September 2026

Best Wishes!

As Yuhan Bi prepares to graduate at the end of the year, she has completed her Graduate Assistantship with BeHERE NV, so we’re taking a moment to celebrate all she has contributed to our team.

Yuhan has played an incredible role in shaping BeHERE NV’s digital presence, from helping design and develop our website to creating our Career Pathways section—one of the largest and most valuable features of our site. Her work has created resources that will continue helping students, educators, and future behavioral health professionals long after her time with BeHERE comes to an end.

We are so grateful for Yuhan’s creativity, dedication, and thoughtful contributions to our team. While we’ll certainly miss having her around, we’re incredibly proud of all she has accomplished and excited to see where her talents take her next! 💚

Congratulations, Yuhan, and thank you for leaving such a lasting mark on BeHERE NV!

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BeHERE Welcomes New Graduate Assistants !

We are excited to welcome Cassia Ciciliano, B.A., to the BeHERE NV team as a Graduate Assistant! A UNLV alumna with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Cassia is currently pursuing a master's degree in Couple and Family Therapy at UNLV. Her background includes nonprofit mental health work, community outreach, advocacy, volunteer program development, and peer-based support for adolescents.

Cassia is passionate about expanding access to behavioral health services, especially for youth and underserved communities, and is excited to help strengthen Nevada’s behavioral health workforce and create clearer pathways into the field. Her long-term goal? To become a trauma-informed therapist and continue advocating for accessible and inclusive mental health care. When she’s not working or studying, you can find Cassia drawing, hanging out with her dog Latte, or getting lost in anime and Pokémon.

We are also excited to welcome Tra Bui, M.A., to the BeHERE NV team as a Graduate Assistant! Tra earned her master's degree in Developmental Psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she is now pursuing her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology. Her research interests include how AI tools influence students’ academic skills and how children interact with voice-assistant technology.

Tra is passionate about making psychological science more accessible and creating greater awareness of the many career opportunities within the field. She has also developed content to help Vietnamese students explore psychology and envision themselves pursuing careers in the field. Through her work with BeHERE NV, she is excited to contribute to expanding Nevada’s behavioral health workforce and creating pathways for future providers.

Outside of her academic and professional work, Tra enjoys spending time with her cats, Friday and Turnip, watching movies and TV shows, and most recently learning everything she can about dinosaurs!

We’re so excited to have Cassia and Tra join the team! Welcome to BeHERE NV!

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✈️ Pack Your Passport for the Fall 2026 BeHERE Virtual Summit!

Mark your calendars for Friday, October 2, 2026, and join BeHERE NV for our Behavioral Health Virtual Summit. A free, interactive event designed to help you explore the many pathways within Nevada's behavioral health workforce.

🗓 Friday, October 2, 2026

🕘 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)

📍 Free Virtual Event via Zoom

REGISTER TODAY

Whether you're a student, educator, career changer, or seasoned professional, you'll "travel" through destination sessions featuring specialties like addiction counseling, social work, clinical psychology, school counseling, community health workers, sports psychology, and more. Along the way, you'll connect with experts, discover educational opportunities, and collect valuable resources to help guide your career journey.

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Volunteer Opportunity: Emergency Response

Are you interested in supporting Nevada during a behavioral health emergency or disaster? The State of Nevada has established a coordinated response process to connect vetted behavioral health providers and qualified volunteers with emergency response efforts. This is a great opportunity for licensed behavioral health professionals, interns, and undergraduate and graduate students who are at least 18 years old to get involved and support their community during times of crisis. When a critical incident occurs, the State or local Emergency Operations Center activates trained and credentialed providers through Emergency Support Function 8.1 (ESF-8.1), helping ensure those affected receive safe, effective behavioral health support.

Once vetted, behavioral health providers may be called upon to support:

• Individual and Family Assistance Centers (IFACs)
• Emergency Shelters
• Reunification & Identification Centers
• Other county–led emergency response efforts, as needed

How to Get Involved

If you are interested in being vetted as a behavioral health and/or other crisis responder, please visit SERV-NV. Based on your credentials, you will be placed into one of two current categories under the State of Nevada Behavioral Health Response Plan:

• Licensed Behavioral Health Providers
• Non-Licensed Behavioral Health Support Volunteers

To be vetted and accepted as a crisis responder, you will need to:

1. Submit the following information through SERV-NV:

• Personal and contact information
• Occupation
• Deployment history
• Qualifications
• Linguistic and cultural competencies
• Medical history
• Organizational affiliations
• Consent for a background check

2. Upload proof of completion for the following trainings:

• Psychological First Aid (PFA) — available in-person or online through an approved provider
• ICS 100 – Introduction to the Incident Command Structure
• ICS 200 – Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
• ICS 700 – Introduction to the National Incident Management System
• ICS 800 – National Response Framework
• ICS courses may be completed in-person or online through FEMA

3. Provide proof of current licensure, if applicable, as a:

• Clinical Professional Counselor (CPC)
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
• Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT)
• Psychologist (PhD, PsyD)
• Psychiatrist (MD/DO)

Once vetted, you will become part of a ready network of professionals, providing behavioral and/or spiritual assistance, who can be called upon to support our community during a critical incident response. If you choose to not be vetted through this portal, you will not be permitted into county-led crisis response due to liability. 

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First-Generation Graduate Student Boot Camp Celebrates Another Successful Year

BeHERE NV was excited to co-host our second annual First-Generation Graduate Student Boot Camp on August 20th at UNLV! The event brought together first-generation graduate students pursuing behavioral and mental health careers for an afternoon of connection, encouragement, and resources.

Dr. Irma Corral opened the event with an inspirational keynote presentation, sharing insights and encouragement as students navigate their graduate education. Attendees also had the opportunity to connect with more than eight UNLV resource tables, where they could ask questions and learn about services available to support their academic, personal, and professional success.

We are grateful to our speakers, panelists, resource partners, volunteers, and students who helped make this year’s Boot Camp a success!

We’re already looking ahead to our next First-Generation Boot Camp, planned for September 2027. Stay tuned—we'll announce a date soon!

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2026 Student Loan Repayment Panel STREAMING on YouTube Now!

We’re excited to introduce one of BeHERE NV’s first video series, created to share helpful information, resources, and opportunities with Nevada’s behavioral health workforce.

Our first video focuses on Student Loan Repayment Programs for Nevada Behavioral Health Professionals, highlighting an important resource for current and future providers.

This is just the beginning! We hope to continue building this series and bringing you more videos in the future featuring timely topics, helpful resources, and information designed to support Nevada’s behavioral health workforce.

Want to make sure you don’t miss what’s next?

Stay connected with BeHERE NV and subscribe to our newsletters at BeHERENV.org/Newsletters.

We look forward to bringing you more!

▶️ Watch the Video

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Registration Open: Rural Nevada Health Summit

The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) Nevada State Office of Rural Health (SORH) and partners, including BeHERE NV, are excited to announce registration is now open for the 2026 Rural Nevada Health Summit! Join health professionals, educators, students, and community leaders from across Nevada to share ideas, build connections, and explore innovative approaches to improving health in rural communities.

Event Details: 

Date: November 19-20, 2026

Location: University of Nevada Reno - Joe Crowley Student Union 4th Floor

Cost: $25/person (students attend free of cost)

Register Today!

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Empowering Youth, Building Well-Being 🌱

How can we help young people find their voice, build confidence, and strengthen their sense of connection? The upcoming APHA School Health & Wellness Section Virtual Book Club will explore these questions through J. Chad Mitchell’s book, Change Your Game: Empowering Young Leaders to Ditch Doubt, Find Their Voice, and Impact the World.

BeHERE NV’s Dr. Sarah Hartzell will join the conversation on September 16, 2026, discussing how parents, educators, coaches, mentors, and other adults can create opportunities for young people to develop leadership, agency, identity, connection, and hope. These experiences can play an important role in supporting youth well-being and mental health.

This conversation aligns closely with BeHERE NV’s commitment to supporting Nevada’s K–12 students and creating stronger pathways toward behavioral health careers and community well-being.

📅 September 16, 2026 | 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET | Virtual via Zoom

Register to Attend live for a chance to win a free copy of Change Your Game!

Contact Jessica Liu @ Jessica.Liu@csulb.edu for inquries!

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BeHERE in Action!

Our Graduate Assistant, Cassia Ciciliano, recently joined Dr. Ashley Noel Pruitt at the 2026 LIMA Community Resource Sharing Meeting on Friday, August 28, 2026 at the East Las Vegas Community Center. The BeHERE Team had a wonderful experience connecting with organizations and community partners from across the Las Vegas area. They had the opportunity to learn more about the resources available throughout the community, build new connections, and see firsthand the incredible people working to support Southern Nevada.

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STAY UP TO DATE WITH US!

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Funding for BeHERE NV was made possible by Assembly Bill 37 (2023, 82nd Nevada Legislative Session) and the Nevada System of Higher Education