fbpx

Awarded Grants

City and County of Denver - Department of Public Health & Environment

Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) Program Expansion

$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.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Alternatives to Jail – City Allocation
Year Approved:
2021

City and County of Denver - Department of Public Health & Environment

Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) Program Expansion

$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.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Alternatives to Jail – City Allocation
Year Approved:
2022

City and County of Denver - Department of Public Health & Environment

Support Team Assisted Response expansion

$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.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Alternatives to Jail – City Allocation
Year Approved:
2023

City and County of Denver - Department of Public Health & Environment

Support Team Assisted Response Expansion

$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.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Alternatives to Jail – City Allocation
Year Approved:
2024

Denver Health Foundation

Youth Crisis Team Response and 2 STEP

$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.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Innovative
Year Approved:
2023

Caring for Denver Foundation

Denver Health’s School-Based Health Centers’ Therapeutic Response and Urgent Stabilization Team (TRUST) Evaluation

$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.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Innovative
Year Approved:
2023

WellPower

Medication Assisted Treatment for People with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness

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

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Care Provision
Year Approved:
2022

City and County of Denver - Denver Police Department

STAR Program

$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.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Alternatives to Jail – City Allocation
Year Approved:
2020

Mental Health Colorado

Solutions for Achieving Fast Effective Response (SAFER) for Denver Justice-Involved Homeless

$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.

City Council District:
Denver Citywide
Focus Area:
Alternatives to Jail
Year Approved:
2023

Scholars Unlimited

Scholars Unlimited Mental Health Team

$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.

City Council District:
2,
6,
8,
11
Focus Area:
Youth
Year Approved:
2024