Colorado, the state with the nation’s highest rate of adult mental illness and lowest access to care, has been giving the 17 community mental health centers non-compete contracts and a privileged rate status for nearly 60 years, without meaningful oversight of the $437 million a year in tax dollars they receive to serve as the core of Colorado’s safety net.
Colorado, the state with the nation’s highest rate of adult mental illness and lowest access to care, has been giving community mental health centers non-compete contracts and a privileged rate status for nearly 60 years, without meaningful oversight. This is the first in a series of investigative reports into the state's mental health system, from the Colorado News Collaborative (COLab).
Colorado, the state with the nation’s highest rate of adult mental illness and lowest access to care, has been giving the 17 community mental health centers non-compete contracts and a privileged rate status for nearly 60 years, without meaningful oversight of the $437 million a year in tax dollars they receive to serve as the core of Colorado’s safety net.
DENVER Matt Vinnola lay curled up on a downtown sidewalk one Sunday in September, his eyes as blank as those of the stuffed lamb he was using as a pillow. The former honors student.