Colorado Crisis Services includes five service modalities: the statewide crisis hotline, regional walk-in crisis services and crisis stabilization units, regional mobile crisis and respite services in some areas of the state. DHS' Office of Behavioral Health, which oversees Colorado Crisis Services, is committed to enhancing the behavioral health crisis response system to ensure comprehensive, coordinated, easily accessible, culturally informed and integrated services are available for people who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis. Colorado's statewide crisis program provides clinical and peer support for individuals in need of mental health, substance use or emotional crisis help. The term 'crisis' was intentionally not defined to ensure people reaching out for services could self-define their experience, allowing for accessibility that does not require formal diagnosis or connection to a specific issue., prepared for the Governor [and 5 others] ; prepared by Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health., "November 1, 2017.", Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed July 2024)
Colorado Crisis Services includes five service modalities: the statewide crisis hotline, regional walk-in crisis services and crisis stabilization units, regional mobile crisis and respite services in some areas of the state. DHS' Office of Behavioral Health, which oversees Colorado Crisis Services, is committed to enhancing the behavioral health crisis response system to ensure comprehensive, coordinated, easily accessible, culturally informed and integrated services are available for people who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis. Colorado's statewide crisis program provides clinical and peer support for individuals in need of mental health, substance use or emotional crisis help. The term 'crisis' was intentionally not defined to ensure people reaching out for services could self-define their experience, allowing for accessibility that does not require formal diagnosis or connection to a specific issue., prepared for Joint Judiciary Committee and the Joint Health and Human Services Committee ; prepared by Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health., "May 2018.", Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed June 2024)
Counties use family and preventative service programs both to help families exit welfare and to prevent families from entering the TANF program or other systems. Many issues affect a family's ability to become (or remain) self-sufficient. Services provided through these programs are part of the holistic approach counties take towards helping families achieve long-term self-sufficiency and preventing welfare dependency in future generations., "June 21, 2006.", Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed February 2012)
The Abusive Caregiver Taskforce was legislatively created to study and make recommendations on the development and implementation of a Database that contains the names of caregivers who have had a substantiated allegation of exploitation, mistreatment, neglect, physical abuse, or sexual abuse of a person with a developmental disability., presented by the Abusive Caregiver Taskforce., "June 30, 2010.", Bibliography: pages 16-19., Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed September 2016)
