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Episode 7: August 2023
Network-Wide CRN User News
Happy Third Birthday, CRN!
We’ve accomplished a lot in three years!
Thank you for partnering with us to connect people and change lives.
As of this month, we have:
Community Spotlights
The Savings Collaborative
West Mountain Area
The Savings Collaborative (SC) makes it easy for people of color, immigrants, and refugees living on low incomes to save money, build emergency savings accounts, and achieve financial resilience.
Without savings, a health-related work problem is more likely to lead to eviction or missing a home or utility payment – often resulting in cycles of debt and stress. SC’s unique model combines community, technology, and a learning-by-doing educational ethos to mitigate community members’ financial barriers by providing:
- A no-fee savings club that centers around a motivational multilingual app with digital savings tools designed to close the gap between intention (wanted to save) and action (actually saving)
- Matched contributions and incentives to accelerate savings growth
- Bilingual community ambassadors with the lived experience of becoming a saver provide support to make financial management less intimidating throughout the savings journey
- Professional, personalized financial coaching to support families in reducing debt, improving credit scores, and making financial decisions at critical junctures
Jeremy House
Mesa County Area
Jeremy House is a result-oriented program for men past high school graduation and under 28 years old. They provide training, mentorship, skill development, and a commitment to God’s will for our lives.
We know life isn’t always clear and this is a difficult time to navigate. We want to help. Have you ever questioned what a future career might look like? How about marriage? What does it mean to have positive lifelong friends? What could those look like in your life? Your future can be incredible. Why not you?
Jeremy House is the result of a belief that God is building His kingdom here. We are local faith-based community leaders in the Grand Valley following a call to provide a space for young men to succeed.
Jeremy House is what we hope for the future. We believe in our next generations. We believe they have the creativity, the faith, the smarts, the ability – to build stronger communities around them. This is 100 percent about them.
Through real relationships, we want to empower our young men to lives well-lived. The challenges of today are great. There’s no time to waste. We are all in this together, after all.
Utilization
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Regional News
Welcome Our New Network Partners in West Mountain!
Charlie Health
Charlie Health’s accessible, completely virtual Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is designed for those 11-33 who need more than one-time-per-week therapy. Our IOP consists of curated and customized groups, individual therapy, and family therapy. With our virtual and accessible platform, healing is possible from home. Our trauma-informed, masters-level clinicians use evidence-based therapy including DBT skills, CBT, ABFT, EMDR, and others. Our expert, creative arts therapists guide our patients through music, art, dance, movement, and meditation therapies. We offer specialized tracks based on the needs of our patients, including BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, trauma, substance use, and others. We work with all major health plans, including
Medicaid, to ensure that treatment is accessible and affordable. We take ALL Commercial and Medicaid plans in CO including Tricare and Kaiser. We can work with individuals and families with depression, trauma, mood disorder, anxiety disorders, self-harm, substance use disorders, gender dysphoria, and suicidal ideation.
CRN Usage: Receives referrals via fax and email via CRN
Regions: Statewide
Response Helps
Our mission is to work with our community to end domestic and sexual abuse and to support survivors in achieving safety and empowerment.
We assist survivors with advocacy, emergency shelter, safety planning, legal advocacy, identifying options, and information, resources, and referrals to other agencies.
CRN Use: Sending and Receiving referrals
Regions: West Mountain
Welcome Our New Network Partners in Mesa County!
Oxford House
The Rocky Mountain state is Home to a vast network of Oxford Houses of which provide an empowering peer-ran atmosphere that supports healthy lifestyle practices and comradery for those seeking long-term recovery. Colorado is a rapidly growing state through replication and expansion of the number of Oxford Houses by demand. Our mission is to provide housing supported by the Oxford Model throughout all areas of the state for those in need, as well as contribute as a dedicated partner organization in support of unity and strength within the recovery community
Oxford House is a concept in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. In its simplest form, an Oxford House describes a democratically run, self-supporting and drug free home. Parallel to this concept lies the organizational structure of Oxford House, Inc. This publicly supported, non-profit 501(c)3 corporation is the umbrella organization which provides the network connecting all Oxford Houses and allocates resources to duplicate the Oxford House concept where needs arise. The primary purpose of Oxford House, Inc. is to establish enough self-run, self-supported recovery houses to provide an opportunity for every recovering individual to learn a clean and sober way of life – forever
CRN Usage: Accepts email referrals through CRN
Regions: Mesa County
Jeremy House
We are Jeremy House: a companion built from the ground up for young men 18-25 seeking to be ready for life. Jeremy House is a community, Christian, discipleship home.
What is Jeremy House? Jeremy House is a result-oriented program for men. We provide training, mentorship, skill development, and a commitment to God’s will for our lives.
CRN usage: Accepts email referrals through CRN.
Regions: Mesa County
Strive
STRiVE, formerly known as Mesa Developmental Services, has been serving Mesa County residents for over 50 years. Offering a variety of services to help families and support individuals with developmental disabilities, STRiVE is a partnership of people supporting people.
Throughout the history of our organization, we have been striving to fill in the gaps that exist in support services by providing qualified occupational therapy, respite, vocational, residential and other child and family support opportunities. As the needs have increased so has the diversity of our programs.
The new identity “STRiVE,” represents our staff and the people we support every day.
As we STRiVE to provide the best possible person-centered services, our clients STRiVE every day to be independent and take greater control of their lives.
CRN Use: Sending and Receiving referrals, participating on client Care Teams
Regions: Mesa County
Aspen Ridge
Aspen Ridge Alzheimer’s Special Care Center is located in the beautiful western slope city of Grand Junction, CO. Our thoughtfully designed community offers astounding views of Grand Mesa, one of the world’s largest flat-topped mountains. Sinceri is known for assembling the very best in the industry to deliver quality services to our residents. Our levels of care include Memory Care and Respite Care.
CRN usage: Accepts email referrals through CRN.
Regions: Mesa County
Welcome Our New Network Partners in the Delta/Montrose Region!
Charlie Health
Charlie Health’s accessible, completely virtual Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is designed for those 11-33 who need more than one-time-per-week therapy. Our IOP consists of curated and customized groups, individual therapy, and family therapy. With our virtual and accessible platform, healing is possible from home. Our trauma-informed, masters-level clinicians use evidence-based therapy including DBT skills, CBT, ABFT, EMDR, and others. Our expert, creative arts therapists guide our patients through music, art, dance, movement, and meditation therapies. We offer specialized tracks based on the needs of our patients, including BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, trauma, substance use, and others. We work with all major health plans, including
Medicaid, to ensure that treatment is accessible and affordable. We take ALL Commercial and Medicaid plans in CO including Tricare and Kaiser. We can work with individuals and families with depression, trauma, mood disorder, anxiety disorders, self-harm, substance use disorders, gender dysphoria, and suicidal ideation.
CRN Usage: Receives referrals via fax and email via CRN
Regions: Statewide
SimpliFed
We provide virtual, judgment-free breastfeeding/lactation and baby feeding support, centered on parents’ baby feeding goals and can help with breastfeeding (latch assessment, supply concerns, nipple/breast pain, infant oral assessments, etc), pumping (sizing, use, setting up a pumping schedule to maintain supply, etc.), formula prep and use, combination feeding, and more.
Our certified lactation providers deliver virtual, judgment-free breastfeeding/lactation and baby feeding support, centered on parents’ baby feeding goals and can help with breastfeeding (latch assessment, supply concerns, nipple/breast pain, infant oral assessments, etc), pumping (sizing, use, setting up a pumping schedule to maintain supply, etc.), formula prep and use, combination feeding, and more.
Health First Colorado, Rocky Mountain Health Plans and Colorado Access members have unlimited access to comprehensive breastfeeding and baby feeding support with SimpliFed throughout the baby feeding journey, starting in pregnancy. – These benefits are covered under the mother/ birthing parent or infant.
SimpliFed is an in-network provider with Aetna & TRICARE West; patients have access to 6 covered lactation appointments, starting in pregnancy.
No prior authorization or copays are required. We continue to expand our relationships with other health plans.
CRN usage: Receives referrals via email from CRN
Regions: Statewide
Helpful Resources for August 2023
from the Colorado Regional Health Connector Program
Funding Opportunities
- Funding (no deadline) – Building and Bridging Connections Funding
- Funding (no deadline noted) – Career Pipeline Development Grant
- Mini-Grants (first come, first serve) – Office of Suicide Prevention
- Loans (no deadline noted) – Rural Community Facility Loans
- Funding (application due 8/16) – Advancing Equity in Aging
- Funding (due 8/18) – Call for Transportation Innovations
- Funding (application due 8/31) – Department of Local Affairs Nonprofit Infrastructure Grant Program
- Funding (rolling until September) – Rural Healthcare Transition Project
- Funding (open for non-binding letters of intent) – Making Care Primary Model| The Making Care Primary (MCP) Model is a 10.5-year multi-payer model with three participation tracks that build upon previous primary care models, such as the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC), CPC+, and Primary Care First (PCF) models, as well as the Maryland Primary Care Program (MDPCP). MCP aims to improve care for beneficiaries by supporting the delivery of advanced primary care services, which are foundational for a high-performing health system. The MCP Model will provide a pathway for primary care clinicians with varying levels of experience in value-based care to gradually adopt prospective, population-based payments while building infrastructure to improve behavioral health and specialty integration and drive equitable access to care. State Medicaid agencies will commit to designing Medicaid programs to align with MCP in key areas. This model will attempt to strengthen coordination between patients’ primary care clinicians, specialists, social service providers, and behavioral health clinicians, ultimately leading to chronic disease prevention, fewer emergency room visits, and better health outcomes.
- Funding (due 9/14) – Caring for Colorado Public Policy Advocacy Grant
- Funding (letter of intent due 9/28) – PCORI Engagement Award: Capacity Building
- Funding (due 10/15) – The Colorado Health Foundation| Open opportunities for funding cycle are:
- Funding (due 12/22) – Policies for Action Effects of State Preemption Policies on Racial Justice and Health Equity
- Funding (extended through May 31, 2024) – COVID-19 Health Equity and Immunization Funding Opportunity
Webinars, Trainings & Conferences
- Event Calendar – Telligen QI Connect Trainings, Meetings, and Other Opportunities for August
- Stakeholder Calendar – Behavioral Health Administration
- Virtual Briefings (various dates) – The Colorado Health Foundation Poll
- Education Series (8/10, 9/14, 10/12, 11/9) – The History of BIPOC Social Movements in Colorado| Registration is now open for a monthly recurring education series this fall facilitated by Celesté Martinez, owner of the racial equity coaching and consulting firm Celestial Alegría. Each session will examine the history of different social movements in Colorado involving and led by Black, Indigenous, Latinx and/or other people of color (BIPOC).
- Public Sessions (April – September) – HCPF Health Equity Plan
- Aug. 22 (12 to 1 p.m. MDT) Disability community focus Registration Link
- Sept. 26 (3 to 4 p.m. MDT) Latino community focus Registration Link
- Conference (8/16) – DEI Institute Leadership Conference
- Conference (8/16-8/18) – Colorado Opioid Abatement Conference
- Webinar (8/17) – Breaking the Stigma: The Intersection of Chronic Illness and Mental Health
- Training (8/22 or 8/24) – Addressing Social Determinants of Health
- Echo Series (8/24 – 9/28) – Past the Pandemic: Individual Wellbeing, Connection and Support
- Conference (8/29-8/30) – NAPCRG 2023 ICPF Conference
- Training Program (Coming Fall 2023) Denver SURJ’s Confronting White Supremacy (CWS) program
- Virtual Convening (10/17 – 10/19) – Building Power for Health Justice