Colorado earns a ‘C’ on mental health services
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has published its 2009 Grading the States Report Card: A Report on America’s Health Care Systemm for Adults with Serious Mental Illness. NAMI has given Colorado a "C" grade. The score is a combination of four categories:
1- Health Promotion and Measurement
2- Financing and Core Treatment / Recovery Services
3- Consumer and Family Empowerment
4- Community Integration and Social Inclusion
Click here to read an article regarding the grade in the Colorado Springs Gazette
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