LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The state will provide money for a Lincoln-based outpatient treatment program that provides treatment to some sex offenders who are trying to avoid reoffending.

The program is known as STOP. It offers a mix of therapy types to help offenders adapt after being in prison or in the state psychiatric hospital in Lincoln. Officials have said that without the program, some patients might have to return to the state hospital or prison because they had been ordered by a state mental health board to participate in the program.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports (http://bit.ly/1zzavyp ) that the temporary state funding totals $166,000 for 10 months and should last through June 30, the end of the fiscal year. Local leaders hope a permanent funding solution will be found by then.