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7 News 10/14/18 In Denver, one of those issues is being called Caring 4 Denver, which would raise $45 million every year to fund mental health and addiction services for children and adults by adding a 25-cent tax on every $100 in purchases. On this...

10/13/18 Caring 4 Denver will appear at the end of ballots in Denver as Initiated Ordinance 301 and will be a one-quarter-of 1 percent sales and use tax increase (25 cents on a $100-dollar purchase), and raise $45 million per year, to be used for improving the...

Colorado Politics 8/31/18 Caring 4 Denver will create a culture of change in our community. We can create a conversation where opioid addiction is destigmatized and help is available for those who need and want it. We have the power to make Denver one of the success...

CPR John Daley, 8/23/18 A Denver ballot initiative could bring in tens of millions of dollars a year to help people  with mental health and substance disorder issues. State Rep. Leslie Herod, a Denver Democrat, is spearheading the “Caring 4 Denver” campaign....

Colorado Politics, 8/22/18 A request for a 0.25 percent sales tax for mental health services and addiction treatment qualified for the November ballot in Denver Tuesday. The measure is expected to raise $45 million to improve “the quality, availability and...

Westword Chris Walker, 8/10/18 The initiative’s sponsors say that the money would address numerous public health and criminal justice crises facing the Denver area, such as extremely high suicide rates, increasing opioid overdoses, and elevated recidivism...

Colorado Public Television, 8/10/18 “This looks like the big winner on the Denver ballot.” -Patricia Calhoun Patricia Calhoun, Justine Sandoval, Ross Kaminsky, Dave Kopel and host Dominic Dezzutti discuss Caring4Denver on Colorado...

Denverite Esteban L. Hernandez, 8/1/18 “People from all walks of life have come together to support mental health and addiction treatment for our friends, family members and neighbors,” Herod said. “We have countless stories of people walking past one of our...

Colorado Politics Brandon Turner, 7/12/18

Westword -Michael Roberts, 6/14/18 Denver District Attorney Beth McCann is also a Caring 4 Denver booster. Herod says the DA understands that “what we’re doing right now doesn’t work and it’s costly; it diverts the attention of law enforcement from other safety needs...

Denver Channel 7 Molly Hendrickson, 6/14/18 Representative Leslie Herod discusses the Caring 4 Denver initiative and how it will help people in Denver.

CBS 4 News Alan Gionet, 6/14/18 News coverage of the Caring 4 Denver campaign launch.

DU Clarion Elizabeth Lochhead, 4/30/18 Therefore, more funding for mental health and substance abuse services is itself a possible way to spend more efficiently. Yes, this will likely require an increase in sales tax, but taxpayers are already spending for high...

Denverite Andrew Kenney, 4/5/18 The Mental Health Center of Denver is partnering with state Rep. Leslie Herod to campaign for a half-billion dollars of new spending on mental health, addiction services and housing over the next decade. They want local voters to...

Denver Post Jesse Paul, 4/5/18 Backers of the effort, including Rep. Leslie Herod, D-Denver, the Mental Health Center of Denver and Mental Health Colorado, say it’s a necessary step to create a sustainable way to help struggling people in Denver and...

Westword Ana Campbell, 4/5/18 Resources to treat mental-health issues and substance abuse are woefully limited in Colorado. One in every ten residents lives in a place with little or no access to medication-assisted substance-abuse treatment, while across the...

CBS 4 News Mark Ackerman, 4/5/18 State lawmaker Leslie Herod, a Democrat representing Denver, is appealing directly to City of Denver voters to help people with mental health and substance abuse problems. Standing on the west steps of the state Capitol on Thursday,...

Colorado Politics Joey Bunch, 4/5/18 “I think the most tragic part of it all is that people who know they need help can’t get it,” said Herod, who has worked extensively on the issue in the statehouse. Robert Clark, the president and CEO of the Mental Health...

CPR John Daley, 4/5/18 A ballot initiative in Denver could bring in tens of millions of dollars a year to help those with mental health and substance disorder issues. State lawmaker Leslie Herod, a Denver Democrat, is spearheading the “Caring 4 Denver” campaign....

CBS 4 Denver, 4/4/18 Mental health, substance abuse and affordable housing groups have said for years that resources in Denver are limited. A group called Caring for Denver wants that to change. They are proposing raising the sales tax to pay for such services. The...