The Aurora Mental Health Center, located in Aurora, Colorado, is a private, nonprofit community mental health center founded in 1975 by local citizens. As of 2016, the Center has a $50 million dollar budget that supports services to more than 25,000 individuals of all ages, races, and backgrounds, 68.8% of whom live below the federal poverty level and 21% of whom are uninsured. The Center employs 520 full and part-time staff, who speak 73 languages. Services are provided through 46 unique programs in 13 counseling centers, 10 residential facilities, 13 sites integrated with primary medical care, in public schools, through county human service departments, in criminal justice settings, in homes and foster homes, and at other community locations. Aurora Mental Health Center responds to emergencies and crises 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through a walk-in crisis center, a Crisis Stabilization Unit, and through mobile crisis response in the community.
Video Aurora Mental Health Center
See also
Recovery model
Maps Aurora Mental Health Center
References
External links
- Official website
- "Taking the LEAD", Randy Stith, PhD, at Behavioral Healthcare website
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