Tag: Mental Health
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GUEST OPINION: A call to confront Colorado’s mental health crisis
Mental health touches us all. It’s not a distant issue — it’s here, in our schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, and homes. It’s the teenager battling anxiety, the parent weighed down by grief, the first responder absorbing trauma from every call. And when needs go unmet, the ripple effects are devastating — seen in lives lost, families…
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CU Anschutz receives jumpstart donation of $50 million for mental health initiative
A $50 million donation to the Colorado University Anschutz Medical Campus will launch a mental health collaborative to improve access and treatment options for mental health therapies around the state. The Anschutz Foundation made the donation on Tuesday as part of the launch of a mental health collaborative with Colorado Children’s Hospital and UC Health.…
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Colorado Democrat Yadira Caraveo drops bid to win back 8th Congressional District seat
Former U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo announced on Friday that she was ending her campaign to reclaim the Colorado congressional seat the Thornton Democrat lost last year in one of the closest U.S. House races in the country. Caraveo, a pediatrician and the first Latina to represent the state in Washington said in a statement that…
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Colorado courts starting new program to direct defendants to external care based on competency
In an attempt to reduce wait times for inpatient defendant competency restoration, Colorado courts are launching a new program to divert eligible people into a separate community care process. The near-$1.5 million program, which uses money from the general fund and was spurred by the passage of House Bill 24-1355 last June, will create a…
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Colorado Behavioral Health Administration launches network of safety net services
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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Daughter of state representative arrested in connection with Denver stabbing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The daughter of a Colorado state representative was arrested in connection with a stabbing incident in Denver last Wednesday. Nefretarie Lockley, 29, was arrested on six felony charges, including second degree attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and felony menacing, after allegedly stabbing a…
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Denver police recognized for application of crisis intervention team training
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Denver police officer Micheal Morelock responded to a welfare check called in by a concerned husband unable to reach his wife, he found the woman writing farewell letters to her family in the basement of their home. She told the officer that she had…
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Council defends nonprofit that report says failed to deliver mental health promise, despite millions spent
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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Judge finds UCCS shooter competent to proceed to trial despite conflicting competency reports
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An El Paso County judge ruled that the accused University of Colorado Colorado Springs shooter is competent to proceed to trial despite the conflicting competency reports presented to the court. Nicholas Jordan, 25, appeared to…