MARK DeKRAAI, JD, PhD
Project Director
Public Policy Center
121 S. 13th St. Ste 303
Lincoln Square
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0228
(402) 472-1496
Biography
Mark DeKraai is with the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center where he directs the NEBHANDS projects, a statewide effort to develop an integrated behavioral health system of care that incorporates faith-based and community organizations. Prior to joining the University of Nebraska, he spent 18 years developing and evaluating state policies and programs in the areas of mental health, substance abuse, developmental disabilities, child welfare and juvenile justice. As Child and Family Mental Health Administrator for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, he was involved in developing and evaluating the Professional Partner Program, a statewide effort to provide a wraparound approach for children with serious emotional disorders and their families. He served as Principle Investigator for two SAMHSA grants to develop comprehensive children's mental health systems of care, administered funding for the development of family-operated support organizations in the six mental health regions, and assisted in the development of a wraparound approach for children in Nebraska's welfare/juvenile justice system.
Current projects include an evaluation of Panhandle Partnership under a Healthy Community Access Program Grant, administration of the Governor's Early Childhood System of Care Project in central Nebraska, evaluation of two Health Information Technology grants, evaluation of the Northeast Nebraska Drug Court project, and project management for Nebraska's Children's Mental Health State Infrastructure grant.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
DeKraai, M., Reddy, L. F., Baxter, B., Schubauer, J., & Glover, T. (in press). The integration of an evidence-based practice within a system of care: A case study in central Nebraska. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
Book Chapters
DeKraai, M. B. (2002). In the beginning: The first hundred years (1850 to 1950). In R. L. Schalock (Ed.), Out of the darkness and into the light: Nebraska's experience with mental retardation (pp. 103-122). Washington DC: American Association on Mental Retardation.
Research Projects
| NEBHANDS | |
| Role: PI | |
| Governor's Early Childhood Mental Health System of Care Project | |
| Role: PI | |
| Sound Partners Project | |
| Robert Woods Johnson and Benton Foundations | |
| Role: PI | |
| Children's Mental Health State Infrastructure Grants | |
| Role: Co-PI | |
