JBC Votes Unanimously to Cut COLA from 2% to 1.5%

Posted by admin on Mar 21, 2007 in Legislative | 0 comments

After learning that they were $17 million over budget for FY 07/08, the JBC voted unanimously to cut provider rates from 2% to 1.5%.  This is an overall loss of $179,448 total for all of the mental health contracts. 

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Jeannie Ritter Takes on Mental Health Issues

Posted by admin on Mar 16, 2007 in News Articles | 0 comments

Ryan Warner talks to Colorado’s First Lady, Jeannie Ritter, who will use her background as a teacher of emotionally disturbed children – and some family history – to focus on improvements in mental health. Colorado has limited funds and a high suicide rate.

Click here to access the audio link to hear the entire story on Colorado Public Radio.

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RAND Study Finds Mental Health Courts Have the Potential to Save Taxpayers Money

Posted by admin on Mar 6, 2007 in Research/Publications | 0 comments

   

Special courts that sentence people with mental illnesses who are convicted of misdemeanors and low-level felonies to treatment instead of jail have the potential to save taxpayers money, according to a RAND Corporation study conducted for the Council of State Governments Justice Center.

 

To access the full study, go to: www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR439/

 

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