Grantee Networking

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Here’s our first-ever grantee networking plan — designed by you, for you

Our Larimer County Behavioral Health Services team is committed to supporting Impact Fund grantees in ways that go beyond the check.

To do that, we’re launching a series of educational, energizing, and networking events for our 2025 grant recipients. These gatherings are meant to strengthen partnerships, build community capacity, and create space for connection.

A big thank-you to everyone who joined us at the October Grantee Welcome Breakfast — we used your ideas about timing, format, and topics to shape this pilot series, and we hope you see your feedback reflected. 

A few notes:

  • We’ll aim for mid-morning sessions, as many of you suggested, with a few other options mixed in.

  • We’re committed to the topics outlined below; although exact dates may shift as planning continues.

  • You’ll receive details to RSVP for each event, including confirmed dates, times, and locations.

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Dates and times

What we aim to cover

TENTATIVE - PENDING CONFIRMATION

MARCH 3 UPDATE: Work is still underway to coordinate the Medicaid billing sessions. It’s likely the target dates may shift. We will share more information as details are confirmed and appreciate your understanding.

Virtual

Multi-part series: How to bill Medicaid

  • What state and federal impacts mean for our region

  • Changes/updates to the program

  • How to credential with private insurance

 

CONFIRMED DATES/TIMES

All sessions are in the second-floor conference rooms at the Acute Care facility at Longview campus, 2260 W. Trilby Road in Fort Collins

 

Light refreshments will be provided, along with all necessary equipment to participate. No prior experience needed.

 

Nourish series aims address burnout, build resiliency among behavioral health professionals
Restorative Yoga - Space limited to 10 participants per session
  • Reserve your seat.

  • Facilitated by Hannah Eppley, LCSW

    • 5-6 p.m. Jan. 29 
    • 4-5 p.m. Feb. 24 
    • 4-5 p.m. March 16 - Session full with waitlist 

    Hannah (she/her) was introduced to yoga at a gym, while working at a local non-profit supporting youth and families. She first stepped onto her mat hoping to find a way to cope with the stresses of her job as a social worker. Hannah transitioned to working with adolescents in the child welfare system and then into her role as a therapist, and over the next several years continued to cultivate her yoga practice and grew to love and depend on the physical, mental, and spiritual benefits of yoga. 

    She found empowerment, refuge, healing, insight, and resilience in the salient mind-body connection she experienced through yoga. Hannah completed her teacher training in Integrated Vinyasa in 2019, her Restorative yoga training in 2021, and she is currently completing a Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery certificate with Arielle Schwartz. 

    She intends to create a safe and supportive space in her classes, where others can grow, explore, rest, challenge themselves, and witness their own resilience. Hannah is a life-long student, and she looks forward to sharing new teachings and lessons as she guides others in this practice. 

    When she’s not on her mat, Hannah enjoys spending time with her partners, tasting and cooking new foods and exploring new restaurants, reading, playing with her fur babies (Leopold is pictured), and practicing/performing aerial arts.

Healing Circles - Space limited to 15 participants per session

  • Reserve your seat.

    Facilitated by Tammy Brannan, LCSW

    • 3:30-4:30 p.m. Feb. 6

    • 4-5 p.m. Feb. 25

    • 3:30-4:30 p.m. March 2 

    Everything is changing — how we work, how we communicate, and how we show up for our families. It’s a lot to navigate on our own. These Healing Circles are designed to bring us together to reflect and recharge.  We’re all learning how to be our best selves in a shifting world. Come grab a seat, and let’s figure it out together.

    What to expect:

  • A safe environment: A judgment-free zone where your privacy is the priority.
  • Honest conversation: A chance to share your experiences and hear from others.
  • Practical resilience: Tools to help you stay intentional and focused, even when things feel messy.

CONFIRMED DATE/TIME

Acute Care facility at Longview campus

9-11 a.m.

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

 

 

RESERVE YOUR SEAT

Agenda 

  • 9-9:15 a.m. Eat, mingle and network
  • 9:15-10:15 a.m. Champion of Growth Mindset Chalice Springfield (Coach | Trainer | Speaker | Facilitator)
  • 10:15-10:20 a.m. Break
  • 10:20-11 a.m. Peer-led panel discussion with leaders from grantee organizations: Discussing burnout isn't a sign of a failing program; acknowledging it is a requirement for a healthy one. 
    • Kim Moeller, executive director of The Alliance for Suicide Prevention of Larimer County
    • Brian Bauer, founder and executive director of Abundance Foundation Inc.
    • Lori Kempter, executive director of Crossroads Safehouse
    • Nicole Armstrong, executive director of The Matthews House
More about Chalice's session: Burnout is real in the behavioral health and nonprofit space right now — and creating space for reflection, connection, and practical tools is exactly what leaders and providers need.  
 
The Positive Snowball Effect: Small Shifts That Create Sustainable Momentum Wouldn’t it be great if small actions in our wellbeing could actually create meaningful momentum? In this uplifting and practical session, participants explore how tiny “mini snowballs” of self-care and support can build into something powerful — without adding more pressure or one more thing to the to-do list. This workshop helps people move from feeling run over by life to feeling back in the driver’s seat. 
 
Outcomes: 
1. Reframe self-care as a leadership and sustainability strategy — not a luxury or selfish choice 
2. Use the Self-Care Wheel to identify personal “positive snowballs” that restore energy and clarity 
3. Practice launching small, workplace-friendly wellness habits that create real momentum over time   

Virtual

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

*Dates may shift, as planning continues

 

A panel discussion on Meeting People Where They Are, focused on strategies that address real-world barriers to behavioral health care

 

Acute Care facility at Longview campus

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

*Dates may shift, as planning continues

 

  • Learn more about Front Range Community College behavioral health pathways (QBHA credential and connection to billing Medicaid, microcredentials etc.)

  • Learn more about BHS’ focus on the behavioral health workforce

 

Virtual

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026

*Dates may shift, as planning continues

 

 

A panel discussion with regional funders to increase knowledge about who they are and their focus areas 

  • COMPLETE - BHS will compile, analyze feedback
  • COMPLETE - Create networking plan for 2025 Impact Fund grantees
  • COMPLETE - Launch in 2026
  • FUTURE - Measure impact and determine next steps, incorporating feedback

Questions?

Email Communications Coordinator Madeline Novey at noveyme@co.larimer.co.us.