CDHS recognizes Domestic Violence Month this October
Each year, in October, the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) joins advocates, survivors and supporters in recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM).
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OBH Partner Spotlight: Invest in Kids Launches Child First Serving Families
Sept. 24, 2021: Invest in Kids is an OBH sub-contractor receiving High-Risk Families Cash Funds to implement Child First—a national, evidence-based, two-generation, trauma-informed, home-visiting model that works with young children and their caregivers who are most impacted by systemic and structural inequities through intensive, home-based services. In this blog post, Child First Program Director Marisa A. Guillicksrud, LCSW, offers a glimpse into her team’s efforts to roll out the program’s first cohort.
Invitation to Comment on 2022-23 Behavioral Health Block Grant Application
Update Sept 1, 2022: A FFY2022/2023 grant application is now available for submission.
Sept. 1, 2021: The Office of Behavioral Health is seeking public comment on Colorado’s combined mental health and substance use federal block grant application for Federal Fiscal Year 2022-23. The deadline to submit comments is Oct. 1, 2021.
Servicios de La Raza reconoce el mes de la salud mental de BIPOC
Julio es el mes de Salud Mental por Black, Indigenous and People of Color. Para aprendar más de atención culturalmente receptiva, hablamos con Neva Martinez Ortega, MA, LPCC, and Anaisa Lua, MA, LPCC, dos prestadores con Servicios de La Raza. Servicios de La Raza es beneficiario de la Oficina de Salud Conductual y una cliníca de salud mental communidad.
Provider Spotlight: Servicios de La Raza Honors BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month
July 20, 2021: July is Black, Indigenous and People of Color Mental Health Awareness Month. To learn more about culturally-responsive care, we spoke to Neva Martinez Ortega, MA, LPCC, and Anaisa Lua, MA, LPCC, two providers with Servicios de La Raza. Servicios de La Raza is an Office of Behavioral Health grantee and a Community Mental Health Clinic.
Take Pride: Supporting Behavioral Health Needs of LGBTQIA+ Coloradans
June 24, 2021: As we amplify voices from Colorado’s LGBTQIA+ communities this Pride Month, we must also affirm and address individuals’ behavioral health needs.
Office of Behavioral Health 2021 Legislative Session Recap
Behavioral health was front of mind throughout the 2021 Legislative Session with the creation of several new behavioral health programs and increases to funding for current behavioral health services across Colorado for years to come.
State agencies partner to provide IDs to incarcerated Coloradans
Many people use their identification cards every day without much thought, but for those leaving Colorado’s jails, an ID is a ticket back into the community. Learn how the Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health and the Department of Revenue are teaming up to bring identification services directly to jails.
Applications Open to Increase Substance Use Disorder Service Capacity in Rural and Frontier Communities
May 19, 2021: Managed Service Organizations (MSOs) Signal Behavioral Health Network (Signal), West Slope Casa, and Diversus Health have posted grant application opportunities to increase substance use disorder capacity and services in rural and frontier communities. The funds for this opportunity are appropriated through House Bill 19-1287.
COVID-19 Has Taken a Toll: Behavioral Health Providers Can and Must Play an Important Role in Healing
May 10, 2021: For Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re spotlighting providers and advocates who are making a difference in our communities. Dr. Lisa Latts, M.D., Chief Medical Officer for Rocky Mountain Health Plans, discusses the role that behavioral health providers can play in helping each other heal as we begin to consider what comes after the pandemic.