Tag: Behavioral Health Administration
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Colorado 988 officials speak out after Trump administration eliminates LGBTQ hotline
Officials of Colorado’s mental health line said Tuesday it is working to marshal resources following a decision by the Trump administration to cut funding for a special hotline line dedicated to LGBTQ callers. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced on June 17 that it will nix the national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline…
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Colorado crisis call center set to lay off 330 employees in Denver
The Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners call center is preparing to lay off the majority of its staff after seemingly losing out on the procurement of a new contract with Colorado’s Behavioral Health Administration (BHA). The nonprofit announced the upcoming permanent layoffs of 330 employees in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) listing on…
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Mental health — and care options — in Colorado remain ‘distressing’ after years in survival mode
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado no longer ranks as the worst state in the nation for the prevalence of mental illness and access to treatment for adults, a spot it held in the 2022 State of Mental Health in America report.— The recently released 2023 report from Mental Health…
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Colorado names new head of Office of Behavioral Health
The Colorado Department of Human Services announced Monday that Leora Joseph has been named director of the Office of Behavioral Health. The office was reconfigured after the legislature set up a new Behavioral Health Administration, which went into effect July 1. Previously, the OBH had oversight over community behavioral health services, including the Community Mental…
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Lawmakers seek audit of community mental health centers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Legislative Audit Committee authorized the state auditor to draft a bill that would investigate 17 nonprofit community mental health centers that were granted “non-compete contracts and a privileged rate status for nearly 60 years, without meaningful oversight.” The audit was requested in January by…
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Public forums underway to shape what new Colorado Behavioral Health Administration will look like
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Virtual public meetings began this week to help shape the state’s emerging Behavioral Health Administration, an idea from a gubernatorial task force that spent a year studying how to reform Colorado’s admittedly broken mental health care system. Plenty of ideas are being floated about what…