Mental Health America (MHA) invites you to the upcoming Regional Policy Council (RPC) Meeting: Why Addressing Mental Health Needs is Key to Budgeting and Legislating During COVID-19 and Beyond. The day will begin with MHA affiliates from Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania honoring their governors with the B4Stage4 Leadership Award for excellence in mental health. At 9:30, a Legislative Town Hall will offer policy solutions to legislators, policymakers, and advocates on why mental health must be a priority during and after…

Join Stakeholder Group on Colorado’s Emergency Mental Health Procedures Please join Mental Health Colorado, in collaboration with the Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health, to discuss how services are provided to individuals experiencing a mental health emergency and ways to improve emergency mental health procedures in Colorado. The first stakeholder meeting will be on Monday, February 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with recurring stakeholder meetings taking place on the second and fourth Monday of each…

The Colorado Suicide Prevention Advocacy Day event brings together passionate volunteers to advocate for state policy changes that will improve mental health and prevent suicide. Interested advocates will also have the opportunity to schedule a video or phone calls with our state legislators the week of the event to: Share with them why suicide prevention is important to YOU and to your community Educate them about the work being done in your community to prevent suicide Teach them what more…

EMCEE Jordan Chavez 9 News Reporter SPEAKERS Chief Rick Brandt Evans Police Department, Weld County Representative Colin Larson Representative Judy Amabile Representative Rod Pelton Jarett Hughes Senior Policy Advisor on Aging, Governor's Office Jess Stohlmann-Rainey Director of Program Development, Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners Moe Keller Director of Advocacy, Mental Health Colorado Shannon Van Deman Vice President, Pediatric Mental Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado Vincent Atchity President & CEO, Mental Health Colorado William McCall Incoming Freshman Sponsorship Opportunities  Speakers  Event Agenda Check…

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March 27, 2021 By: Debbie Kelley Article originally appeared in the Colorado Springs Gazette How can someone walk into a grocery store and randomly kill 10 innocent strangers? There’s no simple answer, experts say, but there are a few things they know. Mass shooters often are socially isolated, or loners, and have some sort of grievance, said Susan Payne, a former Colorado Springs police officer who founded the Safe2Tell hotline. They may have a history of threats, assaults, animal abuse…

CU Anschutz in the Colorado Resiliency Arts Lab (CORAL) is currently researching healthcare worker burnout and psychological distress. They are the first National Endowment of the Arts Lab in Colorado. They hold a monthly lecture series on the third Friday of each month from 12-1 PM.  April 16th: Julia Langley, Faculty Director of the Lombardi Arts and Humanities Program at Georgetown University May 21st: Susan Magsamen, Executive Director of the International Arts & Mind Lab, John Hopkins University June 18th:…

Speakers Adam Weimer Mental Health Advocate, Entrepreneur    Carl Clark President & CEO, Mental Health Center of Denver Doyle Forrestal Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council Michelle Barnes Executive Director, Colorado Department of Human Services Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera Vincent Atchity President & CEO, Mental Health Colorado