May 2024 – ‘Past Responses to Mental Health’
Anne E. Parsons – Professor of History at UNC, Author of ‘From Asylum to Prison’

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April 2024 – ‘BEAT Meth: Addressing Methamphetamine Addiction in Colorado Communities’
Scott A. Simpson, MD MPH, JJ Keller, Alia Al-Tayyib, PhD, Deborah Rinehart, PhD

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March 2024 –  ‘Supporting the Justice-Involved to Successfully Reintegrate into the Community’
Tina Gonzales, PhD – Carelon, Southeastern Colorado

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Monthly Dispatch is the evolution of Mental Health Colorado’s Monthly Reports & Updates meeting, which convened Coloradans across the state working to disentangle mental health and criminal justice.

 

  • 2023 Recordings
    • June, 2023: Kelley Terrell from Mile High Behavioral Healthcare
    • April, 2023: Amy Thurston & Joel Watts from the Integrated Insight Therapy IMPACT Team
    • March, 2023: Sgt. Michael Vogler from Denver Police Department on Crisis Intervention Training
    • February, 2023: Adam Goss from SAFER Opportunities
    • January, 2023: Vincent Atchity from #CareNotCuffs
  • 2022 Recordings
    • November, 2022: Dr. Sarah Axelrath from Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
    • October, 2022: Judge Susan Blanco & Colleagues from the 8th Judicial District Court Bench
    • September, 2022: Dana Kreindler, Amanda Klahr, Ashley Hill, & Carrie Pink from Denver Health Authority Psychiatric Services
    • July, 2022: Judge Elizabeth Leith from Denver Probate Court
    • June, 2022: Lt. Daric Gutzwiller from Summit County Sheriff’s Department re: SMART
    • May, 2022: Sarah Ericson, Director of Diversion Counseling Program, 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office
    • April, 2022: Neil Gowensmith and Dan Murrie, Competency Restoration Process
    • March, 2022: Michelle Muething, Executive Director, Aspen Hope Center
    • February, 2022: Lisa Raville, Executive Director, Harm Reduction Action Center
  • 2021 Recordings
    • October, 2021: Lynn Unger, Denver County Courts
    • September, 2021: Amanda Myers & Kathryn Davis, OBH Forensic Support Team
    • August, 2021: Amanda Edwards, OBH Forensic Services Court Services & Competency Evaluations
    • May, 2021: Judge Jonathan Shamis, Lake County
    • April, 2021: Kiara Kuenzler, Jefferson Center for Mental Health; Mary Pike, Jefferson County Co-Responder Programs Supervisor; Melanie Thornton, Arvada Co-responder Program

 

Please reach out to carenotcuffs@mentalhealthcolorado.org with any questions or suggestions.