1046 results for author: Mental Health Colorado

No joke

February 9, 2018 Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Two Democrats and two Republicans walk into a room. A brawl doesn’t break out. There’s no punchline here—just a welcome display of bipartisanship. That’s the story behind House Bill 1094, one of our top priorities in this year’s legislative session. The bill, sponsored by Reps. Leslie Herod (D-Denver) and Cole Wist (R-Centennial) and Sens. Beth Martinez Humenik (R-Thornton) and Dominick Moreno (D-Commerce City), would reauthorize the Child Mental Health Treatment Act, which is due to expire next year. The law provides community, residential, and transitional mental ...

IN ADDRESSING EAGLE COUNTY’S MENTAL HEALTH CARE VOID, PROGRESS IS SLOW, BUT STEADY

By Matt Bloom - KUNC MORNING EDITION, January 30, 2018 At a public health meeting in Eagle County, where frustrated mothers sat next to uniformed sheriff’s deputies and tired doctors, Chris Lindley, the county’s public health director, tried to wrap his head around how things could have gotten so bad. “I can promise you nobody in this room can tell the rest of us all the mental health services, systems, how someone gets into them and how they all work together,” he said. “Can anybody describe that?” Silence. Lindley paused before answering his question. “No way....

On the menu

February 2, 2018 Put 100 people in a gold-domed building. Add a mix of ideologies, a dash of political intrigue, and $30 billion. Simmer for 120 days. That’s a recipe for Colorado’s 71st General Assembly, whose second regular session is now underway. What’s cooking? We invite you to find out: join Mental Health Colorado on Tuesday, Feb. 6 for a live webinar. Even if you can’t make it then, you can track—and shape—the legislature’s decisions by visiting our new advocacy page. Follow key bills, contact state lawmakers, and learn more about mental health and substance use policy. On this month’s docket: proposals to curb ...

A question

January 26, 2018 Why didn’t you get the mental health care you needed? The Colorado Health Institute posed that question in a recent statewide survey. The answer from an estimated 90,000 Coloradans: “I was worried about what would happen if someone found out.” That’s a large and troubling number—and it doesn’t seem to be going down. A similar share of the population cited the same concern five years ago. The question for all of us: What can we do about it? First, we can make good on the laws we’ve passed. The law bans discrimination on the basis of mental health and substance use disorders, but any law is just a paper ...

OPIOID CRISIS: STATE LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE SEVERAL BILLS

DENVER - State lawmakers introduce a series of bills to combat the opioid crisis in Colorado. 7News takes a closer look at the proposals.  

Donate over phone or mail

DONATE BY MAIL Send contributions to: Mental Health Colorado at 303 E. 17th Ave., Floor 4, Denver, Colorado 80203 DONATE BY PHONE Call 317.432.1012

Donate stock

Publicly traded securities are great assets to give. They are easily valued without an appraisal, and easy to transfer. Donating appreciated securities before they are sold typically results in a tax advantage. A tax deduction is normally allowed based on the market value at the time of the gift. Since the deduction is based on current value, rather than cost, no tax is paid on the appreciation. Mental Health Colorado Stock Transfer Details Account is held at Morgan Stanley Account Name: Mental Health America of Colorado DTC Number: 0015 Account Number: 015-357063 Please make sure to contact our office with your intentions ...

Monthly Giving

Monthly giving is the best way to provide a reliable source of funding for Mental Health Colorado. As a monthly donor, your donation can be charged to your credit or debit card on the same day each month. You can increase, decrease, or cancel your donation at any time. At the end of each year, we will send you a written acknowledgement of your monthly donations received during the calendar year for your state and federal taxes. Please contact Kay Greene at 720.208.2239 or kgreene@mentalhealthcolorado.org with any questions.

Planned Giving

Your Legacy Your legacy is your statement to the world on what matters to you. Making a legacy gift to Mental Health Colorado shares your belief that mental health is vital to an individual's health and well-being. A gift to Mental Health Colorado through your will or other estate plan lets you continue your support of Mental Health Colorado as our state's  leading  mental health advocacy organization. A gift to Mental Health Colorado offers potential tax benefits to you, to your estate and/or to your heirs. Prior to making any decision about a planned gift, please be sure to consult your attorney and other professional advisors. Please ...

A little more spark

January 19, 2018 “A little less conversation, a little more action, please.” Congress could take a lesson from Elvis Presley. As the federal government teeters on the edge of a shutdown, “all this aggravation ain’t satisfactioning me.” That’s good advice for anyone who wants to make a difference. At Mental Health Colorado, we measure our success not by the number of meetings we hold or speeches we give, but by the number of Coloradans who get the mental health care they need. By that measure, we have a lot of work to do. Half a million Coloradans still go without care. What can you do about it? (1) Storm the State ...