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Colorado DHS agrees to Pueblo meeting about CMHIP
From the FULL COVERAGE: CMHIP in crisis series
BY PETER ROPER THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN PROPER@CHIEFTAIN.COM
Top state officials responsible for the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo will have a town hall meeting in Pueblo next month to discuss the chronic staffing problems at the hospital.
Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne and state Rep. Daneya Esgar, D-Pueblo, said they had each gotten the commitment for an October meeting from Reggie Bicha, director of the Colorado Department of Human Services.
Bicha and other DHS administrators had a series of public meetings around the state this summer but conspicuously didn't schedule one in Pueblo, despite ...
Mental Health Colorado addresses crisis at mental hospital, state needs
BY NAT STEIN
The Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo (CMHIP) treats pretty challenging patients — some referred from community health centers and some referred from the court system (if they're found "not guilty by reason of insanity" or their competency to stand trial is questioned, as in the case of Robert Dear Jr., the admitted Planned Parenthood shooter, who's currently committed to CMHIP). But the 449-bed, state-run hospital needs some help of its own.
The Pueblo Chieftain's Peter Roper has been following this protracted story that took a dire turn earlier this summer when state inspectors found that CMHIP was short about a ...
Nonprofit addresses mental health workforce shortage
By Adam Uhernik
PUEBLO, Colo. (KKTV) - The nonprofit Mental Health Colorado recently brought health care leaders around one table in Pueblo to brainstorm ideas on how to close the mental health workforce shortage and gap.
"There aren't enough people going into the field of providing mental healthcare and there is not enough people staying in that field. We are trying to find out how to close that gap," said president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado, Andrew Romanoff.
The issue came to the public's attention during the summer when the State Hospital in Pueblo found itself in danger of losing federal funding because there wasn't enough ...
Elaine Gantz Berman
Elaine Gantz Berman has dedicated her professional work and community service to improving the lives of Colorado's children. In January, 2015, she completed eight years on the Colorado State Board of Education, and, previously served for eight years on the Denver Board of Education, including four years as its President.
Prior to serving in elected office, Elaine also worked for 18 years as a program officer at the Denver-based Piton Foundation, focusing on a wide spectrum of children's issues including adoption, child advocacy, child poverty, teen pregnancy, child abuse and neglect, child health, and public education. She has served on numerous ...
Michael Touff
Michael Touff has been the senior vice president and general counsel of M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (MDC), a Denver-based New York Stock Exchange listed homebuilder, for almost 20 years. MDC builds and sells single family homes throughout the United States. Prior to joining MDC, Mr. Touff practiced law in Denver with Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe and with Holmes & Starr.
Mr. Touff has been a trustee of the Boys and Girls Club Metro Denver since 1980. He has served on the board of a number of community nonprofits including most recently, the Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado and the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute for Cancer Research. He serves as ...
Stephen Berman
Stephen Berman, MD, FAAP, is a Professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health. He also holds an endowed Chair in Academic General Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital Colorado and is a past President of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. Berman has carried out many international research projects and has served as special advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). He has also served as a consultant to the Ministry of Health of many countries throughout the ...
Pegi Touff
Dr. Pegi Touff has been on the Mental Health Colorado Board of Directors for nine years.
She also serves on the organization's Development Committee which works year-round to help Mental Health Colorado generate support and increase visibility in communities across the state. She has served on several other boards and committees helping to direct and support mental health organizations.
She is now retired after 25 years in private practice as a clinical psychologist, during which time she was also an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver.
She and her husband, Michael, live in Denver ...
Mental Health Colorado offers help for kids and teens going back to school
COLORADO SPRINGS - by Bill Fulsom
Along with new clothes and supplies there is a suggestion for parents to pay attention to their kids mental health as they head back to school. The non-profit group Mental Health Colorado is offering some on-line help. Through MentalHealthColorado.org there are a few tools for parents to check on their kids mental wellness.
There is a section called screening. Within the category there is a list of numerous potential mental illness issues. Each one links to a short doctor approved screening test. It is not a diagnosis but it may offer some direction if a parent is concerned about their child’s mental ...
Opioid treatment funding
Mental Health Colorado's President and CEO Andrew Romanoff talks about federal funding and the opioid crisis with 9News.
