Awarded Grants

$1,395,000 over 1 years to increase the areas of coverage of the STAR Program by increasing the number of EMT/Behavioral Health Clinician Teams and to increase the effectiveness of the engagements with people in need by providing linkages to short-term assistance and long-term follow-up care.

$340,022 over 1 years to increase the areas of coverage of the STAR Program by increasing the number of paramedic/behavioral health clinician teams and to increase the effectiveness of the engagements with people in need by providing linkages to short-term.

$698,019 over 1 years to increase the number of STAR-eligible calls responded to by increasing the number of EMT/behavioral health clinician teams and to increase the effectiveness of the engagements with people in need by providing linkages to short-term assistance and long-term follow-up care.

$1,530,845 over 1 years to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the STAR program by enhancing the wraparound care network. STAR will also add additional support pieces that are critical for its continued expansion.

$1,722,813 over 2 years for Denver Health’s school-based health centers to provide critical services to Denver youth to address the youth mental health crisis. A Crisis Intervention Team will respond to mental health needs from school personnel, hospital emergency rooms, and inpatient treatment within 24 hours.

$100,393 over 1 years for evaluation of TRUST, a new project to support care transitions for students at risk of suicide and to address traumatic events at schools within Denver Public Schools. This will support project implementation, monitoring, and assessment to inform project improvements and potential expansion.

$795,703 over 2 years to create a dedicated team to provide medication-assisted treatment for people with severe and persistent mental illness.

$208,141 over 1 years to adapt and pilot Eugene, Oregon’s community response program for Denver in partnership with Mental Health Center of Denver. This program, Support Team Assisted Response (STAR), is designed to provide mobile crisis response to mental health or substance misuse situations that do not require law enforcement response.

$349,326 over 1 years for the SAFER program, which disentangles homeless, high-risk of or justice-involved individuals, with unmet mental health/co-occurring disorders from the criminal legal system by providing onsite clinical and case management services, peer support, and adjunct therapies.

$99,008 over 1 years to create a mental health team to support scholars in this organization’s after school, and summer programs. This team will infuse recreation, art, and individual therapy based on youth and community voice.