Tag: Youth Mental Health
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Budget cuts threaten Youth Mental Health Corps for rural students
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In rural Colorado, a single school counselor can face impossible odds. With limited staff, students in crisis are at high risk of slipping through the cracks, and having their emotional, social, and academic needs unmet. At Moffat Schools in the San Luis Valley, school counselor Sarah DeLeon knows those challenges firsthand. “School counselors can be…
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Budget cuts threaten Youth Mental Health Corps for rural students
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In rural Colorado, a single school counselor can face impossible odds. With limited staff, students in crisis are at high risk of slipping through the cracks, and having their emotional, social, and academic needs unmet. At Moffat Schools in the San Luis Valley, school counselor Sarah DeLeon knows those challenges firsthand. “School counselors can be…
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Colorado announces $20 million initiative for youth mental health
The grants will go to school-community partnerships to promote youth mental health support
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Colorado advances eating disorder prevention, intervention bills: ‘It’s time we take a stand’
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In Colorado and nationwide, around one in 10 people will be diagnosed with an eating disorder in their lifetime. State lawmakers are trying to address that with a new pair of bills. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee advanced Senate Bill 14 and Senate Bill 176 on Thursday. If signed into law, SB 14 would create a statewide…
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As 1 in 10 Coloradans experience eating disorders, lawmakers consider action
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When she was 15 years old, Aimee Resnick’s eating disorder nearly killed her. Resnick said she was teased and bullied for being “bigger” than her peers throughout middle school and early high school. So, when a health class assignment required Resnick to set a weight loss goal and track her daily calorie consumption, she quickly…
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Colorado colleges to add suicide hotlines to student IDs
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In Colorado, suicide is the leading cause of death for teenagers and young adults. State lawmakers are trying to help address that with one small change. Beginning in August 2023, House Bill 1007 requires Colorado’s higher education institutions to print the phone and text numbers of statewide and national mental health crisis and suicide hotlines on the…
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Colorado Senate unanimously OKs reducing license requirements for school therapists
In 23 years of teaching, Stephanie Smith has attended 20 funerals of students. Smith said a few of the students died by an accidental overdose or car crash, but the vast majority died from the same thing: suicide. This year alone, Smith said three students have committed suicide at Boulder High School where she teaches,…
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Safe2Tell reported tips increased in April in comparison to last year
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s anonymous safety tip line for students, Safe2Tell, received 1,371 tips in April, 41% more than the same month in 2020, according to a release from the state’s attorney general’s office. This is one of…
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Reports to Safe2Tell down 61% in December, 58% all school year
Colorado’s anonymous safety tip line for students, Safe2Tell, received 829 reports in December, 61% fewer than the same month in 2019, according to a new data. The decrease is part of a monthslong trend as the tip line saw 58% fewer tips during the 2020-21 school year compared to 2019-20. Safe2Tell attributes the decrease to…
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Reports to school safety tip line down 60% in November, 57% all school year
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Safe2Tell, the state’s anonymous school and student safety tip line, saw a 60% decrease in tip volume in November compared to the same month in 2019. This reflects a larger trend of decreasing tip volume…