June 2008
This month's updates come from:
- Colorado LINKS for Mental Health
- Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council
- Colorado Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Mental Health Task Force
- Colorado System of Care Collaborative
- Colorado Access to Recovery
- Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
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Colorado LINKS for Mental Health
- LINKS is pulling together board development materials specific to family and youth involvement in policy settings. The LINKS staff will extend an invitation to any of the groups listed in the Guidebook to Interagency Planning Initiatives (available at: http://www.csi-policy.org/links/) to receive free technical assistance as they develop or enhance their family and youth involvement.
- LINKS is taking the first steps on implementing the action plan items related to budgets, funding, and finance. Thank you to all the BIG Meeting III participants who provided insight and ideas to guide the work of this leadership group.
For more information, please contact Anne-Marie Braga at anne-marie.braga@state.co.us
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Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council
- The Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC) now has a newsletter, a new service whose purpose is to improve awareness, understanding and support for the thousands of our friends, family, and co-workers who face behavioral health issues today and the thousands of other people who will face these challenges in the future. CBHC is a nonprofit membership organization that represents Colorado's statewide network of community behavioral healthcare providers (including 17 community mental health centers, two specialty clinics, and five behavioral health organizations). For more information, please visit www.cbhc.org.
For more information, please contact Doyle Forrestal at dforrestal@cbhc.org
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Colorado Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Mental Health Task Force
- The Colorado Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing's Mental Health and Substance Abuse Task Force is disseminating a survey on access to services for this population. If you provide mental health or substance abuse services, your participation would be greatly appreciated! Also, please forward the survey to any consumers who are deaf/hard of hearing or their family members. Please access the survey at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=f_2bxssNk8Se9lqULAPNi9NQ_3d_3
For more information, please contact Jewlya Lynn at Research@CSI-Policy.org
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Colorado System of Care Collaborative
- At the next Colorado System of Care Collaborative meeting, speakers from the Governor's Office of Policy and Initiatives will discuss the Governor's focus for the next year of health and mental health. The meeting will be Friday, August 1st, at the Tennyson Center for Children from 9:30 -- 11:30 am (no meeting in July).
For more information, please contact Marjorie Grimsley at m_grimsley@msn.com
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Colorado Access to Recovery
- Colorado Access to Recovery (ATR) is a federally funded initiative expanding access to substance abuse treatment and recovery support services to over 6,000 people over a three-year period. The Colorado Office of the Governor, in conjunction with the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD) have been awarded a three-year grant by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to expand existing treatment capacity, increase client choice of treatment provider, and enhance the participation of community and faith-based organizations in providing support for individuals with substance abuse problems.
- For a no cost assessment and access to services, please refer consumers to 1-888-CARE-616 (888-227-3616) or 303-953-4053.
For more information, please contact atr@omni.org.
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Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
- As mentioned last month, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing is requesting comments on its draft Request for Proposals (RFP) to administer and operate the Colorado Medicaid Community Mental Health Services Program (Mental Health Program). The draft RFP and exhibits have now been published on the Department Web site at: http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/HCPF/web/draftrfp.asp. The public comment period will be from June 10th through July 3rd, 2008. The Department is hosting a series of public forums to invite stakeholders to ask questions and provide feedback on the Draft RFP. Meeting times and locations are posted on the Department's website at the URL above.
For more information, please contact Marceil Case at Marceil.Case@state.co.us
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To be included in next month's LINKING YOU, please send us your planning or organization group's name, contact info, up to three bullets of one sentence each, and where possible, a link to more information.
Brought to you by the Colorado LINKS for Mental Health Initiative. For more information about the Initiative, please contact Anne-Marie Braga at anne-marie.braga@state.co.us.
