Mental Health Co-Responders in schools

Mental Health Co-Responders in schools

Colorado has had success deploying mental health professionals to calls alongside police officers. A school district in northern Colorado is hoping it will also be successful in the classroom. In order to respond to calls inside schools, Thompson School District...
Taste of Loveland event to support Namaqua Center

Taste of Loveland event to support Namaqua Center

Known as Loveland’s premier food and beverage experience, The Taste of Loveland, has been bringing our community together since 2007. This all-inclusive event showcases Northern Colorado’s growing restaurant, brewery and spirits scene. Attendees have the opportunity...
Mental Health Co-Responders in schools

Co-Responder Team Bridges Mental Health Gap for Youth

Bridging the gap with Co-Responder Teams in Thompson School District (Photo by Thompson School District, January 30, 2023) Providing support for the approximately 15,000 students in Thompson School District requires the work of hundreds of staff members, including the...
Combating the fentanyl crisis

Combating the fentanyl crisis

New Colorado law gives Larimer County law enforcement tool to combat fentanyl crisis Several organizations in Northern Colorado focused on addiction and substance abuse treatment are bolstering their efforts to make treatment more readily available and expand harm...
New Youth Crisis Response Team Co-responder program

New Youth Crisis Response Team Co-responder program

School district invites mental health co-responders to assist school resource officers While nearly every district has school resource officers, very few have mental health clinicians working with them. Thompson School District (TSD) has paired social workers with...