The 2012 LOSS (Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors) Conference will be held May 31 - June 1, 2012 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Dr. Frank Campbell, a leading expert in Suicidology along with other experts, will share the lessons learned in years of helping survivors of suicide, how sudden traumatic loss impacts survivors and grief through the different developmental stages.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MOREThe purpose of this project was to assist rural communities in complying with changes in permissible levels of arsenic in public drinking water supplies and to explore joint community opportunities in doing so. The Public Policy Center helped to coordinate efforts between stakeholders, allowing experts in many areas to discuss related issues and advise rural communities.
Key Partners
Great Plains RC & D; Groundwater Foundation; Midwest Assistance Program; Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality; Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; NET-Radio; Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District; USDA Rural Development; University of Nebraska-Lincoln Water Research Initiative; University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension; University of Nebraska Rural Initiative; University of Nebraska at Kearney Department of Political Science; University of Nebraska-Lincoln Arsenic Information System; University of Nebraska Civil Engineering Department; University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Sociology
Funding
W.K. Kellogg Foundation as part of the NN21 grant to University of Nebraska-Lincoln
In The News 
Public Policy Center Works With Communities For Development and Safe Drinking Water. (2006-01-01). Water Current Vol 38 No 1, University of Nebraska Water Center.
Development Projects Spawn New Effort Involving Osceola. (2005-05-19). Polk County News.
Hartington Woman Is Voice for Ag. (2005-03-31). Norfolk Daily News.
Cities Speak Out on Water. (2005-03-28). Omaha World Herald.
Peter Gleick Headlines Water Conference in April. (2005-03-03). Scarlet.
Shelby and Stromsburg Water Task Force Group Meets for Second Round of Meetings. (2005-01-20). The Polk County News.
Shelby, Strombsburg Resisdents Participate in Community Input Meeting. (2005-01-20). The Polk County News.
Arsenic and Old Wells. Nebraska Towns Looking at Estimated Cost of $120 Million to Make Drinking Water Safe. (2004-01-01). Lincoln Journal Star.
