Spotlights

Three candidates for the position of Larimer County Behavioral Health Services Director will be available to engage with the public at a community forum in April hosted by Larimer County. The forum will be structured in a question-and-answer format to allow the candidates to answer critical questions and express their perspectives on the field of behavioral health.

In 2018, a diverse coalition of behavioral health stakeholders from Larimer County united to craft a strategic blueprint aimed at tackling the escalating challenges in behavioral health. The resulting Community Master Plan (CMP) for Behavioral Health emerged as a comprehensive five-year strategy to address community concerns. Community partners came together once more to establish Community Master Plan 2.0, a refined iteration building upon the foundation laid by the 2018 report.

The UCHealth Northern Colorado Foundation was honored with the 2023 Gary A. Darling Grant Award at the Board of Larimer County Commissioners Administrative Matters meeting today.

BHS is awarding 35 grants to diverse programs serving county residents with a total funding distribution of $2,816,731.  We are honored by the number of grant applications we received and humbled by the impactful work happening across our community. 

Larimer County Behavioral Health Services and the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment are partnering with the Northern Colorado and Cheyenne Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Imagine Zero, and the Alliance for Suicide Prevention to host a one-day wellness summit for Veterans, caregivers and family members, and Veteran service providers.

Jessica Plummer, Program Manager for the Impact Fund Grant Program, successfully completed the six-month program designed to build human capacity and to identify, define and address the issues facing the Northern Colorado region.

Abundance Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving individuals in recovery from addiction. Their aim is to support people during their transition from a treatment center, detox facility, jail, prison, or homeless shelter while they try to put the life pieces back together.

Partners has served area youth and families through supportive programming and services since 1978. In 2022, the Youth Mentoring program, which is partially funded by the BHS Impact Fund Grant Program, served 830 youth, ages 7 to 17 years old, each year through community-based and school-based mentoring programs where youth are dealing with personal, academic, or social issues.

Since 2014, Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth of Northern Colorado (SAFY of CO) has been guided by the understanding that children do better embedded in a family and that families are the foundation of strong communities. This BHS grantee organization works to support children and strengthen families by providing special training for caregivers.