Colorado Resources

State Mental Health Agency
For more information about admission, care, treatment, release, and patient follow-up in public or private psychiatric residential facilities, contact your State mental health agency:

Debra Kupfer, Acting Director
Colorado Division of Mental Health
3824 West Princeton Circle
Denver, CO 80236
Phone: 303-866-7400
Fax: 303-866-7428
Toll-free: 800-811-7648
TDD: 303-866-7471
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.cdhs.state.co.us/ohr/mhs/

State Substance Abuse Agency
Contact your State substance abuse agency for information about treatment and care of substance abuse disorders:

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division
Colorado Department of Human Services
4055 South Lowell Blvd.
Denver , CO 80236
Phone: 303-866-7480
Fax: 303-866-7481
Internet: www.cdhs.state.co.us/Text/ohr/adad

State Protection and Advocacy Agency
Each State has a protection and advocacy agency that receives funding from the Federal Center for Mental Health Services. Agencies are mandated to protect and advocate for the rights of people with mental illnesses and to investigate reports of abuse and neglect in facilities that care for or treat individuals with mental illnesses. These facilities, which may be public or private, include hospitals, nursing homes, community facilities, board and care homes, homeless shelters, jails, and prisons. Agencies provide advocacy services or conduct investigations to address issues that arise during transportation or admission to such facilities, during residency in them, or within 90 days after discharge from them. Contact:

The Legal Center
455 Sherman Street, Suite 130
Denver, CO 80203-4403
Phone: 303-722-0300 (TDD)
Fax: 303-722-0720
Toll-free: 800-288-1376
TTY: 303-722-3619
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.thelegalcenter.org

Family Support
The Center for Mental Health Services awards grants to statewide, family-run networks to provide support and information to families of children and adolescents with serious emotional, behavioral, or mental disorders. For more information, contact:

Colorado Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
901 West 14 th Avenue, Suite 1
Denver , CO 80204
Phone: 303-572-0302
Toll Free: 888-569-7500
Fax: 303-572-0304
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.coloradofederation.org

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which are part of the Department of Health and Human Services, investigate some complaints about treatment facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding. For further information at the national level, contact:

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
Phone: 410-786-3000
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.CMS.gov

You may also share your concerns with staff at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services office in your area, which is Region 8. The regional office address and telephone numbers are:

Denver Regional Office
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
1600 Broadway, Suite 700
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-844-2111
Fax: 303-844-6374
Internet: www.CMS.gov

Advocacy Organizations
Local chapters of the National Mental Health Association have information about community services and engage in national and State level advocacy. For more information about the association, write or call:

Mental Health Association of Colorado
6795 East Tennessee Avenue
Suite 425
Denver, CO 80224
Phone: 303- 377-3040
Toll-Free: 1-800-456-3249
Fax: 303-377-4920
Email: [email protected]
Internet: www.mhacolorado.org/contact.html

The National Alliance on Mental Illness maintains a helpline for information on mental illnesses and referrals to local groups. The local self-help groups have support and advocacy components and offer education and information about community services for families and individuals. For information about the Alliance's affiliates and activities in your State, contact :

NAMI Colorado
1100 Fillmore Street
Denver, CO 80206-3334
Phone: 303-394-4553
Fax: 303-321-0912
Toll-free: 888-566-6264 (Statewide)
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.namicolorado.org

Statewide consumer organizations are run by and for consumers of mental health services and promote consumer empowerment. These organizations provide information about mental health and other support services at the State level and are active in addressing and advocating for mental health system issues. For information about consumer activities in your area, contact:

Jane Schiele, Director
Mental Health Ombudsman Program of Colorado (MHOPC)
2460 West 26 th Avenue, Suite C-30
Denver, CO 80211
Phone: 303-813-1173
Toll-free: 877-317-9900
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.mhopc.org

The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse, funded partly by the Center for Mental Health Services, promotes and helps to develop consumer-run self-help groups across the country. Technical assistance and materials are available on such topics as organizing groups, fundraising, leadership development, incorporating, public relations, advocacy, and networking. For more information, contact:

The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
1211 Chestnut Street, Suite 1207
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-751-1810
Fax: 215-636-6312
Toll-free: 800-553-4KEY (539)
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.mhselfhelp.org

The National Empowerment Center is a Technical Assistance Center run by mental health consumers/survivors. The Center's mission is to carry a message of recovery, empowerment, hope and healing to people who have been diagnosed with mental illness. The Center provides information and referrals to consumer/survivor resources nationwide and offers technical assistance to individuals and groups involved in consumer empowerment activities. The Center distributes recovery-related publications and sponsors education and training activities. For information on consumer/survivor activities in your area, contact:

The National Empowerment Center
599 Canal Street
Lawrence, MA 01840
Toll-free: 800-769-3728
Fax: 978-681-6426
TDD: 800-TTY-POWER (7693)
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.power2u.org

The Consumer Organization & Networking Technical Assistance Center (CONTAC) funded by the Center for Mental Health Services, is a resource center for consumers/survivors and consumer-run organizations across the United States. Services and products include informational materials; on-site training and skill-building curricula; electronic and other communication capabilities; networking and customized activities promoting self-help, recovery, leadership, business management, and empowerment. For more information contact:

Consumer Organization & Networking Technical Assistance Center (CONTAC)
P.O. Box 11000
Charleston , WV 25339
Phone: 304-345-7312
Toll-free: 888-825-TECH (8324)
Fax: 304-345-7303
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.contac.org

Other Sources of Information
There are many sources of information that you can tap. Your area mental health authority, which is generally a part of the local government, may be useful. Other branches of your city or county government also may be able to help. For example, the education office might have information about help for children, and the agency for the aging might know about services for senior citizens. In addition, your family physician or area hospital may be able to make referrals. For legal advice, contact your local bar association. Also, your local library and telephone yellow pages may have resource lists for sources of help in your community.

SRG-CO
Updated 12/05

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