaign has been recognized with two prestigious awards for excellence in marketing and communication. Developed in partnership with Epicosity, the campaign received the MarCom Platinum Award, the highest honor from the international creative competition recognizing outstanding achievements in marketing and communication. Additionally, the campaign earned a Silver ADDY in the Public Service category at this year’s South Dakota Ad Federation Awards. Visit our 2024-2025 academic year marijuana education campaign landing page
CAMPUS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
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.
Funding Acknowledgements
The Omaha Collegiate Consortium (OCC) is a subset of the NECPA and is funded 100% through funding from the Opioid Settlement funds contracted through the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and Region 6. The OCC received an award of $187,674 for the funding period 07/01/2025 - 06/30/2026.
The NECPA is funded by the Strategic Prevention Framework-Partnerships for Success grant (5H79SP083671-02) through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and is contracted through the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Behavioral Health. The NECPA received a sub-award of $50,000 for the funding period 10/01/2025 - 09/29/2026.
The NECPA is funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and contracted through the Nebraska Department of Transportation's Highway Safety Office. The NECPA received a sub-award of $225,000 for the funding period 10/01/2025 - 09/30/2026.
The NECPA is funded in whole or in part by the Opioid Settlement Funds Grant through the Region 1 Behavioral Health Authority and the PMHC Foundation.
This project is supported by opioid settlement dollars received through Region II Human Services. Region II Human Services received funds from the Nebraska Opioid Settlement Remediation to fund opioid abatement strategies outlined in the opioid settlement agreements (Exhibit E). These funds are used to address the opioid crisis through prevention, treatment, education, and recovery.
This project is supported by national opioid settlement dollars received through Region 3 Behavioral Health Services.
The NECPA is funded by the Strategic Prevention Framework-Partnerships for Success grant (5H79SP083671-02) through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and is contracted through the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Behavioral Health, and Region 5. The NECPA received a sub-award of $14,940 for the funding period 03/01/2026 - 09/29/2026.
No non-federal funding sources support this program. The contents of this website reflect the views of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by HHS, SAMHSA, Center of Substance Abuse Treatment, NE-DHHS, NDOT-HSO, or Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, Region 5, or Region 6 Behavioral Healthcare.
