Colorado has half a billion dollars to fix its mental health system — but it won’t work without workers

The dire worker shortage in Colorado’s 17 regional community mental health centers means therapists at the centers are overburdened with patients, that people are waiting weeks or even months for appointments, if they get one at all, and that in the midst of a mental health crisis brought on by the isolation and stress of coronavirus, the centers are seeing thousands fewer patients now than they were before the pandemic began.

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