On Edge is an investigative series from the Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) about Colorado’s mental health.
The series title reflects a state that has the nation’s highest rate of adult mental illness and lowest access to care.
COLab is a nonprofit that unites more than 160 communities and news outlets to ensure quality news for all Coloradans. KSUT joined COLab in 2020.
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State investigators are at Mind Springs Health offices in Western Colorado this week to review files and financial documents. -
Mind Springs President and CEO Sharon Raggio stepped down Tuesday, Jan. 4. Her resignation after 14 years in the position comes after the Colorado News Collaborative and many of its news partners statewide published an investigative story on the non-profit's failings. -
Two Colorado counties are breaking from their mental health provider. Others are taking notes. -
The workforce shortage extends to all of Colorado’s 17 regional community mental health centers -- the safety net for people without insurance, on Medicaid or who can’t afford to pay for private treatment. -
Colorado, the state with the nation’s highest rate of adult mental illness and lowest access to care, has been giving community mental health centers non-compete contracts and a privileged rate status for nearly 60 years, without meaningful oversight. This is the first in a series of investigative reports into the state's mental health system, from the Colorado News Collaborative (COLab). -
Even now, nearly three months after COVID invaded his body, Jason McGinnis cannot stop asking himself how he contracted the virus.On its face, the answer… -
Seventeen-year-old Navee Essien of Aurora tried to end her life in November. She since has been diagnosed with bipolar, anxiety and major depressive… -
For the time being, the children of city employees, hospital staffers and other essential workers are still romping around Little Angels Daycare.The… -
Tylan Jones is not naive. He is a 20-year-old Black man living in the United States. This reality does not easily accommodate naivete.When he was in… -
Scott Zayatz upped his dosage of antidepression and antianxiety medication in early spring when the pandemic started clobbering the nation and the…
