Mental Health Center of Denver Adds Social Workers to RTD Routes

The Mental Health Center of Denver recently added three more mental health clinicians to RTD routes around the city to intervene in cases where someone is having a mental health crisis. Previously, the community mental health center had just one clinician ride the rails with RTD’s Transit Police Department. The program was so successful that they decided to expand the program.

Read more about the program HERE.

The mental health and substance use disorder safety net is plagued by uncertainty

By Kara Johnson-Hufford For Colorado’s safety net providers, these are challenging times. For Colorado’s Community Mental Health…

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Mental Health First Aid Courses During May is Mental Health Month

As we get closer to May, a month dedicated to raising national awareness about mental health, we…

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The Budget Realities of Colorado’s Community Mental Health Centers

By Kara Johnson-Hufford Here are two things we know about the state of mental health in Colorado:…

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Immediate action required to protect safety net behavioral health system 

By Kara Johnson-Hufford  We’ve all seen and heard a lot about the challenges we face as a…

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