1041 results for author: Mental Health Colorado

Organization of the Year: Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners

Launched as a community project in metropolitan Denver a decade ago, Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners now provides more than 100,000 Coloradans with a first and vital safety net via immediate 24/7 telephonic and chat assessment, triage, and follow-up services delivered by mental health professionals and trained peer specialists. As the gateway to Colorado’s Crisis Services program, RMCP coordinates closely with other Crisis Services components, including mobile crisis teams and walk-in centers. In addition, hundreds of agencies, mental health practices, and community programs utilize RMCP as their primary behavioral health resource.

Jewish Family Service, Refugee Mental Health Program

The Refugee Mental Health Program began in 2006 to help those who had fled their countries because of war, oppression, religious persecution, or ethnic conflicts. These refugees struggle with acculturation, language barriers, unfamiliar surroundings, financial stressors, and loss of identities, homes, and professions. Many were victims of torture or gender-based violence. A team of six dedicated mental health professionals has worked with more than 200 clients in the past year. According to JFS, the clients “gain confidence and life skills, learn to smile, laugh, socialize, find employment, acculturate, and integrate. It is not an easy or fast ...

Aspen Hope Center

The nonprofit Hope Center serves the Roaring Fork Valley through crisis prevention, including education and school-based programs; crisis response, in partnership with law enforcement and EMS; crisis intervention; crisis stabilization; and crisis recovery. The Center also operates a 24-hour HopeLine, answered locally by experienced and licensed clinicians. According to the Hope Center, “51 people in 2016 were saved from suicide. All 51 had a plan, means and intent to end their lives, but they trusted our staff and clinicians. None were sent to a facility outside of the valley; instead, they had professionals devise a safety plan, and they worked ...

Individual of the Year: Mike Butler

Chief, Longmont Public Safety Chief Butler has initiated several programs to address the mental health needs of his community. The Edge Program pairs mental health professionals with Longmont police to reduce ER visits and jail time. The Angel Program enables people with substance use disorders to relinquish drugs and/or paraphernalia to the Public Safety Center without fear of arrest or legal consequences. Angel volunteers help participants obtain shelter and connect them with treatment providers. Each Sunday, Chief Butler and his volunteer team walk local at-risk neighborhoods to promote safety and link residents with resources. Chief Butler also ...

Adam: Increasing compassion

The views and opinions expressed in following story are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Mental Health Colorado. August 6, 2015 began like any normal day before it until my mom called my cell phone roughly around 11:00. I knew something was wrong because she rarely calls me unless there’s a problem. Little did know that my world was about to be turned upside down and changed forever. Mom’s voice was shaking as she told me that Dad had fallen at home and he was being taken to the hospital. Their neighbor, my mom’s first cousin, found him lying on the floor in my parents’ kitchen.  My mom was out of town. ...

Mental Health Colorado hiring regional coordinators across state

POSTED BY J. ADRIAN STANLEY A leading mental health advocacy group plans to hire “regional coordinators” across the state to help identify and address issues on a local level. And the first coordinator being hired is a half-time position for the Pikes Peak Region. Andrew Romanoff, president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado, a nonprofit advocacy group that’s a branch of Mental Health America, spoke to the Independent about the new program during a visit to the Springs. He said the new coordinator will focus on understanding barriers to mental health care, effective solutions, and changes the nonprofit can drive on public opinion and ...

Mental Health Colorado adds coordinator in Pikes Peak Region

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) -- We know that teen suicide is a public health emergency in our community. Now one non-profit group is working to put a coordinator in the Pikes Peak region to help combat the problem. Katie Pelton sits down with Mental Health Colorado President & CEO Andrew Romanoff. Mental Health Colorado is adding a coordinator to cover El Paso and Teller counties. They will live here and work here, learning what the real issues are that face our community. Colorado has one of the highest suicide rates in the country. The group wants to focus on more prevention and early intervention when it comes to mental ...

Data Sources

Data Descriptions with Hyperlinks 2019

Five years after the Aurora theater shooting, what’s the status of mental health care?

  DENVER -- It's an outcome of the Aurora Theater Shooting we don't talk about a lot. What happened that July night changed lives forever, but it also forever changed how Colorado helps those dealing with mental health crises. Following the mass shooting that took the lives of 12 innocent victims, lawmakers passed a bill to fund a statewide mental health crisis response system. It created a 24/7 hotline, a mobile crisis team, eleven 24-hour walk in care centers, and short-term respite care to help those in crisis. Five years later, Denver7 looks at what's working, who its helped and the future of the program. Colorado's 24/7 ...

KOSI Radio interviews Andrew Romanoff with Mental Health Colorado

Listen as Adam Morgan speaks with Andrew Romanoff, the President & CEO of Mental Health Colorado, and Jen Marnowski, Director of Communications, about mental wellness.