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Brighton Youth Commission
Mental Health Colorado is pleased to honor the members of the Brighton Youth Commission as Youth of the Year. The Commission’s 22 teenagers and six adults, all appointed by the Brighton City Council, have spearheaded a series of community service projects – including a creative approach to suicide prevention.
In 2012, the Commission launched a weeklong program of suicide prevention, education, awareness, and knowledge: S.P.E.A.K Week. Since then, S.P.E.A.K. has expanded its reach to 11 Brighton schools, enlisted a wide range of local businesses, and engaged hundreds of residents in an annual 5k walk.
The Commission’s teenage members ...
Barbara Mattison
Mental Health Colorado is pleased to honor Barbara Mattison as Individual of the Year. Barbara has demonstrated extraordinary leadership to identifying the gaps in Colorado’s mental health system, rallying statewide support for reform, and bringing national attention to the cause.
Since 2015, Barbara has served as president of the League of Women Voters of Colorado. In 2013, she convened and chaired the League’s Behavioral Health Task Force, directed a statewide effort to analyze current practices in the prevention and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders, and led the charge not only to adopt a comprehensive platform for ...
CHARG Resource Center
Mental Health Colorado is pleased to honor the CHARG Resource Center as Organization of the Year. For more than 25 years, CHARG has delivered an innovative array of professional and peer-led services to adults with major mental illnesses.
CHARG was founded in 1989 as a joint venture between HEART of Boardwalk and the Capitol Hill Action & Recreation Group. Each year, more than 400 Coloradans benefit from CHARG’s Heartland Clinic, David Quarton Drop-In Center, and Program to Assist in the Transition from Homelessness (PATH).
Executive Director David Burgess describes CHARG’s twin boards – one consisting of consumers; the other, provid...
