Legislature’s commitment to expand crisis intervention services will hopefully proceed
3/9/2014 By George Delgrosso Special to The Colorado Statesman As the experts in providing integrated behavioral health services to the people of Colorado, the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC) has advocated for many years to expand funding for much-needed mental health and substance abuse care and treatment. The 28 independent private organizations which are our…
Mental Health Partners opens new Drop-in Help Center in Lyons
Mental Health Partners opens new Drop-in Help Center in Lyons to help residents cope with emotional distress following flood BOULDER, COLO. (Dec. 10, 2013) Mental Health Partners opens a Drop-in Help Center in Lyons Dec. 12 to aid residents there who are coping with emotional distress related to the September flooding. This site was selected…
Crisis Stabilization RFP 2.0
The newly redrafted Crisis Stabilization RFP has been released. Download the Main RFP here. (excludes attachments & exhibits) For the full documents please visit the State Bids Website here.
Mental health ‘crisis’ strains jails, emergency rooms
As funding for services has declined, more Coloradans in need of treatment find themselves in emergency situations. They’re victims of car accidents or shootings. They’ve overdosed on cocaine, swallowed too many pills or passed out drunk. On an average Friday or Saturday night, they can make up about half of the sick, injured and wounded…
MHP opens Drop-In Help Centers for flood-impacted residents
November 4, 2013 En Español Mental Health Partners has opened three Drop-In Help Centers to assist residents impacted by the recent floods. These Drop-In Help Centers provide immediate mental health crisis services for residents coping with anxiety, sadness, depression, fear, sleeplessness, guilt, anger and other emotional distress. These services are available for children, teens, adults…
Mental Health Partners Granted National Award
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA) GRANT AWARDED TO BOULDER CO. AND MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERS (MHP) FOR PROJECT EDGE–ONE OF THREE SUCH AWARDS NATIONALL Y–$966,000 In Boulder County people with a behavioral health condition are almost 3 times more likely to have contact with law enforcement than people without such a condition. The…
Behavioral Health Care in Colorado: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
10.8.2013 | by: Anna Vigran “We need a new type of health facility, one which will return mental health care to the main stream of American medicine, and at the same time upgrade mental health services.” This idea might sound familiar. There has been a lot of discussion recently about efforts to integrate behavioral health and mental health,…
Hill Day 2013 Newsletter
Monday, September 23, 2013 Denver, Colorado Last week, behavioral health advocates from all over Colorado traveled to Washington D.C. to attend the National Council’s Hill Day to meet with their Senators and Representatives to discuss legislation that, if enacted, would improve the lives of people living with mental illnesses and addictions. In a loud and…