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A REASON TO BREATHE
“I lost a reason to breathe… my heart, my sunshine, my son.”
Leia Pierce’s son Jamel died by suicide in August. He was 9 years old.
At a church in Cherry Hills Village last night, 18 parents like Leia gathered in a quiet room at the end of a dark hallway. Their children had all died by suicide, and their grief was overwhelming.
A flicker of hope came earlier in the day, in the bright lights of a press conference in Aurora. Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced a $2.8 million grant to Children’s Hospital Colorado and Mental Health Colorado.
We’re launching a statewide initiative to improve children’s mental health, ...
NEW FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT YOUTH WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
October 16, 2018
By: Jeff Todd
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Nearly $3 million is jump-starting a shift in how mental health services are administered to Colorado’s youth.
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“I had to prove how sick I was in order to get the care I needed,” said Cora Galpern who has gone from patient to advocate. “I struggled most severely with an eating disorder. I was also struggling with depression and anxiety.”
Galpern says the system right now is set up to triage and only treat ‘the sickest of the sick.’
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“If people told me your heart drops three more beats, or you lose two more pounds we’re ...
NEW YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE WILL PROMOTE STATEWIDE COLLABORATION TO PREVENT TEEN SUICIDE
By: Jennifer Brown
Oct. 16, 2018
A children’s mental health initiative announced Tuesday could transform how Colorado identifies and treats kids and teens with depression, anxiety or eating disorders at the doctor and in the classroom.
Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced a $2.8 million grant to launch a collaboration between Children’s Hospital Colorado and Mental Health Colorado that state leaders called “transformational.”
Read the full story at the Colorado Sun.
AG Cynthia H. Coffman Announces Funding for First-of-its-Kind Pediatric Mental Health Initiative
Attorney General’s Office to provide critical funding to help young people seeking mental health treatment and support
DENVER, Oct. 16, 2018—Today, Colorado Attorney General Cynthia H. Coffman announced that her office will provide a $2.8 million grant to launch a transformational initiative that will increase access to mental health services and support for young people across Colorado. Attorney General Coffman’s Office was joined by Jena Hausmann, President & CEO of Children’s Hospital Colorado, Andrew Romanoff, President and CEO of Mental Health Colorado, and young people from the community.
“Bold action is needed to save lives ...
SOME WELD CANDIDATES FOR STATE LEGISLATURE RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH COLORADO SURVEY, SOME DON’T
By: Terry Frei
October 13, 2018
DENVER — Andrew Romanoff, the former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, has a top-floor corner office in downtown Denver, three blocks from the Colorado State Capitol.
On a cloudless Friday morning, the view was potentially distracting as Romanoff — in his role as president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado — talked about the eight-question survey on mental health issues his organization sent to 179 candidates for the Colorado House and Senate. The answers of those who responded are posted on the Mental Health Colorado web site.
So in the wake of Romanoff sending out those questions to ...
ON YOUR BALLOT: $45M MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE IS NEEDED IN DENVER IN MIDST OF CRISIS, ADVOCATES SAY
By: Jackie Crea
October 15, 2018
DENVER — Denver voters will have a lot to consider when they fill out their ballots over the next few weeks, including spending millions of dollars to help those who need mental health care through proposed Ordinance 301 or Caring 4 Denver.
Emergency responders and law enforcement face a growing problem. Every year in the U.S., 35,000 people become disabled or a danger to themselves because of a severe mental health crisis, according to Andrew Romanoff, CEO of Mental Health Colorado. He is one of many advocates of the ballot initiative.
"We turn our criminal justice system into a warehouse for people ...
SUMMIT DAILY LETTERS: A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH ON THE BALLOT
By: Andrew Romanoff
October 12, 2018
Suppose you just landed on earth.
You go looking for the most beautiful place on the planet, so you come to Colorado. But amid the majesty of the mountains, you find people dying by suicide — more than 1,000 each year. Thousands more are sleeping on the streets or languishing in prison cells.
Here in Summit County, the suicide rate is three times the national average. Adults in the county have the highest rate of binge drinking in Colorado.
We can be shocked by these statistics or we can change them. The good news: Summit County has a chance to change.
Measure 1A would invest $2 million per year over the ...
WHERE GOVERNOR, AG CANDIDATES STAND ON RED FLAG LAWS
By: Joe St. George
October 8, 2018
DENVER - When Deputy Zackari Parrish was killed during an ambush on New Years Eve all of Colorado grieved.
However those emotions did not get the Zackari Parrish Violence Prevention Act passed at the State Capitol earlier this year.
The bill, which would have allowed family members and law enforcement officers to go before judges and request guns be temporarily taken away from individuals who pose risks, failed in the Republican controlled state Senate.
With a new crop of politicians set to enter the Capitol in January, FOX31 was curious where do the top candidates stand on red flag laws-which ...
New Survey Finds Massive Support for Mental Health Reform
Majority of candidates support red flag laws, mental health in schools
DENVER, Oct. 10—Ninety-four percent of the candidates for governor and the state legislature support increasing mental health services in schools, and 83 percent said they support a “red flag” law, or extreme risk protection order.
Candidates for governor Jared Polis (D) and Walker Stapleton (R) agreed on adding mental health services in schools. Stapleton said one of his priorities is to continue improving the integration of mental and physical health care. Polis said he is committed to working with the legislature to pass a red flag law, but it must include critical ...
