Welcome to Max’s World

Posted on May 22, 2008

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 [...]

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Boulder’s IMPACT honored at NCCBH 2008 Conference

Posted on May 6, 2008

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 CountiesThe IMPACT Program is a Boulder, Colorado community collaboration designed to reduce the out [...]

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Kicking it up a notch: Colorado West Mental Health welcomes new CEO

Posted on May 2, 2008

Sharon Raggio has a Toyota 4Runner, and she has been stuck on the wrong side of Vail Pass in blizzard conditions. She has seen elk on the sides of rural Colorado highways. In other words, Raggio feels as thought she has officially moved to the Western Slope. Raggio is the new chief executive officer for [...]

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Community thanks Jefferson Center for 50 years

Posted on May 2, 2008

Fifty years ago on April 29, Jefferson Center for Mental Health began serving the community from the basement of the Jefferson County Courthouse. Since then, it has helped nearly a half million individuals facing mental health challenges. More than 500 community and business leaders recently showed their appreciation for the Center’s first 50 years of [...]

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