Tag: Behavioral Health
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Colorado lawmakers target ‘ghost networks’ to expand access to mental health care
A few years ago, the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance conducted a “secret shopper” survey on health insurance plans across six states, including Colorado. Of the 120 providers called, one-third were either inaccurately listed in the carrier database, out of service, or did not return the call. Only half of all calls to providers in…
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Griffith Centers to offer substance abuse help to Adams County
A non-profit organization based in Denver is extending its behavioral health services to Adams County with a new substance use disorder center. Griffith Centers — an organization that began in Colorado in 1927 — recently opened its new substance abuse disorder (SUD) headquarters at 10190 Bannock St. in Northglenn, according to a news release. The…
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Colorado Behavioral Health Administration launches network of safety net services
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Behavioral Health Administration on Wednesday celebrated the launch of a new network of safety net services. The new network — called Colorado LIFTS or Linking Individuals and Families to Services — aims to streamline the process of finding care across the state. LIFTS connects…
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Council defends nonprofit that report says failed to deliver mental health promise, despite millions spent
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Denver City councilmembers defended a proposed agreement with a nonprofit at the center of an investigative report that alleged a systemic failure to deliver change to the city’s mental and behavioral health needs, despite receiving millions of taxpayer dollars. The result of a year-long look into the taxpayer-funded initiative that aims to deliver more funding for mental…
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Proposal to add suicide hotlines to college student IDs advances
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In Colorado, suicide is the leading cause of death for teenagers and young adults. Lawmakers want to help address this with one small change. If passed, House Bill 1007 would require higher education institutions to print the numbers of suicide hotlines on the back of…
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Gov. Polis pledges to improve school safety at state summit
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Gov. Jared Polis vowed to improve students’ mental and physical safety in classrooms while speaking at Colorado’s annual School Safety Summit on Thursday. Colorado is no stranger to school tragedies, from the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, to the STEM School Highlands Ranch mass shooting in 2019, to the string of shootings outside of Aurora…
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Bill seeks to divert people with behavioral health disorders out of criminal justice system into treatment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A bill in the Colorado Senate aims to prevent people with mental health issues from entering the criminal justice system and instead send them to treatment centers that can address their psychological needs. A Senate panel unanimously advanced Senate Bill 10 on Thursday, moving it forward to…
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Task forces issue long-awaited recommendations on $1 billion housing, behavioral health spending
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Democratic establishment quickly lined up behind recommendations to spend roughly a billion dollars in federal aid on a slew of housing and behavioral health programs, notably money for a revolving loan fund and increasing adult inpatient and residential care. The recommendations, which two legislative task forces…
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Backlog of people waiting for treatment at Colorado’s mental hospital could lead to more death: Report
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More criminal defendants with untreated psychosis languishing in Colorado jails will maim and kill themselves if the state doesn’t reduce a growing backlog of nearly 350 people waiting for treatment at the state’s primary mental hospital, court-ordered monitoring reports predict. And court documents and budget…