by Albani Berryhill | Jun 5, 2023 | Community-Centered Solutions, Homepage featured
https://youtu.be/sQNu0Z8TBYs Think 360 Arts for Learning engages Coloradans of all ages in innovative arts programming that inspires creativity, builds community, & advances equity. Caring for Denver funded the Creative Aging program to increase access to...
by Kindle Morell | Jul 15, 2022 | Alternatives to Jail
DENVER (KDVR) — A new proposal would take Denver’s Support Team Assisted Response Program, commonly referred to as the STAR Program, and make it a model for the rest of the country. STAR started in June of 2020. The group operates a fleet of vans that goes out to...
by vermilion_admin | May 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
#PowerTo Thrive https://youtu.be/Pi8Vwp0jZNk As the President & CEO of the Mental Health Center of Denver, I work to inspire a culture of well-being among our staff, the people we serve and the greater Denver community. We work to deliver strengths-based,...
by Kindle Morell | Feb 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
Denverite The program has been praised as an alternative to police response. Mental Health Center of Denver case worker Chris Richardson stands outside of Denver’s STAR van, which is parked by the Denver Rescue MIssion at Park Avenue and Lawrence Street. Feb. 12,...
by Kindle Morell | May 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Denverite “Three in ten Coloradoans are in need of mental health or substance use disorder care,” stated one proclamation. “In Colorado, 78 percent of firearm deaths are suicides, and nearly half of all suicide deaths in Colorado involve the use of a firearm,” noted...
