Network-Wide CRN User News
SDoH AHCM
now available to all CRN partners!
Accountable Health Communities Model
The Accountable Health Communities Model AHCM is a Social Determents of Health screener that addresses critical resource gaps between providers, essential services, and community resources to improve health outcomes for people with social health needs. The AHCM Screener helps identify and address needs for food, housing, transportation, utilities, and interpersonal safety.
The AHCM screening tool is now available in CRN for Network Partners upon request. Please reach out to Tess McInnis, Jeff Stoddart, or your Community Advisor for more information about utilizing the screener in CRN.
CRN Pro-Tip
Resource Directory Search Results
To get the best results when searching for a resource in the CRN Resource Directory, we recommend you remove the Zip Code from the “Search by Keyworks or add Demographic Criteria” of the Services Categories. Removing the Zip Code (which automatically populates from the client’s profile) will allow for results from a greater geographic area within your region. Many cities have multiple zip codes, so we highly recommend removing the Zip Codes so you can search the entire region.
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Regional News
West Mountain News
Welcome Our New CRN Partners in West Mountain!
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. This program provides 12-step support services. Please visit the Central Office of Western Colorado website to find your nearest meeting.
CRN Use: Receiving emailed referrals
Regions: Mesa County, Delta/Montrose Region, West Mountain
AlpenGlow Resource and Support
Alpenglow offers non-medical, compassionate end-of-life support services for patients and families at life’s sunset. Lori Rienstra, a trained EOL Doula, offers the following services:
– Level of Care Review
– Community end-of-life education via one-on-one as well as group settings
– Education & guidance through death and grieving process
– companionship for patients and families
-Animal-assisted therapy
– Music ministry
– Life review assistance
– Legacy project assistance
– Vigil planning
– Ritual creation & guidance
CRN Use: Receiving emailed referrals out of CRN
Regions Served: Mesa County, Delta, Montrose, Garfield County
Mesa County News
Welcome Our New CRN Partners in Mesa County!
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. This program provides 12-step support services. Please visit the Central Office of Western Colorado website to find your nearest meeting.
CRN Use: Receiving emailed referrals
Regions: Mesa County, Delta/Montrose Region, West Mountain
AlpenGlow Resource and Support
Alpenglow offers non-medical, compassionate end-of-life support services for patients and families at life’s sunset. Lori Rienstra, a trained EOL Doula, offers the following services:
– Level of Care Review
– Community end-of-life education via one-on-one as well as group settings
– Education & guidance through death and grieving process
– companionship for patients and families
-Animal-assisted therapy
– Music ministry
– Life review assistance
– Legacy project assistance
– Vigil planning
– Ritual creation & guidance
CRN Use: Receiving emailed referrals out of CRN
Regions Served: Mesa County, Delta, Montrose, Garfield County
Senior Engagement
Welcome to Senior Engagement, a 501(c)3 Non-Profit group. This group is meeting the needs of our community by providing resources and support to those looking to connect with the Seniors in our community. We will be sharing ideas of ways to keep the Seniors in our community engaged and creating ways to implement our goals. We will primarily focus on Seniors who are currently living/isolating in our local Senior Living Facilities and Nursing Homes – we also occasionally adopt groups that are not all Seniors, but can still benefit from our project and the community connection
CRN Use: Receiving emailed referrals
Regions Served: Mesa County
Mesa County Public Library
Many of its programs and services act as upstream mental health supports and fit in the social determinants of health. This public service is accessible to community members of all ages. Of note are the library’s Adult Learning Center that provides English language learning and GED prep classes for adults, story times are available at all locations, 8 locations throughout Mesa County, 970West Studio provides do-it-yourself access for creatives to complete projects, public computers/wifi and tech help, evening/weekend hours, volunteer opportunities, Words on Wheels home delivery service. Grand Valley Connects’ Resource Navigators work out of the Central library M-F 9-5pm.
CRN Usage: Receives email referrals from CRN
Regions Served: Mesa County
Hope of the Grand Valley
HOPE of the Grand Valley is a local Mesa County nonprofit that was founded in 2008. Our mission is to provide support and a hand-up to hard-working parents and their children who are not receiving welfare, or housing assistance. This is a group that tends to fall through the cracks. These are people trying to break the cycle of poverty and doing their best to get ahead. It’s a situation that creates an uncertain future for both parents. We are fortunate to serve ever-increasing numbers of hard-working, low-income families. This segment of the population is growing, yet typically overlooked and often struggling. Children with parents who are making a little too much money to qualify for government assistance. We are here to give a hand up to parents who are working tirelessly, paying their bills, and doing everything in their power to provide their children with food, clothing, and shelter without public assistance. Our families are given the opportunity to take advantage of the many services and programs we have available.
CRN usage: Receives email referrals from CRN
Regions Served: Mesa County
Delta/ Montrose/ Gunnison News
Welcome Our New CRN Partners in Montrose/Delta/Gunnison!
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. This program provides 12-step support services. Please visit the Central Office of Western Colorado website to find your nearest meeting.
CRN Use: Receiving emailed referrals
Regions: Mesa County, Delta/Montrose Region, West Mountain
AlpenGlow Resource and Support
Alpenglow offers non-medical, compassionate end-of-life support services for patients and families at life’s sunset. Lori Rienstra, a trained EOL Doula, offers the following services:
– Level of Care Review
– Community end-of-life education via one-on-one as well as group settings
– Education & guidance through death and grieving process
– companionship for patients and families
-Animal-assisted therapy
– Music ministry
– Life review assistance
– Legacy project assistance
– Vigil planning
– Ritual creation & guidance
CRN Use: Receiving emailed referrals out of CRN
Regions Served: Mesa County, Delta, Montrose, Garfield County
Valley Food Partnership – Local Farmacy Rx
Valley Food Partnership is a regional non-profit working to strengthen the regional food system through education, access, and community building across the food supply chain. We offer cooking and nutrition education paired with produce vouchers, provide a beginning farmer/rancher development program, facilitate the Montrose Farmers Market, work to increase wholesale purchasing of local food, and provide an annual agricultural forum.
Local Farmacy Rx (LFRx) is a cooking and nutrition education and incentive program dedicated to increasing the consumption of local fruits and vegetables, thereby improving the health of individuals and families, for people experiencing food insecurity and/or at risk of a diet related disease. Referrals to the program come from partner health care providers and social service organizations. Participants engage in education, utilizing both Cooking Matters and participant-driven interests to learn nutrition lessons; cooking easy, budget-friendly, healthy meals; to shop and cook with local, seasonal produce; and food preservation. For every educational opportunity participants engage in, they receive $50 to spend at local food retailers. Additionally, social connections and a connection to the agricultural community is focused on.
Regions Served: Montrose
CRN Usage: Receiving Referrals in CRN
Helpful Resources for July 2024
from the Colorado Regional Health Connector Program–>
Funding Opportunities
- Funding (due 7/12) – Community Economic Development Projects. For projects aimed at business development opportunities and creating employment for low-income individuals located in geographic areas with a demonstrated need.
- Funding (due 8/5) – Multi-sectoral preventive interventions that address SDoH in populations that experience health disparities. This funding supports projects to test prospective multi-sectoral preventive interventions that address social determinants of health in populations that experience health disparities.
- Funding (due 8/15) – Health Center Program New Access Point Grants. Grants to support the establishment of new health service delivery sites under the Health Center Program for underserved populations.
- Funding (due 9/19) – Accelerating research through international network-to-network collaborations. Goals of this program are to 1) leverage prior NSF support for building research capacity towards activities that launch international research network of networks (NoN) that will lead to an accelerated advancement of an area of science after the award period and 2) recruit and foster a diverse and internationally competent US-based workforce trained in conducting and leading multi-team international collaboration. Any area funded by the National Science Foundation is eligible
- Funding (due 2/26/25) – Strategic prevention framework. The purpose of this program is to help reduce the onset and progression of substance misuse and its related problems by supporting the development and delivery of community based substance misuse and prevention and mental health promotion services.
Webinars, Trainings & Conferences
- In-Person: 2024 Colorado Health Symposium, (Re)Writing Narratives: Advancing Equity and Justice – Wed-Fri, July 24-26. Join us for this opportunity to come together and share ideas about how shifting, shaping and expanding narratives can lead to fairer and more inclusive conversations, policies and practices regarding health equity and racial justice. $575 general registration/$300 for nonprofit, education, government.
- Virtual: SafeSide Framework for Suicide Prevention in Rural Communities Workshop – options: Th July 25, Th Aug 1, or Th Aug 15. This half-day interactive workshop features video demonstrations, active discussion groups, and access to the latest research on best practices for suicide prevention. Content is designed for service providers in rural communities, with highlights on suicide prevention for youth, substance use, and Indigenous or Tribal communities.
- Virtual: Barriers to Care: Solutions for Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment Provision in Rural Communities – Wed Aug 21, 10am. Understand the key barriers to mental health and substance use care in rural communities; highlight how Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics strengthen mental health care infrastructure in rural areas; and explore strategies for embedding DEI in your organization and expanding the use of culturally competent service for diverse rural populations.
- Colorado Health Symposium: Re-Writing Narratives: Advancing Equity and Justice, Keystone, CO – July 24-26: Colorado Health Symposium 2024 (swoogo.com)
- Acudetox Certification Class – $425 per person, Grand Junction – July 30-31 and August 1: contact Lyndall for more information: lyoung@wcahec.org
- 2024 COLORADO RURAL PEER CONFERENCE: Sustainability, Glenwood Springs, CO – July 31- August 2: rural peer conference | Health Partnership of Northwest Colorado (thehealthpartnership.org)
- Pathfinders Grief and Honor River Trips on the Ruby Horsethief section of the Colorado River – July, August, and September: What’s New | Pathfinders For You
- 2024 Mental Health America Conference – Washington, DC – Sept. 19-21: Register for Mental Health America’s Annual Conference! | Mental Health America (mhanational.org)
- Compassionate Bereavement Care Provider Certification, Sedona, AZ – Sept. 5-8: https://missfoundation.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e9dcaa5c3672bd24e73adea1&id=330ab0b183&e=f3691bc070
- Compassionate Bereavement Care Yoga Provider Certification, Sedona, AZ – Oct. 7-14: https://missfoundation.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e9dcaa5c3672bd24e73adea1&id=6022ec5e75&e=f3691bc070
- Somatic Movement and Sound Therapy Retreat (SM/ST) at the Selah Carefarm for Grievers, Sedona, AZ – Oct. 9-13: https://missfoundation.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e9dcaa5c3672bd24e73adea1&id=eef7d1cfc0&e=f3691bc070
- Public Health and Disasters Conference 2024 in West Jordan, UT – Oct. 10-11: Utah LMS (publichealthcloud.com)
- Professional Carefarm Training – Creating Health and Community: The Regenerative Social Health Model, Sedona, AZ – Oct. 20-27: https://missfoundation.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e9dcaa5c3672bd24e73adea1&id=569f548763&e=f3691bc070
- Trauma-Informed Approaches for Housing and Supportive Service Providers Training and Certification $475 – Tuesdays and Thursdays July 9 – 30, 2-3:30pm: Trauma-Informed Care (thinkific.com)
- Workshop: Solving Difficult Collective Impact Challenges $199 – June 26, 11am – 2pm: Workshop: Solving Difficult Collective Impact Challenges Registration, Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite
- Facing the Mourning Grief Group Facilitator Training $85 – July 19, 11am-1pm: Facing the Mourning Facilitator Training July 19, 2024 – virtual – HeartLight Center
- Goal Setting in the New Year: A Mid-Year Check-in – Virtual Workshop $20 – July 27, 9:30am: Goal Setting in the New Year: A Mid-Year Check-in – Virtual Workshop – HeartLight Center
- Worksite Wellness Specialist Certificate Course: Six-week Online Access $995 – Starts August 5: Worksite Wellness Specialist Certificate (Aug. 5, 2024 – Sept. 15, 2024) | LearnWELL (nationalwellness.org)
- Circle Talk Leader Training, online $495 – Sept. 3-24: Virtual Leader Training – September 3, 2024 | CircleTalk
News & Resources
- FREE e-learning module for practices: Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Primary Care, registration code: ADRD. Includes 2 CMEs. This module educates primary care providers and their teams on how to address risk factors that can reduce the risk for dementia, their role to increase early detection and diagnosis of dementia, tips for addressing care planning, caring for care partners, and strategies for providing care for BIPOC who are at higher risk for dementia. There is also a great library of relevant resources included within the module.
- Medicine and Social Justice: Blog covering topics such as medicine, social justice, health, workforce, and health systems.
- Medicare’s Health Equity Services. Describes how providers can now get paid for social determinants of health assessment screening along with other services. These services offer training such as Medicare caregiver training, social determinants of health assessments and principal illness navigation and peer support.
- Telehealth hubs. This interactive map shows libraries with telehealth hubs in the regional area. You can also click this link to access the State of Colorado Digital Access Strategy.
- FREE e-learning module for practices: Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Primary Care, registration code: ADRD. Includes 2 CMEs. This module educates primary care providers and their teams on how to address risk factors that can reduce the risk for dementia, their role to increase early detection and diagnosis of dementia, tips for addressing care planning, caring for care partners, and strategies for providing care for BIPOC who are at higher risk for dementia. There is also a great library of relevant resources included within the module.
- Medicine and Social Justice: Blog covering topics such as medicine, social justice, health, workforce, and health systems.
- Medicare’s Health Equity Services. Describes how providers can now get paid for social determinants of health assessment screening along with other services. These services offer training such as Medicare caregiver training, social determinants of health assessments and principal illness navigation and peer support.
- Telehealth hubs. This interactive map shows libraries with telehealth hubs in the regional area. You can also click this link to access the State of Colorado Digital Access Strategy.