Aurora Mental Health Center

Aurora Mental Health Center
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Facts
Type Private, Nonprofit Community Mental Health Organization
Founded 1975
Headquarters Aurora, Colorado
Area Served City of Aurora
Industry Mental Health
Exec. Director/CEO Dr. Randy Stith, Ph.D
www.aumhc.org

The Aurora Mental Health Center, located in Aurora, Colorado, is a private, nonprofit community mental health center[1][2] founded in 1975 by local citizens. As of 2016, the Center has a $50 million budget that supports services to more than 25,000 individuals of all ages, races, and backgrounds, 68.8% of whom live below the federal poverty level and 21% of whom are uninsured. The Center employs 520 full and part-time staff, who speak 73 languages. Services are provided through 46 unique programs in 13 counseling centers, 10 residential facilities, 13 sites integrated with primary medical care, in public schools, through county human service departments, in criminal justice settings, in homes and foster homes, and at other community locations. Aurora Mental Health Center responds to emergencies and crises 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through a walk-in crisis center, a Crisis Stabilization Unit, and through mobile crisis response in the community.

See also

Recovery model

References

  1. ↑ Listing at Colorado Department of Human Services website Archived October 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "First-rate Advocates for Aurora Mental Health", Denver Post, Aug. 1, 2007
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