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COLORADO VOTERS WILL SEE A RECORD NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH MEASURES ON THEIR BALLOT
By: John Daley, CPR News
Nov. 1, 2018
The 2018 ballot for many Coloradans will reflect the dire state of mental health, suicide and addiction in the state.
Voters across multiple counties will consider a dozen proposals to fund mental health services, a record number for the Colorado ballot.
“More and more communities recognize it is much cheaper, smarter and humane to prevent or treat issues of mental illness rather than to ignore it or criminalize it. We've learned that the hard way," Mental Health Colorado CEO and president Andrew Romanoff said.
In ...
AT LEAST 12 LOCAL BALLOT QUESTIONS SEEK FUNDING INCREASE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
By: Matt Bloom
Oct. 31, 2018
Voters across Colorado are deciding the fate of at least a dozen local ballot measures seeking funding for better mental health care services.
The questions range from tax increases to local budget shuffling — all aimed at building up prevention and treatment services in schools, jails and hospitals.
Andrew Romanoff is president of Mental Health Colorado. He spoke at a Fort Collins event in support of Larimer County’s sales tax question, Issue 1A, on Oct. 30. He says the topic is resonating for many people.
“I think ...
MENTAL HEALTH MEASURE GETS SUPPORT FROM FORMER LEGISLATOR
By: Paul Albani-BurgioReporter-Herald Staff Writer
October 24, 2018
Larimer County is once again deciding how to vote on a ballot issue that would raise taxes by 0.25 percent to provide mental health issue identification, support and treatment services to county residents.
On Wednesday, former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives Andrew Romanoff spoke to the members of the Loveland Lions Club about why he felt voters should support Ballot Issue 1A, the toll of mental health issues in Colorado and how local communities can ...
PARTNERS FOR CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH GETS GRANT TO HELP KIDS’ MENTAL HEALTH
By: Faith Miller
October 24, 2019
Partners for Children’s Mental Health, a program out of Children’s Hospital Colorado, will get a $2.8 million grant from the state attorney general’s office to launch an initiative improving kids’ access to care.
Plans include assessing the state’s pediatric mental health needs, improving care for kids in rural areas, training pediatric physicians on mental health and implementing a School Mental Health Toolkit across Colorado school districts.
The toolkit, developed by nonprofit Mental Health Colorado, is a free ...
COLORADO LAUNCHING SUICIDE PREVENTION EFFORTS
By: Mary Shinn
October 21, 2018
New efforts to improve mental health care for children and teenagers across Colorado will be rolled out over the next two to three years.
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office is providing $2.8 million in grant funding to improve pediatric mental health care and support school-based mental health programming.
Suicide is the leading cause of death for those 10 to 24 in Colorado, and addressing the lack of mental health services in the state is “a matter of life or death,” said Andrew Romanoff, Men...
SUE KLEBOLD TALKS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS
By Justin Criado
Oct 19, 2018
Sue Klebold, mother of Columbine High School shooter Dylan Klebold, said there were no signs that her youngest son was planning what eventually transpired on April 20, 1999, before taking his own life.
“From what I could see, he was doing OK,” she said.
She explained how a month before the incident, Dylan visited the University of Arizona, the school he planned to attend, with his family and was excited to get the largest freshman dorm room possible. Three nights ...
NEW MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE AIMS TO COMBAT TEEN SUICIDE
By: Caiti Blase
October 19, 2018
COLORADO SPRINGS – This week Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced that nearly $3 million will go towards improving youth mental health across the state.
Andrew Romanoff, president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado, said the initiative is a partnership between Children’s Hospital of Colorado and his organization.
He said the state needs more specialists in pediatric mental health which is one of the things the hospital will address with the $2 million it will receive.
The remaining $800,000 will be ...
NON-PROFIT GETS MAJOR FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES IN SCHOOLS
By: Katie Pelton
October 19, 2018
Credit: MGN
DENVER (KKTV) -- A non-profit is getting major funding to help put more mental health resources in our schools. The group 'Mental Health Colorado' was awarded $800,000 from the attorney general's office.
“Attorney General Cynthia Coffman this week announced a $2.8 million initiative to improve children’s mental health. It’s a partnership between Mental Health Colorado, our organization, and Children’s Hospital Colorado," said Andrew Romanoff, the President and CEO of Mental Health Colorado...
Unmasked: A Masquerade Party
October 21, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRLsLn8J5sY&t=23s
Join the City of Castle Pines for a masquerade party benefitting Mental Health Colorado. Tickets are still available.
COLORADO IS TRYING TO MAKE A DENT IN YOUTH SUICIDE RATES
By: Ali Budner
October 19, 2018
Our region has an especially high rate of suicide. Now Colorado is taking a unique approach to deal with it, at least for kids. Attorney General, Cynthia Coffman, just allocated $2.8 millionfor a state-wide pediatric mental health initiative.
Andrew Romanoff, who leads Mental Health Colorado, said this is very important for the state’s youth right now.
“We know that in most cases the first signs of mental illness occur during adolescence,” he said. “But we also know there is a gap of 8-10 ...
