Welcome to Greater Metro Regional Program for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

The Greater Metro Regional Program (GMRP) is a division of the Nebraska Regional Programs. Our mission is to provide support for the unique educational, socio-emotional, cultural, and transition needs of children who have a hearing differences ages birth through graduation from high school and their families, through cooperative regional planning of interactive activities, organizations, and career explorations that meet or exceed the Nebraska Department of Education standards.

How to join the GMRP: complete the annual health/permission forms so your son or daughter can participate in activities.

Click here for the Important Documents page for the forms.

Familiar Faces in New Places

Sue Petersen

Sue Petersen is the new Greater Metro Regional Program Coordinator for students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, effective August 1st, 2026. Sue was previously an educator and interpreter with more than 30 years of experience working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) individuals across K-12, post secondary, and community settings. She holds endorsements in Deaf Education (Birth-21), ESL, and Transition, along with a state interpreting license and an EIPA Performance Score of 4.5. Her background includes work with Ralston Public Schools, Iowa School for the Deaf, Boys Town National Research Hospital, and the Greater Metro Regional Program. She also has strong personal connections to the Deaf community, and always has the needs of our DHH students and families at heart!

Cody McEvoy

Cody is joining the Nebraska Regional Programs as the Statewide Student Advocacy and Mentor coordinator. Cody previously supported students in the GMRP region through a contract with Boys Town National Reserch Hospital. Cody will be located at ESU 3 in LaVista.

New Funding Resource Site

Check out the list of funding resources complied by Dr. Tina Childress, AuD. She also has many other resources on her website for parents and students.

Funding Resources by Tina Childress

This is a chart showing the difference between the amount of time a student has access to language when only using hearing aids during school hours. The comparison is 105,120 hours of incidental language access compared to 14,045 hours is only usinA chart showing the difference is a loss of 85% of the opportunities to learn incidental language, vocabulary and social language.

How many hours do you hear?

Interesting fact: Hearing access is about giving the brain access to language and information from your surroundings. Supporting Success for Students with Hearing Loss did the math for summer loss of language when students don't use their auditory equipment.

****Check out the Student Activities section for information on upcoming student and family activities.****

****Check out the Parent and Professional Opportunities under the "More" or "Parents, Community Professionals" sections for additional offerings.****

GMRP Times Newsletter

Use this link to access the 3rd quarter/spring edition of the GMRP Times Newsletter in various languages.

GMRP Times 3rd Quarter Newsletter