Tag: Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners
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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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Colorado Attorney General awards $4 million to opioid crisis programs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One thousand, one-hundred and sixty. That’s how many people died of opioid overdoses in Colorado in 2022 — a nearly 54% uptick from the 620 deaths in 2019, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. As part of the efforts to combat the…
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A glimmer of hope in Colorado underscores gravity of suicide prevention work
Mental health advocates meet at national summit in Golden
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988 crisis line looks to empower others through awareness and care
A call taker walks through the day-to-day, future of 988
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Colorado suicide hotline officials claim discrepancies in answering rate stats
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More than 1,000 Coloradans take their own lives every year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. These growing numbers rank the state as the sixth-highest suicide rate in the country. Between April and May, the Colorado suicide prevention hotline received more than 11,200 calls with 22% going unanswered, according to…
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Sports betting revenue opens spigot for state water plan
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Coloradans legally bet more than $1.1 billion on sports in 2020, exceeding expectations and funneling some cash to the Colorado Water Plan sooner than anticipated. Colorado collected more than $3.4 million in sports betting taxes in 2020, with operators running from May through December. Voters…