Grantees

Support for training five bilingual play-therapists serving the Spanish-speaking immigrant community, providing no-cost play and family therapy sessions to migrant children and their families, and supervision and certification for trainees.  

Support for providing a behavioral telehealth program, including creating two behavioral telehealth spaces in Walsenburg and Trinidad, to increase access and quality of behavioral health services for youth, adults and people with substance use disorders. 

Support for providing a culturally and linguistically responsive behavioral health program by offering bilingual therapy, youth mental wellness programming, holistic healing practices and community resources to Latino/a/x community members.

Support for expanding a program providing school-based mental and behavioral health services for youth who face barriers to access (particularly those from marginalized communities) by offering individual and group therapy, professional development for school staff and collaboration with specialized community partners. 

Support for expanding mental and behavioral health care access for Spanish-speaking households by training primary care providers in culturally sensitive practices, developing a referral system for households, providing training for bilingual navigators and supporting them getting certified as medical interpreters, increasing access and use of telehealth services in multiple languages, and establishing access to a bilingual mental health provider. 

Support for establishing a pipeline for new mental health counselors in rural parts of the state by providing medical supervision for licensed professional counselor candidates and therapy interns, and salaries for interns, a clinic manager and a medical director.

Support for providing school-based therapy services to address students’ mental health needs in Gunnison Valley by funding salaries for five clinical therapists to utilize evidence-based interventions and prevention strategies, and offering tailored mental health support and therapy for students and their families.

Support for expanding access to behavioral health services for underserved communities, particularly Spanish-speaking populations, via a mobile resource bus, delivering bilingual and culturally competent care, referrals and partnerships with local providers. 

Support for expanding mental and behavioral health services for youth involved in the justice system by increasing service capacity, extending geographic reach and enhancing jail-based support, especially in underserved areas. 

Support for recruiting and supporting 10 psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner students from underserved communities and providing them with funding, coaching and job placement assistance so that they can serve as providers in their own or similar marginalized communities.