Colorado Mental Health & Substance Abuse Block Grant Plan, Fiscal Year 2016 To 2017

On June 12, 2015, the Colorado Department of Human Services Mental Health and Substance Abuse Block Grant Plan for fiscal year 2016 to 2017 was approved. It describes the state's plans for its block grant allocation from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The plans are intended to strengthen the public mental health and addiction treatment service systems. Topics covered by the plan include Medicaid caseloads and growth, the behavioral health workforce, and the state's plan to expand addiction treatment recovery services by expanding the role of peer-run organizations . . .