Release Date: January 26, 2025
Author: Shelly Bradbury
16th Street Mall Stabbing Suspect’s Path Marked by Mental Illness, Homelessness, Drug Use
The Bridges program is only a few years old in Colorado and has been heralded as a pioneering approach to the oft-fraught intersection of mental health care and the justice system.
“Bridges is one of the most promising things we have going,” said Vincent Atchity, president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado. “But this is really difficult work, so it should also come as no surprise that it is not always going to work.”
A Bridges liaison was appointed to Caudill’s cases in September.
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