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Boulder-based provider launches in-home mental health care program
March 6, 2020
By: Katie Langford
Boulder-based private mental health provider Colorado Recovery has created a new in-home treatment program for people who cannot access care in a traditional office setting.
Launched in February, Bridge to You brings Colorado Recovery’s services — diagnosis, therapy, psychiatric nursing, medication management, life skills and more — into a patient’s home.
“There are a number of people who are homebound because of age, but also people who have a hard time coming into an office setting because part of their illness might ...
Colorado considers private transportation services for behavioral problems
Monte Whaley | Mar 2, 2020
State of Reform
Someone suffering from a behavioral health crisis in Colorado may soon be transported to a care facility without blaring sirens and emergency lights, under a new bill being considered by lawmakers.
The measure, HB 1284, creates a regulatory and service system to provide secure transportation services for individuals experiencing emotional or behavioral problems that do not merit an arrest. The person will be transported to a local hospital or crisis centers.
Local county commissioners will issue a license to a ...
Suicide Prevention Advocates Gather in Denver
February 27, 2020
Original article appeared on News on 6
DENVER, Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States and the seventh leading cause of death in Colorado. On Wednesday, February 26, advocates from the Colorado Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), the largest suicide prevention organization in the United States, will join the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Colorado, Mental Health Colorado, and NAMI-Colora...
HOUSE PASSES REP. MICHAELSON JENET’S ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS EXAMS BILL
February 20, 2020
Originally appeared in i-70 scout.
The House of Representatives today passed HB20-1086, sponsored by Representatives Dafna Michaelson Jenet and Colin Larson, by a vote of 45-17. The bill would guarantee insurance coverage for annual mental health wellness exams.
“This is one of the most important bills I have worked on in my time in the legislature, and I am so pleased that it has passed the House,” said Rep. Michaelson Jenet, D-Commerce City. “Too many Coloradans don’t have access to the mental health care they need. This bill will go a ...
Animal therapy nonprofit to hold Longmont community meeting before starting sessions in March
February 19, 2020
By: John Marinelli
Originally found in Times-Call
Animals can often make people’s days a little — or a lot — brighter.
Rise Phoenix Rise, a nonprofit that recently moved to Longmont from Richmond, Va., applies this concept to peer-to-peer group therapy, having participants work through difficult issues with the help of furry friends. And Wednesday, it’s looking to provide information to the Longmont community and gather input at an outreach meeting before its inaugural group session in March.
Executive Director Traci Jones said she ...
Could mental health support be the key to keeping more Colorado preschool teachers in the field?
February 14, 2020
By: Erica Breunlin
Originally appeared in The Colorado Sun.
As Colorado starves for more early childhood educators, some are leaving the classroom because of kids’ behavioral challenges. A new focus on mental health could change that. Read the full story.
New bills aim to alleviate mental health workforce shortages
January 31, 2020
By: John Spina
A couple of times a week Sue Harig meets with clients from Mental Health Partners just to talk for a while. She’s not a psychotherapist or psychiatrist, but as a certified peer support specialist, Harig has firsthand experience with mental illness and has been trained by Mental Health Partners in Boulder County to help others along in their recovery — kind of like a mental health sponsor.
The “sessions” mostly consist of Harig visiting her clients at home, helping them with chores, or accompanying them in stressful situat...
Superintendent addresses recent student deaths
January 25, 2020
By: Rachel Skytta and Web Staff
Originally appeared on Fox31 News
ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. -- The Superintendent of Adams 12 shared a statement on Friday discussing the recent deaths of students within the Adams County School District.
"A number of families and schools within our community are grieving the sudden and painful loss of their children as we enter the final days of January. We have lost five children in our community over the past 40 days. They range in age from sixth grade to tenth grade and attended four different schools. The ...
Transportation, education and justice on the legislative agenda
January 22, 2020
By: Faith Miller and Pam Zubeck
Originally appeared in the Colorado Springs Independent
AND THEY'RE OFF
Don’t expect Democrats to back away from their progressive agenda during this legislative session, despite some backlash stemming from the long list of bills that their trifecta of power — controlling the state House, Senate and governor’s office — enabled them to push through last year.
One prominent example: the controversial red-flag bill.
While some sheriffs have said they’d refuse to enforce the red-flag law, which ...
North Range Behavioral Health moves into new, larger facility in Frederick
January 21, 2020
By: John Marinelli
Originally appeared in Time-Call.
North Range Behavioral Health, a northern Colorado mental health organization, opened a new, larger location in Frederick on Tuesday.
The 12,000-square-foot facility at 5901 Majestic St. in Frederick — a counseling center offering services including outpatient therapy, psychiatry, individual and group therapy and DUI education and treatment — was completed in late 2019, according to a press release from North Range Behavioral Health.
The organization previously operated for five ...
