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The Child Mental Health Treatment Act (CMHTA) was enacted through H.B. 99-1116 to address the nationwide issue of families struggling to access mental health services for their children. In many cases, families were subjected to unnecessary legal and system involvement solely to obtain necessary mental health services for their children. Contributing factors to this issue included public and private health insurance limitations, inadequate supplies...
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The purpose of the Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist (ECMHS) program is to increase the availability of mental health services to young children, birth through 5 and provide consultation and coaching/training to families and early learning programs. The ECMHS program focuses on developing and strengthening the social emotional skills of young children through timely screening and assessment, increasing the parent and the early learning provider's...
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Colorado's community mental health and substance abuse treatment system of services and supports is fragmented and lacks the necessary resources to meet the needs of all individuals who can, and should be treated in the community. We know that once those in crisis are stabilized they are best served in their communities, not in institutional care.