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ED BOARD DISCUSSES MENTAL HEALTH, ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS
By: Tyler Pialet
Nov. 28, 2018
The Estes Park School Board of Education received a special presentation from a mental health clinician and discussed reports from the school board and administration during their regular work meeting on Monday night.
Hannah Heckerson is taking on a new position within the Estes Park School District as a mental health clinician. Her position is under the umbrella of the social and emotional professional learning community. During the meeting, she presented what she called a "School Mental Health Toolkit" to the ...
SUCCESSFUL LOCAL TAX MEASURES ARE UNLOCKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES
By: John Daley
November 19, 2018
Near the foothills of Larimer County, Laurie Stolen, the county’s Behavioral Health Project Director, points to a large, undeveloped parcel.
“The county owns like 320 acres right here on this plot of land,” she said.
This is where Larimer County will build a new $25 million treatment and detox facility. It became possible after voters passed a quarter-cent sales tax hike that raises $15 million a year. Stolen said that will pay for the building and a variety of services.
“I absolutely think that this will save lives,” ...
COLORADO TAKES STEPS TO COMBAT HIGH YOUTH SUICIDE RATE
November 19, 2018
By: Ali Budner, Mountain West New Bureau
A 9-year-old boy in Colorado took his own life during the first week of school this year. The tragedy highlighted a pervasive problem in the state — the high suicide rate among youth. As Ali Budner (@ali_budner) of the Mountain West News Bureau reports, the state has just set aside funding for better mental health resources in schools.
Originally appeared on Here & Now.
ANDREW ROMANOFF: MENTAL ILLNESS TREATABLE
By: Carie Canterbury
November 16, 2018
Andrew Romanoff went from running the Colorado House of Representatives to leading Mental Health Colorado, spearheading a fight to tackle mental illness and to tear down barriers that prevent people from getting the help that they need.
Romanoff, the president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado, a nonprofit advocacy organization, served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009 and as Speaker of the House from 2005 to 2009.
He talked about mending mental health and obstacles we face as a ...
EAGLE COUNTY LEADS STATEWIDE MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING TREND
By: Pam Boyd
November 18, 2018
EAGLE COUNTY — When Eagle County voters approved a 2017 ballot measure instituting sales and excise taxes on marijuana products with the proceeds dedicated to mental health services, they may have started a movement in Colorado.
This fall, 10 counties across the state passed measures to improve mental health services in their communities.
"We had a few organizations give us a call about community engagement," said Eagle County Public Health Director Chris Lindley. "Seeing our success the year before made them more confident."
Aubree ...
EMPLOYERS LOSE $200B PER YEAR FROM UNTREATED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
By: Phil Lindeman, Krystal 93
Nov. 13, 2018
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OPINION: VICTORIES FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN COLORADO
By Aubree Hughes
Ten Colorado counties are leading the way to improving mental health services in their communities. The counties and their mental health proposals are listed at mentalhealthcolorado.org/ballot2018.
Victories in Denver, Larimer, San Miguel, and Summit counties will steer a record $67 million to the prevention and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders. Voters also agreed to fund school-based mental health programs in Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties; jail-based services in Boulder County; and community resources in ...
TOO MANY VETERANS ARE SUFFERING; HERE’S WHAT WE’RE DOING
By: Leroy Garcia
Nov. 11, 2018
Not all wounds are visible. Too many veterans suffer in silence from mental wounds related to their military service.
Today, we celebrate the more than 400,000 veterans in Colorado and more than 20 million veterans across this county. I served in Iraq in the United States Marine Corps for more than six years, and ensuring that our veterans are taken care of is something I care about deeply.
The reality is that too many of our veterans, nearly 50 percent according a recent study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, ...
DPD’S CO-RESPONDER UNIT HOPES TO GET A BOOST FROM CARING 4 DENVER
By: Conor McCormick-Cavanaugh
Nov. 5, 2018
Tuesday, November 6, is fast approaching, and Denver residents are now voting on various state- and citywide ballot initiatives. One such initiative is Caring 4 Denver.
Created by Representative Leslie Herod and endorsed by influential Coloradans like Wilma Webb and Cynthia Coffman, the initiative would raise Denver's sales tax by .25 percent to bolster the city's mental health resources and substance abuse treatment programs. If the initiative passes, 10 percent of the revenue would be earmarked for the Crisis Interv...
HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH
November 3, 2018
Andrew Romanoff from Mental Health Colorado joins us for a conversation on what needs to be done to increase the availability of mental health services in the state.
Originally appeared on 9News.
