Re: “Colorado suicide rate reached record high in 2012, health stats show,” Aug. 20 news story. Recent Denver Post articles portray the tragedy of suicide. The need for mental health and substance abuse treatment continues to rise. In the last five years, the number of people served by community health centers in Colorado has increased…

CBHC was recently selected as the runner up for the 2013 Outstanding Organizational Leadership in Advocacy Award by the National Council for Behavioral Health. CBHC’s advocacy efforts regarding the funding and establishment of a statewide crisis response system during Colorado’s 2013 Legislative Session were recognized from a large and extremely competitive pool of applicants across…

MHCD Receives a Request for Standards of Care for Serving Deaf and Hard of Hearing Clients from the State System in Georgia We are proud of the work  accomplished with the Daylight Project in establishing the Standards of Care for Deaf and Hard of Hearing.  Here is a great example of that work. Currently there…

Earlier today Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed two historic mental health bills into law at Jefferson Center’s office in Wheat Ridge.  More than 100 supporters were present for the bill signing, including mental health consumers and advocates, staff, board, local and state elected officials and other stakeholders. In his remarks, the Governor stated that the…

By Yesenia Robles The Denver Post A bill that outlines how to spend $20 million to create a new statewide crisis response system for mental health continues to move forward in the state legislature. Senate Bill 266, passed out of the House Public Health Care and Human Services committee on a 9-4 vote Tuesday. Republican…

By Yesenia Robles The Denver Post A growing number of primary care doctors in the Denver metro area are opening their doors to mental health professionals to help treat their patients — part of a trend toward integrating health services. Mental health community centers in Adams and Arapahoe counties started placing their professionals in private…

Click to Watch Video from 9News DENVER – In the basement of a church on Emerson Street you will find fresh coffee brewing, a safe place to rest and help for those facing the challenges of mental illness. The CHARG Resource Center opened in 1989, and in the days since has offered mental health care…

By Barbara Ryan & Susan Marine When we are confronted with unfathomable tragedy, tragedy that strikes at our belief in humanity, we understandably seek any avenue to prevent its recurrence. This is how mental illness and violence have become linked in our public discourse. Contrary to the portrayal this implies, the face of mental illness…

Yesenia Robles | Denver Post A $10 million request from Gov. John Hickenlooper to fund improvements in the state’s mental health system was approved Tuesday — and doubled to $20 million — as an alternative proposal drafted by the health centers themselves was incorporated in pieces. The Joint Budget Committee’s approval includes full funding for…

It gives us great pleasure to announce the honorees of the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare’s Awards of Excellence for the state of Colorado.   Welcome Back Awards: Lifetime Achievement First Prize: Major General (ARMY Ret.) Mark Graham and Carol Graham, Colorado Springs, CO Reintegration Awards: Achievement Second Prize: Carol Jean Garner, Director of…