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Contentious back-and-forth follows miscommunication, grant denial for NAMI Colorado Springs
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After what El Paso County Sheriff Joe Roybal described as a miscommunication, the National Alliance on Mental Illness Colorado Springs will not receive funding for a school-based addiction prevention program. The Region 16 Opioid Abatement Council granted and then revoked almost $40,000 in grant funding during its April meeting that NAMI Colorado Springs had expected…
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New suicide-prevention program for military veterans, families gets underway in Colorado Springs
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At least one military veteran or active-duty service member died by suicide every week in El Paso County last year, according to the coroner’s 2021 investigative death report released Tuesday. “The number is upsetting,” said Damian McCabe, director of behavioral health-military affairs for UCHealth, which operates three hospitals and numerous clinics in Colorado Springs. Of…
