Nurturing Healthy Behaviors Appropriation

Funding Amount

$384,000 Authority

Through its biennial budget, the Nebraska Legislature appropriated General Funds to the Nebraska Department of Education for Nurturing Healthy Behaviors beginning in 2014. This Nurturing Healthy Behaviors appropriation is separate and distinct from another effort (funded with CCDF quality funds) also called “Nurturing Healthy Behaviors.” All CCDF funds are accounted for in the Child Care and Development Fund section found on pages 22-25 of this report. The Nurturing Healthy Behaviors appropriation dealt with in this section is administered by the Nebraska Department of Education.

Establishing the Funding Estimates

General Fund investment is cited from the State of Nebraska FY 2019–2020 and FY 2020–2021 Biennial Budget, August 2019 (page 53). Unlike the information reported for FY 2017, there is no indication of a proportion of the funds allocated for administrative purposes. The Nebraska State Board of Education approved the appropriation to be invested in a program called “Rooted in Relationships.”

$384,000

Administration of Funds

The Nurturing Healthy Behaviors appropriation makes up a portion of the public investment in “Rooted in Relationships,” a public-private Nebraska initiative that builds the capacity of local communities to enhance the social-emotional development of young children up to age 8. Private funds established the project in 2013, with a state General Fund appropriation following in 2014 after initial promising results. In FY 2019, Rooted in Relationships expanded to 21 Nebraska counties.