CBHC Director of Public Policy, Doyle Forrestal, was recently interviewed on Colorado Matters radio program.  Visit our Media Releases Section.

An article from the Loveland Reporter-Herald describing the merger of the Island Grove Regional Treatment Center services in Larimer County with Larimer Center for Mental Health and the Island Grove Treatment Center Services in Weld County North Range Behavioral Health.  Read the article here.

"Today, President Bush signed the Iraq war supplemental appropriations bill into law. This legislation includes a one-year delay in the implementation of six of seven recent Medicaid regulations - including both case management and the rehabilitative service option. Thank you to all National Council members who contacted your Senators and Representatives to urge them to vote to preserve Medicaid. Your calls and e-mails have made a difference!"  Chuck Ingoglia, MSW
Vice President, Public Policy 

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Sunday, June 22, 2008 article from the Greeley Tribune highlighting an alternative drug treatment program in Weld County that is proving to be a success.  Read the full article here.

"New Weld County program gives addicts another chance to turn around their lives."  Read the inspirational article from Greeley Tribune.

Arnold Salazar, Executive Director of Colorado Health Partnerships, LLC, has been appointed to the  Centennial Care Choices Program Panel.  In the 2008 Legislative Session, Senate Bill 217 created the Centennial Care Choices Program to reform Colorado’s health care system.  This Governor-appointed Panel will work with individuals from the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing and the Division of Insurance to look for options to reduce the state’s uninsured population and improve access to affordable healthcare.  To view the Governor’s Executive Order and the complete list of appointees, click here.  CBHC will post updates as we learn more. 

Approximately two million Americans live with schizophrenia. Two-thirds do not receive treatment, even though the disease can be managed successfully.

The survey found the average age at onset was 21, but a nine-year gap exists between symptoms and treatment.

The report is available at www.nami.org/schizophreniasurvey. It is based on an on-line survey conducted by Harris Interactive among the general public, caregivers and individuals living with schizophrenia.

Click the link below to read the full press release.

Bipolar disorder is a mystery and a subject of medical debate. But for the Blakes, it’s just reality.

Max Blake was 7 the first time he tried to kill himself. He wrote a four-page will bequeathing his toys to his friends and jumped out his ground-floor bedroom window, falling six feet into his backyard, bruised but in one piece. Children don’t really know what death is, as the last page of Max’s will made clear: "If I’m still alive when I have grandchildren," it began. But they know what unhappiness is and what it means to suffer.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/137517/page/1 to read the full Newsweek article. 

The Excellence in Community Collaboration award recognizes an organization, or group of organizations, that use the power of partnerships to solve community problems.

Integrated Managed Partnership for Adolescent and Child Community Treatment (IMPACT) Program, Mental Health Center Serving Boulder and Broomfield Counties

The IMPACT Program is a Boulder, Colorado community collaboration designed to reduce the out of home placement of children and adolescents—placements away from their families and their communities. Since its inception, IMPACT is keeping more young people at home, in school, and out of trouble.