CBHC Day at the Rockies!
It’s that time of year again! CBHC and the Colorado Rockies are gearing up for the annual CBHC Day at the Rockies which supports individuals with mental health or substance use disorders. Proceeds from each ticket sold will go towards CBHC. Our goal is to sell at least 300 tickets this year. If we can…
Checking in on Crisis Services
In 2013, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and the General Assembly enacted landmark legislation to create a statewide behavioral health crisis system, giving Coloradans a direct line to a robust array of acute, community-based services. This nascent system has taken on the challenge of meeting a pent-up and rising demand to develop a national model for…
Co-Responders in the Spotlight
Recently, the Denver Post highlighted the effectiveness of Co-Responder Programs in Colorado and their success. Below is an excerpt from the article written by Christopher N. Osher: Colorado is pushing for new approaches to how police officers handle cases involving mental illness and drug addiction, encouraging them to steer low-level offenders toward treatment rather than…
Denver Post Highlights “Moral Urgency of Mental Health”
By Michael Plant and Peter Singer | Project Syndicate November 24, 2017 at 12:00 pm If we can prevent great suffering at no cost to ourselves, we ought to do so. That principle is widely accepted and difficult to dispute. Yet Western governments are neglecting an opportunity to reduce the great misery caused by mental…
CBHC Annual Conference Ted Talks
CBHC Members are constantly striving to create innovative programs to serve those with behavioral health needs and substance use disorders. At this year’s conference, four unique programs from across the state were recognized for their advances within the field. Each mental health center was given the opportunity for a short presentation on their program. The…
CBHC Annual Report Available Now
View the full 2017 report above or click here for a larger version.
Aurora Works to Remove Mental Health Stigma
By Alex Scoville | ascoville@denverpost.com | The Denver Post PUBLISHED: October 11, 2017 at 5:41 pm | UPDATED: October 11, 2017 at 5:43 pm From the minute you shake his hand, 24-year-old University of Colorado Denver student Ibrahim Zien radiates warmth. He’s eager to learn, sweetly nervous and thoughtful in choosing his words. The Aurora resident…
OBH Capacity Invoice Webinar
The following webinar was recorded on March 9, 2017. You can download the slides here.
Substance Use Disorder Community Assessment – SB 16-202 Report
With the passage of Senate Bill 16-202, the report below was created to determine how to most effectively allocate increased funding for substance use disorder (SUD) services with Colorado’s Managed Service Organizations (MSO). To assess community need, the Keystone Policy Center (Keystone) participated in dozens of interviews, held 10 statewide meetings, and conducted hundreds of…
Congratulations to Dr. Nancy Gary!
Congratulations to Dr. Nancy Gary as the 2016 Board Member Lifetime Achievement Award recipient! Dr. Nancy Gary | Mental Health Center of Denver Nancy Gary completed her Master’s Child Health Associate degree with a specialty in ambulatory pediatrics at the University of Colorado’s Medical School. She worked for the Child Protection Team at the Kempe…