Other Mental Health Advocacy Resources
Colorado Mental Wellness Network
The Colorado Mental Wellness Network fills an important niche within the behavioral health community by providing peer-driven, recovery support services throughout Colorado.
http://coloradomentalwellnessnetwork.org/
Empower Colorado
Empower Colorado is an organization run by families; it offers support, education, advocacy and resources to families with children and youth who have social, emotional or mental health challenges
http://empowercolorado.com/
Colorado Federation of Families
"The mission of the Colorado Federation is to be an advocate for children, youth and families impacted by mental health issues while striving to improve and strengthen related systems, programs and polices across the state of Colorado."
http://coloradofederation.org/
Mental Health America of Colorado
Mission: Mental Health America of Colorado serves the people of Colorado by collaborating with strategic partners to promote mental health, expand access to services and transform systems of healthcare.
Vision: A healthy Colorado free of stigma and discrimination, where every person has full access to high quality services for all mental health and substance use disorders.
http://www.mhacolorado.org/
NAMI Colorado
The mission of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Colorado is to build communities of recovery and hope by educating, supporting and dvocating for individuals affected by mental illness and their families.
http://www.namicolorado.org/
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CCJRC)
The Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CCJRC) is a non-profit organization that was formed to halt the exponential growth in the state prison population. CCJRC believes that we are currently overusing incarceration and that a comprehensive reevaluation of current criminal justice policy is necessary. CCJRC advocates for the expansion of funding for treatment, alternatives to incarceration, and reintegration services to people leaving prison. They also unconditionally oppose the use of for-profit prisons in Colorado.
CCJRC was founded in 1999 and currently consists of over 100 diverse organizations and faith communities and over 6,800 individuals from across the state.
http://www.ccjrc.org/index.shtml
The People's Advocacy Council
The People’s Advocacy Council is a grass-roots, advocacy group led by homeless and formerly homeless people with the purpose of educating the public, funders, policy makers, community members and leaders about homelessness and what can be done about it with the intention of changing policy, as well as to establish a program where people directly affected by homelessness can share their personal experiences and support each other.
https://peoplesadvocacycouncil.wordpress.com/