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The independent office that helps Coloradans access behavioral health services is downsizing as the need for help increases.
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In 2018, Colorado launched “Lift The Label,” an opioid anti-stigma public awareness campaign encouraging those abusing drugs to seek treatment. But the ads primarily reached one group of people. To address this, the state revamped the campaign to reach a more diverse audience.
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On Jan. 1, Health First Colorado is expanding its substance use disorder benefit. Residential and inpatient treatment and withdrawal management services will be part of Medicaid’s covered services. The expansion was authorized by the state legislature in 2018. The additional services will give members access to a full range of treatment options.
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Drug overdose deaths have increased in Colorado amid the coronavirus pandemic. About 130 people died of overdoses in May across the state, nearly doubling the average from recent years, The Gazette reported. State health department data reported 73 deaths in 2019, 79 in 2018 and 64 in 2017.
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Colorado recently released a new plan to address behavioral health care across the state. The behavioral health blueprint will streamline care and put people first, said Gov. Jared Polis.
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The Department of Human Services' Office of Behavioral Health will receive $41.6 million over the next two years from the State Opioid Response grant. The state has been awarded this grant since 2017 to combat opioid use disorders. But this grant cycle expands the focus to include methamphetamine and other stimulant use disorders.
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Colorado is working hard to address behavioral and mental health and addiction. During his annual State of the State address earlier this month, Gov.…
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Clark Bacco whips out his harmonica and plays a short tune. Today, music is an icebreaker at the orientation session he's leading in a conference room in…
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Scott Kindel lives in Louisville, Colorado with his wife and 2-year-old son. He began drinking at 12 before moving on to his mom's prescription pain pills…
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Police officer Tash Petsas and clinician Alan Marschke patrol the streets of Longmont, waiting for another call from dispatch about a guy named John. They…