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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...