2026 Colorado Course Corrections Summit

The 2026 Colorado Course Corrections Summit convenes advocates, policymakers, healthcare professionals, people with lived experience, and community leaders to advance solutions that reduce reliance on the criminal justice system and expand access to mental health care. Course Corrections is Mental Health Colorado’s initiative to disentangle mental health and criminal justice by promoting prevention, treatment, recovery, diversion, harm reduction, and community-based care.
Formerly, the 2016 and 2018 Colorado Course Corrections Summits convened more than 300 leaders from across the state to help chart a path toward reducing incarceration and expanding access to care. The 2026 Summit builds on that momentum by exploring progress made over the past decade and identifying opportunities for continued systems change.
Sponsorship supports a collaborative platform where leaders share evidence-based strategies, strengthen partnerships, and advance solutions that promote healthier minds and safer communities across Colorado.
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Sessions
Fines Committee Footprint & Landscape
9:20 AM – 9:40 PM
Speakers
Lynn Unger
Todd Spanier
Session Materials
Crisis Mitigation in the Real World
9:45 AM – 10:05 AM
Speakers
Lt. Daric Gutzwiller
Session Materials
Ananeo Continuum
10:10 AM – 10:30 AM
Speakers
Luke Gregory
Joey Friedmann
Session Materials
What Works in Crisis Response
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM
Speakers
Lucy Larbalestier, LPC, LAC, ACS
Kristi Phifer, LCSW, LAC, ACS
Session Materials
Longview Acute Care
11:25 AM – 11:45 AM
Speakers
Dr. Lesley Brooks
Cassie Damato
Session Materials
Roads to Recovery
1:20 PM – 1:50 PM
Speakers
Chris Richardson, LCSW, CAS
Erin Atencio
Session Materials
Meeting People at the Intersection
1:55 PM – 2:15 PM
Speakers
Frank Nally
Session Materials
Healing the Wellness Courts
2:45 PM – 3:05 PM
Speakers
Amanda Myers
Melanie Pitkin
Desiree Hermocillo
Session Materials
Mapping Crisis in Eagle County
3:10 PM – 3:30 PM
Speakers
Dr. Paige Baker-Braxton, PsyD
Matthew Laycock, LCSW, LAC
Session Materials
Case Coordination
4:00 PM – 4:20 PM
Speakers
Jessica Spindler, LCSW
Session Materials
Behavioral Health Administrative Service Organization
4:25 PM – 4:45 PM
















































































