Advancing Mental Health Care Beyond the Criminal Justice System
Each month we invite individuals, initiatives, and programs from around the country to share how they are working to disentangle mental health from the criminal justice system in their communities through diverse and innovative strategies. We discuss how these efforts are integral to ensuring everyone experiencing a mental illness, substance use condition, or crisis is met with meaningful care.
November 1, 2025
Street Outreach & Substance Use Treatment
- Dr. Sarah Axelrath | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
April 1, 2025
April 2023 Monthly Reports & Updates
- Amy Thurston | Integrated Insight Therapy IMPACT Team
- Joel Watts | Integrated Insight Therapy IMPACT Team
March 1, 2025
Michelle Muething, Executive Director Aspen Hope Center
- Michelle Muething | Executive Director | Aspen Hope Center
March 1, 2025
Sgt. Michael Vogler with Denver Police Department on Crisis Intervention Training
- Sgt. Michael Vogler | Denver Police Department on Crisis Intervention Training
May 1, 2024
Past Responses to Mental Health
- Anne E. Parsons | Professor of History at UNC, Author of ‘From Asylum to Prison
April 1, 2024
BEAT Meth: Addressing Methamphetamine Addiction in Colorado Communities
- Katherine Camfield, MD, MPH
- JJ Keller
- Kelli Tahaney, PhD
- Scott A. Simpson, MD MPH
- Alia Al-Tayyib, PhD
- Deborah Rinehart, PhD
March 1, 2024
Supporting the Justice-Involved to Successfully Reintegrate into the Community
- Tina Gonzales, PhD | Carelon, Southeastern Colorado
June 1, 2023
June 2023 Monthly Reports & Updates
- Kelley Terrell | Mile High Behavioral Healthcare
October 1, 2022
Judge Susan Blanco & Colleagues
- Judge Susan Blanco
- Mark Stiger
- Michael Mangione
- Jess Fear
- April Moore
- Vincent Atchity | Mental Health Colorado
September 1, 2022
Denver Health Authority Psychiatric Services
- Dana Kreindler | Denver Health Authority Psychiatric Services
- Amanda Klahr | Denver Health Authority Psychiatric Services
- Ashley Hill | Denver Health Authority Psychiatric Services
- Carrie Pink | Denver Health Authority Psychiatric Services
July 1, 2022
Judge Elizabeth Leith from Denver Probate Court
- Judge Elizabeth Leith | Denver Probate Court
July 1, 2022
Lt. Daric Gutzwiller from Summit County Sheriff’s Department re: SMART
- Lt. Daric Gutzwiller | Summit County Sheriff’s Department
May 1, 2022
Sarah Ericson, Director of Diversion Counseling Program, 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office
- Sarah Ericson | Director of Diversion Counseling Program | 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office
April 1, 2022
Competency Restoration Process
- Neil Gowensmith, PhD | Denver Forensic Institute of Research, Service, Training | University of Denver
- Dan Murrie, PhD | Institute of Law, Psychiatry, & Public Policy | University of Virginia
February 1, 2022
Lisa Raville, Executive Director – Harm Reduction Action Center
- Lisa Raville | Executive Director | Harm Reduction Action Center