& Adolescent
Mental Health Coalition
(CCAMHC)
C/O CGT
3615 S. Huron #206
Englewood, CO 80110
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and
Adolescent Mental Health Coalition Website!
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Strong Minds, Strong
Futures for Children, Youth, Families and Professionals
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Purpose
It is recognized that
emotionally disturbed and mentally ill children and adolescents do exist in
every child serving system or agency in our society. The purpose of this
coalition is to bring these systems together to discuss common concerns and to
devise ways to serve emotionally disturbed and mentally ill children more
effectively, regardless of where they are, through collaboration, networking,
and joint programming.
Membership
The membership of
the Coalition numbers over 300 and includes parents of children with special
needs, mental health clinicians, social caseworkers, juvenile probation
officers, educators, residential providers, and human services administrators.
A Board of Director’s meeting is held bi-monthly and the Conference Planning
Committee, made up of coalition members, meets regularly to plan the yearly
conference.
History
and Support
The Coalition
emerged from the Child and Adolescent Steering Committee which advised the
Division of Mental Health (now the Division of Behavioral Health) and the
Centers and Clinics Association (now the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare
Council) on children’s issues. That group produced the first Colorado
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference in 1989. Subsequently, the group
decided to incorporate as a 501 (c) 3 corporation, the Colorado Child and
Adolescent Mental Health Coalition. Over time, the Coalition has received
support from the Colorado Department of Human Services, the Colorado Chapter of
the Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, the Colorado
Continuum Network Serving Sexually Abusive Youth, the National Traumatic Stress
Network, private hospitals, residential treatment centers, and mental health
centers throughout the state.