May 2009
This month's updates come from:
- Colorado LINKS for Mental Health
- Building Bridges for Children's Mental Health
- Colorado Association for Infant Mental Health
- Colorado Consumer Health Initiative
- Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
- Colorado System of Care Collaborative
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Colorado LINKS for Mental Health
- LINKS has created full Proceedings and an Executive Summary from the Big Meeting IV, including questions from participants. We plan to share answers to some of these questions with the Big Meeting participants and others who may be interested in the progress of the LINKS Initiative. To download the full proceedings and executive summary, please go to http://www.csi-policy.org/links/index.html
- The Family and Youth Involvement Workbook for Boards is drafted! The workbook will promote authentic partnerships with families and youth in policymaking settings by providing boards and councils with concrete skills to improve their partnership abilities. We are looking forward to piloting it during the summer with groups like the Developmental Disabilities Council, the Advisory Committee on Homeless Youth, the 1451 Steering Committee, and the Child and Family Subcommittee of the Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council.
For more information, please contact Jewlya Lynn at Jewlya@csi-policy.org .
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Building Bridges for Children's Mental Health
- Building Bridges and The MacArthur Project are sponsoring two sessions of Mental Health First Aid Training between May 26th and 28th in Mesa County for 48 participants including schools, juvenile justice, child welfare, and families. The Mental Health First Aid Training is designed to give participants key skills to help someone who is developing a behavioral a health issue or experiencing a behavioral health crisis.
For more information, please contact Barb Bieber at Bieber_B@cde.state.co.us
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Colorado Association for Infant Mental Health
- The Colorado Association for Infant Mental Health Proudly Presents The 3rd Annual Robert J. Harmon Memorial Lecture! This year, the guest speaker is Dr. Robert Emde. The lecture will be held Tuesday June 2nd, 2009 at 6:00pm at The Children’s Hospital- 13123 East 16th Avenue; Aurora, CO 80045, Mt. Princeton Conference Room – 2nd Floor. It is free for COAIMH members, and $5.00 for nonmembers. Appetizers will be served.
For more information, please click here to see the save-the-date.
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Colorado Consumer Health Initiative
- Colorado Voices for Coverage and the Colorado Center on Law and Policy have just released The Cost of Care: Can Coloradans Afford Health Care. This report is based on data collected from over 21 communities, over 90 Affordability Budget Workshops and surveys of more than 1000 people. The Colorado Consumer Health Initiative is hosting for a presentation on The Cost of Care and a discussion about the policy implications of this research and some of the potential next steps. Presenters will include Kelli Keck, Field Organizer, Colorado Consumer Health Initiative; Liz Feder, Health Policy Analyst, Colorado Center on Law and Policy; and Jason McKain, Co-Executive Director, Colorado Progressive Coalition. The presentation will be held Tuesday June 9th from 2:30-4:30pm at the Gill Foundation, 2215 Market Street, Denver, CO 80205.
To learn more or to RSVP, please go to http://ga3.org/co_health_initiative/events/affordabilityforum/details.tcl
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Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
- The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing have awarded Behavioral Health Organization (BHO) contracts to Access Behavioral Care (ABC-Denver); Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. (BHI-east Metro); Colorado Health Partnerships (CHP-southern/western Colorado); Foothills Behavioral Health Partnerships (FBHP-west Metro); and Northeast Behavioral Health Partnerships (NBHP-northeast Colorado). FBHP and NBHP are new partnerships formed from the current contractors and Value Options.
For more information, please contact Marceil Case at marceil.case@state.co.us
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Colorado System of Care Collaborative
- The next meeting of the Colorado System of Care Collaborative will be an opportunity to discuss Argosy University's research with The Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health Colorado Chapter. The meeting will also host the Voice and Choice Committee. The meeting is June 5th, from 9:30 – 11:30am, with a new member orientation from 9 – 9:30am, at The Tennyson Center for Children, 2950 Tennyson Street, Denver 80212.
For more information, please contact Margie Grimsley at m_grimsley@msn.com
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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 Jewlya Lynn at Jewlya@CSI-Policy.org.
