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Readers Invited to A Discussion of Colorado’s Behavioral Health Safety Net Gaps
The Colorado News Collaborative to which Ark Valley Voice (AVV) belongs has scheduled a Mental Health Safety Net Engagement Event from 5:30 p.m. to...
Colorado Legislature Orders Audit of State’s 17 Nonprofit Community Mental Health Centers
As early as today, March 22, the Colorado Legislative Audit Committee may see the first draft of a bill from the State Auditor that would authorize...
Solvista Health: “We Know Who we are and What We Stand For”
Solvista Health Focused on Community Needs in its Four-County Region A conversation with Solvista Heath Centers CEO Brian Turner is bound to be...
Colorado to Receive Up to $2.4 Million to Help Implement Updated National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 9-8-8
Funding from the American Rescue Plan Will Help States Implement a Bennet-Backed Bill to Shorten National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to 9-8-8 On...
On Edge: State Mental Health Safety Net is “Failing” Coloradans. Will planned reforms fix or further the problems?
We learned that Colorado, the state with the nation’s highest rate of adult mental illness and lowest access to care, has been giving those 17 centers non-compete contracts and a privileged rate status for nearly 60 years, without meaningful oversight.
Letter to the Editor: Town of BV Thanks Mt. Olivet Volunteers
The Town of Buena Vista Administration and Board of Trustees would like to thank the staff, individuals, church groups, and organizations that...
Letter to the Editor: Celebrating National Public Health Week in an Epic Time
Dear Editor: Helen Keller once said, “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” This is especially true in the profession of public...
On Edge: A Statewide Mental Health Conversation March 18
The past year of pandemic stress has taken its toll on most Americans in ways that many are just beginning to face. A year into the pandemic,...
On Edge: COVID Pandemic and Domestic Violence Make Easy Acquaintances
Leadville is a small enough place that Marsha can shop for groceries or walk around town and pick out the women who are going through hell. She...
A Denver COVID survivor finds her footing amid her fears
Until this year, Elizabeth Torres would not have called herself a particularly anxious person. Stressed, sure. Who wasn’t? Everyone has ups and...
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