Mental Health Partners

We are over-the-moon excited to share Boulder County's first ever Harm Reduction Vending Machine! This machine allows users to access harm reduction tools such as NARCAN, gun safety devices, sexual health kits, and wound care kits at no cost. We are deeply grateful for our partnership with Boulder Community Health and financial support from the Boulder Rotary Club for making this vending machine a reality. Thank to these organizations, we are helping save lives! You can find this vending machine at: 4800 Riverbend Road Boulder, CO 80301

According to the American Psychological Association, around three in five adults (62%) said they don’t talk about their stress overall because they don’t want to burden others. “In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers." Fred Rogers Television Host, Author, and Educator

The Clinica Family Health & Wellness Board of Directors held their first ever meeting! This special moment represents a substantial step of our united orgs. Our new Board consists of board members from both Mental Health Partners and Clinica Family Health – including patients and clients. By centering the voices of our clients and patients on the Board, they can lead the way in helping us expand access to quality, comprehensive healthcare. #BoardMembers #Healthcare

This Colorado Gives Day you helped us raise more than $24,000. Your contribution will allow us to provide critical resources and services that we otherwise could not - such as suicide prevention trainings, NARCAN and other overdose prevention tools, housing support, helping survivors of sexual violence, and so much more! We are so grateful for this compassionate community. Thank you for supporting life-saving care to those in need. You are changing lives. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

Last week courageous artists let their healing shine at the Clinica Art, Jewelry, and Gift Sale. Shoppers were dazzled by gorgeous jewelry, handmade creations, stunning paintings, and the beautiful embodiment of joy, resilience, and of course, hope. Together we are stronger and together we heal. Thank you to all who attended and supported these amazing artists.

Increase your impact by donating today! https://lnkd.in/gTJUMsmW Many of our neighbors and community members are without insurance and without options. In the face of a challenging financial and political climate, it is our continued mission to provide compassionate and affordable medical, dental, and mental health care for individuals and families who otherwise could not. Will you join us? https://lnkd.in/gTJUMsmW

We have exciting news to share- we won an award! In the 2024 BizWest Community Builders Awards, we received recognition as the Nonprofit Organization of the Year in the Health Care Services category. We are grateful to serve our community and hope to continue to cultivate a community where everyone deserves access to high-quality, affordable health care.

Shoutout to our incredible Dental team! Dr. Megan Bright (Boulder County Clinic Dental Director), Dr. Christine Finn (Adams County Clinic Dental Director), and Sandra Tellez (Boulder County Dental Operations Director) represented our Dental team at the annual meeting of the National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA). Through a competitive process, they were selected to give presentations under bright lights and packed rooms full of experts from across the country. They did an exceptional job of representing our work and helped inspire other dental programs through the wisdom they shared!

Centering a career in service of marginalized communities means that there are many hard days, but what has kept me in this work for nearly two decades is the depth of innovation, humanity, and justice that can be rare to find outside of the safety net. Yesterday, Clinica Family Health and Wellness (the merged entity of Clinica Family Health - a community health center and Mental Health Partners - a community mental health center) hosted an art sale featuring the creative spirit of the clients who receive our services, and I am moved beyond words by the healing I witnessed through it. I purchased this beautiful piece—made of materials that would have otherwise found their way to a landfill—depicting a white peony, a flower that represents new beginnings and a fitting symbol of the artist’s journey in her addiction recovery: “It is because of the assistance I have received from this incredible clinic and the genuine, unwavering support of my care team that I am able to be here today to share my art with you…an opportunity for which I will be eternally grateful. My hope is that with hard work and continued dedication to my recovery, I will once again be able to harness my creativity so that it may shine through my art.” This event affirmed for me yet again that, yes, this work is hard, AND, yes, this work is right.

We wish you all a loving Thanksgiving. Thank you for being a compassion-filled community. We are grateful!