Tag: youth mental health
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Budget cuts threaten Youth Mental Health Corps for rural students
In rural Colorado, a single school counselor can face impossible odds. With limited staff, students in crisis are at high risk of slipping through the cracks, and having their emotional, social, and academic needs unmet. At Moffat Schools in the San Luis Valley, school counselor Sarah DeLeon knows those challenges firsthand. “School counselors can be…
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Budget cuts threaten Youth Mental Health Corps for rural students
In rural Colorado, a single school counselor can face impossible odds. With limited staff, students in crisis are at high risk of slipping through the cracks, and having their emotional, social, and academic needs unmet. At Moffat Schools in the San Luis Valley, school counselor Sarah DeLeon knows those challenges firsthand. “School counselors can be…
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Youth Activist Training in Colorado Springs adds mental health as teens work to affect change
In its third year, “Youth Activist Training,” a unique summer day camp for teens ages 13-17 to undertake a journey of self-discovery, uncover their passions and learn how to advocate for what’s important to them, has been fine-tuned, according to organizers. A new mental health component has been added to teach participants about self-awareness of…
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Q&A Colorado Behavioral Health Administration | I Matter and other mental health programs
As Colorado lawmakers, health officials and others continue to take on the growing mental health crisis, the Behavioral Health Administration, of BHA, was started through the passage of House Bill 22-178 in 2022. The BHA is now a part of the state’s Department of Health Services. The BHA is the state administration responsible for ensuring…