University of Denver program receives $3 million grant for Southwest Colorado K-12 mental health resources – the-journal.com

University of Denver program receives $3 million grant for Southwest Colorado K-12 mental health resources  the-journal.com

Funding will support two full-time clinicians and wellness programs K-12 schools across the five counties of southwest Colorado (Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma and San Juan counties) can opt into the Southwest Trauma and Resilence Center services, funded through a $3 million grant from the federal government. The program is ran by doctor Ashley Brock-Baca with DU’s Butler Insitute for Families, in partnership with San Juan BOCES. K-12 schools do not need to be a part of San Juan BOCES to opt into the mental health program. Pictured is a hallway at Park Elementary. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald File)Jerry McBride In partnership with San Juan BOCES, Ashley Brock-Baca of University of Denver is developing the Southwest Trauma and Resilience Center for Rural Schools, funded by a $3 million grant from the federal government.

The funding will support two full-time mental health clinicians to work at K-12 schools in Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma and San Juan counties for five years. It will also support mental health training programs for educators and a program to build resilience for children and their caregivers, Brock-Baca said. The $3 million grant funding the STARRS center came from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The proposal was developed to address issues identified by educators, she said. The program, which could start using the