mental health colorado
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58 lawmakers get perfect score from Mental Health Colorado, 3 get zeros
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More than half of Colorado lawmakers received perfect scores for their work addressing mental health issues during the 2023 legislative session. The advocacy organization Mental Health Colorado released its annual legislative scorecard on Thursday. In addition to grading each lawmaker, the report applauded the session, as a whole, for taking steps to “remove systemic barriers…
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COVER STORY | Kids’ mental health challenged in a culture of guns
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Dec. 14 marks nine years since Jane Dougherty told her sister hello and goodbye, but for a disturbed young man’s access to guns in Newtown, Connecticut, a New England village that was decked out for a Christmas, that was emotionally obliterating. Her older sister, Mary Sherlach, a school psychologist, was in the principal’s office that…
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Herod, Michaelson-Jenet get high-profile praise for mental health advocacy
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Colorado Reps. Leslie Herod, D-Denver, and Dafna Michaelson-Jenet, D-Commerce City, were honored Wednesday for their work on mental health issues. They were lauded at Mental Health America’s Regional Policy Council breakfast in Los Angeles, coinciding with the National Conference of State Legislators’ Summit. Herod, who is leading a sales tax ballot measure called Caring 4…
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IN RESPONSE | State Senate GOP’s opposition to ‘red flag’ policy made no sense
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I am respectfully responding to my colleague and friend state Sen. John Cooke’s recent op-ed regarding the “red flag” legislation introduced this session. Red flag laws save lives. When a person is in crisis, loved ones and law enforcement are often the first to see signs that they pose a threat. The bi-partisan proposal we…
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Pending legislation would ensure children can access mental-health treatment
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What would you do if you had to give up your child in order to access mental health services? For some Coloradans, this is a reality. Colorado ranked 48th in the country for overall youth mental health, according to Mental Health America’s 2018 “The State of Mental Health in America” report. This same report estimates that…
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Denver voters could decide on sales tax for mental health, addiction
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DENVER – Voters in Denver this November could decide on a 0.25 percent sales tax to support mental health and addiction services. The 10-year tax would raise $45 million annually to help steer people into care and away from much more expensive jail cells and hospital beds, said state Rep. Leslie Herod, D-Denver, joined by…
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Gubernatorial candidates talk mental health, substance abuse at bipartisan forum
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DENVER – A stage full of gubernatorial candidates agreed on the importance of addressing issues surrounding mental health and substance abuse, but some differed sharply on their approaches at a bipartisan forum devoted to the topics on Friday in Denver. “This issue is literally a matter of life and death,” said Andrew Romanoff, president of…
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Mental Health Colorado sets March forum for Colorado’s gubernatorial candidates
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The nonpartisan Mental Health Colorado is conducting its inaugural forum for gubernatorial candidates on March 23, the nonprofit’s president and CEO, former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, announced this week. “We’re inviting the contenders for Colorado’s top job to tell us how they would improve care for people with mental health and substance use disorders,” Romanoff…
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Colorado state Rep. Clarice Navarro resigning House seat to take Farm Service Agency post with Trump administration
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Colorado state Rep. Clarice Navarro, a Pueblo Republican, plans to resign her seat on Nov. 12 after being appointed executive director of the Colorado Farm Service Agency by the Trump administration, she announced Friday night on Facebook. “I leave with mixed emotions, but I’m confident I’ll be able to continue my fight for agriculture and…
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Colorado ski-resort county hopes to tax pot to fund mental health services
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When Eagle County Public Health and Environment director Chris Lindley moved up to the Vail Valley from Denver a few months ago, he was stunned to learn his new home doesn’t have a single bed for people dealing with mental health or substance abuse issues. “Being new to the county and coming up here from…
