Colorado has had success deploying mental health professionals to calls alongside police officers. A school district in northern Colorado is hoping it will also be successful in the classroom. In order to respond to calls inside schools, Thompson School District...
Bridging the gap with Co-Responder Teams in Thompson School District (Photo by Thompson School District, January 30, 2023) Providing support for the approximately 15,000 students in Thompson School District requires the work of hundreds of staff members, including the...
School district invites mental health co-responders to assist school resource officers While nearly every district has school resource officers, very few have mental health clinicians working with them. Thompson School District (TSD) has paired social workers with...
Co-responder program yields positive results for law enforcement and clients One of the programs I am most proud of here at SummitStone began in 2016 as a response to the increasing number of calls police were answering that were not necessarily criminal in nature,...
SummitStone's Co-Responder program has been in Loveland since 2016 and has been a valuable resource for the Loveland Police Department to help build community trust and ease the strain on law enforcement. "As sweeping protests against police brutality in the wake of...
A mental health Co-responder can help respond to calls in which a mental or behavioral health issue is involved in hopes of helping funnel people to the resources they need instead of just sending them into the criminal justice system and continuing the cycle....
By pairing SummitStone Health Partners Co-responder, Lesley Craig, and the Larimer County Sheriff's Office, this has helped improve outcomes and save lives of those with mental health and substance use issues. "Long-term solutions are one of the co-responder’s goals....
SummitStone is proud to announce that Jesse Boyd, our Co-Responder with the Loveland Police Department, was recognized as the Professional Staff Employee of the Year at the Police Department’s Annual Awards Ceremony on Feb. 22. Chief Robert Ticer commended Jesse’s...
SummitStone Health Partners has paired a behavioral health co-responder with the Loveland-based emergency medical service, marking one of the first non-law enforcement agencies to do so. The CARES program connects people with resources they may not have access to that...
November 15, 2024 - In this issue of SummitNews, we're pleased to announce our new Chief Financial Officer, John Dowling, who comes to us with over 20 years of experience! Plus, learn earn how you can be a part of Giving Tuesday, Colorado Gives Day and much more!...
