Nebraska hopes to better serve families coping with children suffering from mental illness or other behavioral problems.

The state Department of Health and Human Services has received a four-year, 12-Million dollar grant to create a program called “System of Care.”

Division of Behavioral Health Director Sheri Dawson says some Nebraskans have complained state services are fragmented. . .

Dawson says one of the problems families have faced is access to services. . .

Dawson says state services have been too fragmented…and not available to all parts of the state.