The Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) is the state administration responsible for ensuring all people in Colorado have access to quality mental health and substance use disorder services, regardless of where they live, or ability to pay. BHA will help bring together community groups and governmental agencies to design a behavioral health system for all people in Colorado that is easy to access, and offers high-quality care that considers the whole person and their needs. As required by Colorado law, the BHA was to create a performance monitoring system to track capacity and performance of all behavioral health providers, including those that contract with managed care entities or behavioral health administrative services organizations, and inform of needed changes to the behavioral health system in the state. For more information about the BHA or to access the Performance Hub visit: https://bha.colorado.gov/ - to contact the Performance Hub Team via email: cdhs_bha_performancehub@state.co.us
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The University of Colorado School of Medicine in partnership with UC Health has created the Adult Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Clinic as a compliment to the work with children at Children's Hospital Colorado. The clinic offers coordinated health care for adults with developmental disabilities and support for their families. Dr Jessica Solomon Sanders is a behavioral neurologist specializing in neurodevelopmental disabilities to include brain development in children as well as brain changes in older adults and discusses some of the larger issues the clinic addresses. Visit https://www.cumedicine.us/specialties/neurodevelopmental-disabilities-neurology for more information about the work the CU School of Medicine is doing in the field of Neurodevelopmental Disabilities.
The mission of the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA) is to promote the mental health and well being of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Since its founding, NAAPIMHA strives to raise awareness of the role of mental health in an individual’s health and well-being, especially in Asian American Pacific Islander communities throughout the country.
An interdisciplinary initiative at the University of Denver has tackled an issue that impacts cities, states and countries all over the world. The Colorado Resilience Collaborative (CRC) began in 2016 and continued through 2022 to address identity-based violence due to radicalization and discrimination based on race, ethnicity, nationality, faith and ideology. The collaborative was funded by the Department of Homeland Security and University of Denver’s Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP). CRC was housed within GSPP’s International Disaster Psychology program and was part of the Trauma and Disaster Recovery Clinic.