OneWorld Breaks Ground on Health Care Workforce Center
OMAHA (March 21, 2025) — OneWorld leaders, along with state and local stakeholders and dignitaries, broke ground today on a new building at the organization’s Livestock Exchange Campus in South Omaha. The OneWorld Health Care Workforce Development Center will help health care providers close essential service gaps — an effort applauded by community members in attendance for the morning ceremony.
The groundbreaking took place just east of the trio of buildings that now make up the main OneWorld campus. The new three-story, 29,000-square-foot building will house a healthcare workforce training center, expanded behavioral health services, a child development center and a micro-unit for epidemic or pandemic responses.
“This $17 million capital project represents more than just a building. It represents hope, opportunity and our unwavering commitment to the well-being of South Omaha and beyond,” said OneWorld CEO Andrea Skolkin.
The ceremony included remarks from Skolkin; Cesar Garcia, CEO of Canopy South; Dr. Steve Corsi, CEO of Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); Dr. Thomas Janousek, director for the Division of Behavioral Health at DHHS; and U.S. Rep. Don Bacon.
Speakers affirmed the value of community health centers in providing for the health and well-being of those in need. Bacon pointed to the thousands of patients served by OneWorld each year before noting that community health centers are one of the few areas that receive bipartisan support in Congress.
“It just shows you the need that is filled at OneWorld, and I love the business model where you pay according to your income, which makes it affordable,” Bacon said. “There’s no better money spent from a taxpayer perspective when it comes to community health centers.”
The Healthcare Workforce Training Center will allow OneWorld personnel to focus on training its own workforce and creating a pipeline to high-paying healthcare jobs for local residents. The new building also will have capacity for eight to 10 new behavioral health therapists, will be home to an early child development center, and will provide a workspace for future public health emergencies.
“The impact of this project will extend far beyond our walls.,” Skolkin said. “It will boost the local economy with up to 225 construction jobs and create 25-50 full-time healthcare positions. Most importantly, it will expand access to medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy and support services for those who need them most.”
Construction of the OneWorld Health Care Workforce Development Center is possible thanks to the support of: the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, the MacKenzie Scott Foundation, American National Bank, the Richard Brooke Foundation, First National Bank, the Health Center Association of Nebraska & Medicaid Managed Care Companies, the Lozier Foundation, the Mammel Foundation, the Willa D. Seemann Foundation, Security National Bank, the Sherwood Foundation, the Weitz Family Foundation and numerous others whose generosity will make this project possible.
