OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal grant will fund internship training for 21 counselors to expand behavioral health services in underserved areas of Nebraska.

The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska and the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center were recently awarded a $300,000 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration.

The one-year grant will support stipends for 21 counseling interns from graduate counseling programs at the schools participating in the Nebraska Counseling Internship Collaborative. Those schools include Chadron State College, University of Nebraska at Kearney, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Wayne State College.

Training will focus on child and adolescent behavioral health needs to address the gap of children-adolescent behavioral health providers in underserved areas.