Network-Wide CRN User News
Unlocking the Power of CRN Reports
Wednesday, February 19th, 12-1pm
Join us for an insightful session where we will explore the various reports available in the Community Resource Network (CRN) platform. This event will help you navigate and utilize these reports effectively to gather the critical information your organization needs.
During this session, we will cover:
- Overview of CRN Reports: A comprehensive look at the different types of reports you can generate within the CRN system.
- Best Practices: Tips and strategies for extracting the most relevant data for your organizational needs.
- Customization Options: How to tailor reports to fit specific requirements and preferences.
- Q&A Session: An opportunity to ask questions and get personalized advice on using CRN reports.
Don’t miss this chance to enhance your reporting skills and make the most out of your CRN system. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Regional News
West Mountain News
Welcome Our New CRN Partners in West Mountain!
Grand Junction Gastroenterology
At Grand Junction Gastroenterology, we’re a group of physicians specializing in the care of digestive and liver related conditions. We are a referral-based specialty clinic.
Our physicians are board-certified Gastroenterologists. We do our best to provide advice, testing, and management for outpatient and inpatient adults with symptoms related to the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, small bowel, and colon. We also provide GI related screening and preventative care for adults without symptoms.
Regions Served: Western Colorado
CRN Usage: Receives fax referrals from CRN
Griefhab
Individual, family, and group services for any and all types of loss; Coaching PLUS Concierge services. We take as much stress as possible off of your plate so you can focus on what matters most – yourself and your healing. We understand that life happens outside of business hours. You can connect when you need to, and you don’t have to wait until your appointment. Connect when you need and as often as you need.
Regions Served: Statewide
CRN Usage: Accepts email referrals from CRN
Alzheimer’s Association
The Alzheimer’s Association Colorado Chapter provides support services, care options and education for families and caregivers in Colorado. Resources for the public include Dementia Support Groups, online education, In-Person and Virtual education, 24/7 helpline, volunteer options, ALZ Webinars, ALZ Navigators. Resources for professionals include grant funded opportunities, Dementia Care Navigation, training through ECHO program, Continuing Education, Colorado Health System Directors, Public Health information for Colorado
Regions Served: All of CO
CRN Usage: Accepts faxed referrals from CRN
Mesa County News
Welcome Our New CRN Partners in Mesa County!
Alzheimer’s Association
The Alzheimer’s Association Colorado Chapter provides support services, care options and education for families and caregivers in Colorado. Resources for the public include Dementia Support Groups, online education, In-Person and Virtual education, 24/7 helpline, volunteer options, ALZ Webinars, ALZ Navigators. Resources for professionals include grant funded opportunities, Dementia Care Navigation, training through ECHO program, Continuing Education, Colorado Health System Directors, Public Health information for Colorado
Regions Served: All of CO
CRN Usage: Accepts faxed referrals from CRN
Reverent Rhythms
Reverent Rhythms provides professional instruction in an encouraging and uplifting environment. We provide dance, acro, aerial, and ninja classes for ages 18 months – seniors.
Regions Served: Mesa County
CRN Usage: Accepts email referrals from CRN
Griefhab
Individual, family, and group services for any and all types of loss; Coaching PLUS Concierge services. We take as much stress as possible off of your plate so you can focus on what matters most – yourself and your healing. We understand that life happens outside of business hours. You can connect when you need to, and you don’t have to wait until your appointment. Connect when you need and as often as you need.
Regions Served: Statewide
CRN Usage: Accepts email referrals from CRN
Grand Junction Gastroenterology
At Grand Junction Gastroenterology, we’re a group of physicians specializing in the care of digestive and liver related conditions. We are a referral-based specialty clinic.
Our physicians are board-certified Gastroenterologists. We do our best to provide advice, testing, and management for outpatient and inpatient adults with symptoms related to the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, small bowel, and colon. We also provide GI related screening and preventative care for adults without symptoms.
Regions Served: Western Colorado
CRN Usage: Receives fax referrals from CRN
Delta/ Montrose/ Gunnison News
Welcome Our New CRN Partners in Montrose/Delta/Gunnison!
Alzheimer’s Association
The Alzheimer’s Association Colorado Chapter provides support services, care options and education for families and caregivers in Colorado. Resources for the public include Dementia Support Groups, online education, In-Person and Virtual education, 24/7 helpline, volunteer options, ALZ Webinars, ALZ Navigators. Resources for professionals include grant funded opportunities, Dementia Care Navigation, training through ECHO program, Continuing Education, Colorado Health System Directors, Public Health information for Colorado
Regions Served: All of CO
CRN Usage: Accepts faxed referrals from CRN
Grand Junction Gastroenterology
At Grand Junction Gastroenterology, we’re a group of physicians specializing in the care of digestive and liver related conditions. We are a referral-based specialty clinic.
Our physicians are board-certified Gastroenterologists. We do our best to provide advice, testing, and management for outpatient and inpatient adults with symptoms related to the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, small bowel, and colon. We also provide GI related screening and preventative care for adults without symptoms.
Regions Served: Western Colorado
CRN Usage: Receives fax referrals from CRN
Griefhab
Individual, family, and group services for any and all types of loss; Coaching PLUS Concierge services. We take as much stress as possible off of your plate so you can focus on what matters most – yourself and your healing. We understand that life happens outside of business hours. You can connect when you need to, and you don’t have to wait until your appointment. Connect when you need and as often as you need.
Regions Served: Statewide
CRN Usage: Accepts email referrals from CRN
Sharing Ministries
Sharing Ministries Food Bank has been serving the Western Slope since 1996. We provide supplemental food, personal hygiene products, and socks to those in need. We provide services to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender expression, military status, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, marital or family status. We treat all people with the utmost dignity and respect.
Sharing Ministries has 3 food supplemental programs; Sharing Ministries Food Program, USDA Emergency Food Assistance Program, and the USDA Senior Supplemental Program. There are no qualifications for the first two programs and seniors over 60 are income-qualified through USDA. Clients can receive each program once per month. Sharing Ministries Food Bank provides staples, such as canned goods, pasta, rice, produce, dairy, meat, frozen items, etc.
Our hours for distribution are Monday through Friday, 9:30am-12:30pm. For more information contact the food bank at (970) 240-8385.
Regions Served: Delta, Montrose
CRN Usage: Receives email referrals from CRN
Helpful Resources for February 2025
from the Colorado Regional Health Connector Program–>
Funding Opportunities –
- Funding (due 10/1/2025) – The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is pleased to announce the release of an Application for Reimbursement through the Prescription Accessibility Grant Program on December 11, 2024. The Prescription Accessibility Grant Program was created to award hardship grants to pharmacies that face financial barriers to complying with House Bill 24-1115. CDPHE will award approximately $65,000 to pharmacies, with a maximum award of $1,500 per individual grant recipient. Grant funds must be used exclusively to purchase equipment that creates accessible prescription labels. Eligibility for this funding is as follows:
- Pharmacies registered and based in Colorado.
- Independent pharmacies
- An ‘independent pharmacy’ is defined as a prescription drug outlet privately owned by at least one licensed pharmacist with no ownership interest by or affiliation with a chain or publicly owned pharmacy.
- Ineligible entities
- Publicly traded pharmacies (Walgreens, CVS, etc) are not eligible for this funding opportunity.
- Pharmacies that meet eligibility criteria and have purchased labeling equipment that complies with the new accessibility requirements are encouraged to apply for grant reimbursement. The application deadline is October 1, 2025. Review the application requirements and apply for grant reimbursement.
- Funding – Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Program Funding – The ORLP offers 50/50 matching grants to create new parks or revitalize existing parks in underserved urban neighborhoods. Grants can be used for land acquisition, new park development, or the substantial renovation of existing parks, to (re)connect people with the outdoors. The 8th application round will be opening soon! If interested you can view the webinar recording here to learn more about applicant and project eligibility. Click here for application.
- Funding (applications accepted on an ongoing basis) – Hearst Foundations Health Grants. The Hearst Foundations provide grants for organizations working to address access to healthcare for high-need populations, healthcare professional shortages, evolving healthcare demands, and medical research.
- Funding (applications accepted on an ongoing basis) – National Grassroots Organizing Program. Two-year unrestricted, general operating support grants of up to $30,000 per year, with an average grant size of $20,000 per year, to small, constituent-led grassroots organizations throughout the US and its territories.
- Funding (applications accepted on an ongoing basis) – Economic Development Assistance. Funding to support the implementation of regional economic development, including public works projects and job creation projects. Past projects have included funding for water and wastewater projects in hospitals and healthcare facilities and road infrastructure projects that would support the expansion of healthcare facilities. Rural tribal and other underserved communities are of priority.
- Funding (applications accepted on an ongoing basis) – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Grants for innovative projects that are working to build health equity, ensuring that everyone has access to the care they need and all families have the opportunity to make healthier choices.
Webinars, Trainings & Conferences
- Please join the Department of Family Medicine Community Engagement Program Monthly Meeting (DFM-CEP-MM) on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 from 12-1pm for an exciting group presentation from the Trailhead Institute, Regional Health Connectors (RHCs), and their partners. Come join Trailhead Institute to learn about the Regional Health Connectors (RHCs) and their work with community-clinical linkages, alongside the Colorado Public Health Works program, supporting community health worker apprenticeships across the state. Zoom Link: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/s/91778762741?pwd=hVr1SxjWcQiszkzjYNTEAGaOzkora7.1
- Conference – Nourishing Our Communities: The Power of Indigenous Nutrition in Healthcare,” which is organized by Fort Lewis College Nutrition Department, Tumbleweed Nutrition, and SWCAHEC, remote and in person options available. Please see attached flyer!
- Training – Special Olympics has created an online, go at your own pace, training for Community Health Workers to help educate CHWs on working with the IDD population. The training also has information on healthcare for the IDD community along with barriers that exist along with many statistics and information around health for individuals with IDD. Below is some information on accessing the training if this is something CDPHE would be interested in. For the Community Health Worker Training, this is how people can access it:
- Visit ////elearn.specialolympics.org/health
- At the bottom of the white box, click on “Register”
- Fill out all fields, including email, name, preferred language, and time zone. Be sure to answer the question “Where are you located?” to select United States. Click “Next” in the bottom right.
- Fill out all fields, including state, gender, area of focus, and major or program.
- For Area of Focus, select Health Professions Education unless one of the other options applies to you.
- For Major or Program, select your area of practice or study.
- Once all fields have been filled out, click “Register” in the lower right corner.
- After clicking register, there is a slight delay where an email is sent to confirm/verify the email address entered. This is usually a quick process, but the email may go to user’s spam folders, so if the email isn’t received in 1-2 hours, check the spam folder.
- Once the account is all set up, either the “Community Health Worker Training” course will be an option listed in the recommended courses, or they will need to search for it. It looks like this:
- Training – The Colorado Office of Suicide Prevention (OSP) is excited to announce we are now offering a virtual, two-day Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (BCBT) Workshop in collaboration with Anduril, LLC, exclusively for Colorado healthcare professionals! Two additional sections were added for 2025 due to the high demand and interest! The workshop will equip you with essential skills to effectively support individuals at risk of suicide. Learn how to establish a collaborative relationship, assess risk, and implement proven interventions for crisis management and emotion regulation. The format of the training will be two 8-hour live online sessions. Attendance is mandatory for both days. Training Dates: OSP has 4 opportunities to participate, applicants will be notified if they are accepted at least 3 weeks prior to training. The available dates in 2025 are as follows:
- March 17 and 18
- April 10 and 11
- April 28 and 29
- Time: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM MST (both days)
- Certification: Attendance on both consecutive days is mandatory for certification. Failure to not actively participate during both days will result in no certificate.
- Please use this link to submit your application: 2025 BCBT-SP APPLICATION LINK
- Once you submit your application, OSP will inform you if you have been selected to participate in the two-day training. If you are unable to attend after applying, kindly inform OSP staff promptly.
- Please email jazmin.murguia@state.co.us with any questions regarding this training.
- Webinar – Advancing Healthy Aging. All webinars will have live Spanish interpretation. And will be posting all of the webinars in Spanish and English on this website (https://engagement.colostate.edu/health-extension/). Be sure to register and mark your calendars!
- February 20, 2025: Strengthening Intergenerational Connections with Dr. Christine Fruhauf, Colorado State University
- March 13, 2025: Ahead of the Curve: Advance Care Planning with Cheryl Noble, Larimer County Extension and Kat Laws, UC Health Aspen Club
- April 17, 2025: Bridging the Digital Divide: Advancing Digital Equity for Older Adults with Dayton Romero Older Adult Technology Services & AARP Senior Planet
- May 15, 2025: Advancing Inclusive Older Adult Programming: Success Stories from the Field panel facilitated by Ginger Williams, MHA
- 2025 Colorado School of Public Health Practice-Based Learning & Career Expo! This year we will have two in-person events. One will be on Wednesday, February 26 at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the other will be on Thursday, February 27 in Fort Collins at the Colorado State University Campus. This is a fantastic opportunity to connect with top talent from the Colorado School of Public Health and receive a FREE professional headshot. This expo provides a platform to showcase practicum, capstone, and job opportunities. It’s the perfect chance to recruit future public health professionals and establish relationships that can help you grow your team and advance your work in the public health sector. 🔗 Register here to reserve your space at the expo(s)!
- In-Person CU Anschutz Medical Campus Event Details:
📅 Date: Wednesday, February 26
📍 Location: CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Education 2 Bridge
⏰ Time: Expo: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Lunch: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (Provided) - In-Person Fort Collins Event Details:
📅 Date: Thursday, February 27
📍 Location: Colorado State University, Lory Student Center, Room 386
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM-2:00 PM (lunch provided) - Parking details and a code will be provided for attendees when the event gets closer.
- 🔗 Register here to reserve your space at the expo(s)!
- If you cannot attend in-person, but still want us to promote your opportunities please fill out this form.
- If you have any questions please email us at Coloradosph.careers@cuanschutz.edu
- In-Person CU Anschutz Medical Campus Event Details:
News & Resources:
- The Colorado Office of Suicide Prevention, housed within CDPHE, leads the statewide Gun Shop Project. In order to serve the entire state, the Office of Suicide Prevention funds ten grantees to visit gun shops, retailers, and firearm-related community events to share suicide prevention resources and information about temporary safe storage options in the case that someone is experiencing suicidal despair. In addition to the ten community grantees leading this work locally, OSP staff and the West Slope VA outreach additional counties, so that the project reaches statewide. Since 2020, the Gun Shop Project has conducted more than 2,500 visits to gun shops and community events statewide.
- Man Therapy has a Colorado Provider Directory that can link you to real-life man therapists who specialize in men’s issues. Use the directory tool to browse and find one that sounds right for you; they’re ready for whatever you’ll throw at them!
- SDoH Screening Resources – https://www.aafp.org/pubs/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/social_determinants.html
- Hospitals Provide Pathway to Food Is Medicine Funding
- Colorado Rural Health Center encompasses over 200 rural health facilities and other healthcare organizations committed to addressing the needs of rural communities. To access more information about the trainings and list of hospital members here.
- Worker well-being is an important topic in our communities and we’d like to share some resources from the Prevention Services Division at CDPHE
- The Dr. Lorna Breen Foundation’s mission is to reduce burnout of health care professionals and safeguard their well-being and job satisfaction.
- 2024 ARC Issue Brief: Campaign to Support Medical Student, Resident and Physician Health and Wellbeing
- 2024 Impact Wellbeing Guide: Taking Action to Improve Healthcare Worker Wellbeing
- Physicians Support Line is a free and confidential line available to physicians and medical students to help navigate personal and professional intersections of life.
- Colorado Safety Net Collaborative – The Colorado Safety Net Collaborative has received its IRS nonprofit designation. The Collaborative represents the 40 safety net clinics in Colorado that are not Federally Qualified Health Centers nor Rural Health Centers. The clinics serve Health First Colorado members and the uninsured. As a result, they are transitioning to independent status and will no longer be using a fiscal intermediary. In addition, our new email address is live: cosafetynet@gmail.com. These clinics serve people across Colorado in areas CDPHE has identified as high-risk health communities. These clinics provide services at little or no cost to patients, whether they are using Health First Colorado, or they are uninsured or underinsured, which is a growing population that they serve.
- Save our Safety Net! In direct response to the Medicaid Unwind, a group of providers are getting together to support continued Medicaid benefits and clinic supports through these efforts. A few of you have reached out about this and/or brought up the concerns that are happening with safety net clinic closures, hope this resource helps!
- BIPOC Maternal Health in Colorado: Colorado Hospital Association’s Center for Clinical Leadership and Excellence recently released a research brief titled “Learnings About BIPOC Maternal Health in Colorado.” CHA partnered with OMNI, a non-profit research organization, to study the experiences of BIPOC people giving birth in Colorado during the prenatal, peripartum, and postpartum periods. In 2022, six focus groups were conducted with a total of 24 participants. There are several action-oriented steps that hospitals may take as a result of this research. These can be grouped into four categories:
- Improving communication with patients and their families
- Discussing and integrating holistic patient centered birth plans;
- Providing comprehensive maternal and neonatal services in the peripartum period;
- and promoting thorough education around cultural competency.
- The research brief can be found here.
- The brief is based on a larger in-depth report, which can be found here.
- Know your rights!
- Know Your Rights Under the U.S. Constitution – No Matter Who Is President (available in 4 languages)
- Know Your Rights: Is It Safe to Apply for Health Insurance or Seek Health Care? (available in Spanish)
- Health Care Providers and Immigration Enforcement: Know Your Rights, Know Your Patients’ Rights
- Know Your Rights: Abortion Access for Immigrants (available in 8 languages)
- Privacy Protections in Selected Federal Benefits Programs
- LGBTQ+ Resources for Policy + Legislation:
- LGBTQ+ Rights
- LGBTQ+ Youth
- Election Wellness Guide
- Trevor Project Finding Support and Building Community Post Election
- Trevor Project Coping with Intense Emotions Around the Presidential Election
- Transgender Law Center Care Package
- Learn more about the Skrimetti supreme court case on this podcast: TransLash Podcast