Human Trafficking a Focus at Community Reach Center
Community Reach Center of Adams County has invested in a training program for staff to help them recognize the signs that a person may be in a human trafficking situation. According to an article in the Westminster Window, this is the “first successful program in the country, sponsored by the federal National Human Trafficking Training…
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Celebrating the Success of the Colorado State Innovation Model’s (SIM) Integration of Physical and Behavioral Health Care Through Our Community Mental Health Centers
Denver, Colorado – May 24, 2019 – In 2015, The Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC) was awarded funding from the Colorado’s SIM Office to facilitate the selection of four CMHC sites to participate in a four-year program to integrate primary care and prevention services into the community behavioral health setting (bi-directional integration). There are four…
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CBHC 2019 Legislative Review
The CBHC team is please to share the 2019 Legislative Review with our members. There are a few remaining bill that we’ve highlighted that have yet to be signed, so this document will continue to be finalized to reflect final actions by the Governor. View the document HERE. This review doesn’t highlight all of the…
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Mind Springs Receives National Award for Innovation
At the 2018 CBHC Conference, Mind Springs Health received the Golden Light Bulb Award for its phased-based care program. This program was created to shorten patient wait times and improve patient outcomes. The program, created by Mind Springs’ CMO Dr. Jules Rosen, executive vice-president Michelle Hoy, and compliance vice-president David Hayden, is now receiving national…
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Nationwide Study Highlights the Need for Adequate Funding for Colorado’s Community Mental Health Centers
Study strengthens request for a 10% increase to address the community behavioral health workforce crisis Denver, Colorado – March 1, 2019 – A nationwide study conducted by the National Council for Behavioral Health and the Cohen Veterans Network has found that Colorado falls below the national average when it comes to state funding for mental…
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Southeast Health Group Discusses Depression in Rural Settings
Featured in the Kiowa County Independent, Southeast Health Group’s CEO, JC Carrica, discusses the realities of depression in rural settings. The article, written by Priscilla Waggoner, states this of JC: “In many ways, Carrica is a man with a foot in each of two worlds: as a mental health professional, he understands the psychological factors…
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Mental Health Center of Denver Receives Grant for “Right Start for Colorado” Program
SAMHSA grant partially funds Right Start for Colorado The Mental Health Center of Denver was recently awarded a 5-year Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) grant to expand infant and early childhood mental health services throughout the state of Colorado. “Infants and toddlers are frequently overlooked in mental…
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CBHC 2019 Policy Guide
It’s a pivotal time for mental health and substance use disorder service providers in Colorado. At the local level, communities are clamoring for more services even as new investments and partnerships increase the availability of crisis interventions and other needed services. At the federal level, partisan politics keep the topic of health care at the…
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North Range Program Supports Pregnant Women
In August of 2018, North Range Behavioral Health opened up Wings, a residential treatment center for pregnant women and mothers with children younger than five who are struggling with substance use disorders.. The program has quickly taken root within the community and just recently celebrated its very first graduate of the program. The state requested…
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Mind Springs Celebrates Opening of New Psychiatric Hospital
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – After months of construction, Mind Springs Health is ready to unveil their new, state of the art facility: West Springs Hospital. No detail was overlooked in this 64 bed center, and the facility will be the only psychiatric hospital between Salt Lake City and Denver. While walking through West Springs, it…
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