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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.

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.

May 1, 2021: For Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re spotlighting providers and advocates who are making a difference in our communities. Shannon Secrest wants you to know that while her experience is complex, it’s not unique.

April 22, 2021: On April 20, Governor Jared Polis signed House Bill 21-1130 into law. The bi-partisan bill expands the Transition Specialist Program (TSP), which facilitates the transition of children and adults from various behavioral health and substance use treatment settings to community living.

May 10, 2021: For Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re spotlighting providers and advocates who are making a difference in our communities. We spoke to Jessica Purcel, Director of Programs and Community Outreach at Thriving Families, to learn about their unique approach supporting maternal mental health. MotherWise is a community partner of Tough as a Mother, an initiative of OBH.

March 26, 2021: The Office of Behavioral Health's Jail Based Behavioral Health Services (JBBS) in collaboration with Forensic Services and jail providers has expanded services to incarcerated individuals who have been court-ordered to and are awaiting admission to inpatient competency restoration. JBBS currently has contracts with 10 counties to provide the enhanced competency services. Learn how JBBS is serving more than 90% of Colorado’s competency-involved inmates through this program.

Feb. 25, 2021: As we celebrate our state’s diverse Black and African American communities this month, it’s important we back up words with action.

Feb. 22, 2021: This Black History Month, we are spotlighting a provider who is leading the charge for culturally competent behavioral health care. We spoke with Dawn Davenport, Ph.D and Vice President of Child and Family Services at Mental Health Center of Denver, to learn more about the organization's work to support families.

Jan. 28, 2021: Colorado has seen an increase in the social consumption of alcohol and cannabis during the pandemic. It is no wonder. When we feel stressed, scared, lonely, angry or just need to take the edge off, alcohol and cannabis are easy to get and effective at calming us down. Here we discuss ideas on how to establish and maintain a healthy relationship with substances.

Dec. 18, 2020: On a chilly November day, residents of The Circle, a Mind Springs Health program in Clifton, Colorado, gathered themselves—fittingly—into a circle. Wearing masks and sitting six feet apart, clients celebrated the first graduate who had successfully completed treatment for his co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.