A little more than two years after it began rising near 85th Street and West Dodge Road, Omaha’s long-awaited state-of-the-art behavioral health center for children and youths is slated to open to area families on Wednesday.
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A look at the occupational therapy room at the new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Nebraska.
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The after hours entrance of the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital.
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The lobby for the after-hours entrance at the new behavioral health center.
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Photos: Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital
Sculptures from Matthew Placzek are located in the front of the new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
Renee Rafferty gives a tour of the new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The handles on the doors of the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital are safety handles.
A quiet room photographed at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The walls are covered with artwork believed to be calming at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
A consultation room photographed at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The after hours entrance of the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha photographed on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The lobby for the afterhours entrance of the new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital photographed in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
A triage room photographed at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
A quiet room photographed at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The sallyport also has calming artwork at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
Renee Rafferty gives a tour of the new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The hallways are covered with artwork believed to be calming at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
A crisis stabilization room photographed at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital photographed in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The kitchen on the eating disorders and Behavioral Health floor in the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The kitchen on the eating disorders and Behavioral Health floor in the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
A classroom and activity room photographed at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
A Parent-Child Interaction Therapy room photographed at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The occupational therapy room photographed at the new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The occupational therapy room photographed at the new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The multipurpose room photographed at the new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The occupational therapy room photographed at the new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The occupational therapy room photographed at the new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital photographed in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital photographed in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
Sculptures from Matthew Placzek are located in the front of the new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
The walls are covered with artwork believed to be calming at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
Sculptures from Matthew Placzek are located in the front of the new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
A room on the inpatient care floor photographed at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
A room on the inpatient care floor photographed at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
One of the hallways on the inpatient floor photographed at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
One of the rooms photographed on the inpatient floor at the Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
Renee Rafferty demonstrates how the bathroom door is removable on the bathrooms in the inpatient units at the new Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Hospital in Omaha on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025.
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