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Division of Mental Health/Division of Behavioral Health

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Effective July 1, 2009 the main telephone number for the Division of
Behavioral Health will be 303.866.7400. Please update your records.

The Division of Mental Health web site is provided as a resource for mental health providers, children, adolescents, adults and their families, policy makers, and all citizens of Colorado.

Our Mission is to ensure culturally competent, comprehensive care that promotes individual, family, and community resiliency and recovery. This is accomplished through providing to the public mental health system expertise in policy, program development, evaluation, quality improvement, training, consultation and resource acquisition.

The Division of Mental Health administers non-Medicaid community mental health services for people with serious emotional disturbance or serious mental illness of all ages, through contracts with six specialty clinics and seventeen private, nonprofit community mental health centers. The Division of Mental Health strives to ensure high quality, accessible mental health services for Colorado residents, by reviewing community mental health programs; adopting standards, rules and regulations; providing training and technical assistance; and responding to complaints from non-Medicaid consumers.

The Division of Mental Health also receives and administers federal grants focused on improving services as the state mental health agency.

Please click on the following links for additional information about the Division of Behavioral Health and Colorado's Public Mental Health System:

• Mission Statement and Values
• Mental Health System Description
• Priority Populations Served
• Target Status (Severity) Algorithm
• Cultural Competency
• Colorado's Publicly Funded Mental Health System Brochure

 

 

 

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Last Modified:  8/21/09