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Boulder outlines behavioral health framework and reports first‑year CARE data; county partners plan roadmap implementation
Summary
City staff presented a new city behavioral health framework aligned with the Boulder County Behavioral Health Roadmap and updated the council on the CARE program’s first year. CARE completed 299 contacts in 2024; staff contracted an external evaluator and will return with more analysis and continued regional coordination.
City staff presented the City of Boulder Behavioral Health Framework and an update on the Community Assistance Response and Engagement (CARE) program Jan. 14, outlining priorities for city involvement and early program metrics for a health‑focused alternate response.
The framework, led by Wendy Schwartz of Housing and Human Services, sets principles for the city’s role in behavioral health: prioritize collaboration over duplication, leverage upstream investments in social determinants of health, match roles to expertise and build evaluation and transparency into programs. Staff framed the framework to align with the Boulder County Behavioral Health Roadmap, which the county approved in 2023 and which was developed with input from more than 600 stakeholders.
Nut graf: Staff said the city cannot replace state and federally funded clinical systems but can strategically fund safety‑net providers, support service navigation, and expand…
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