What We Do

Mission

Enriching lives and minds by focusing on strengths and recovery.

Mental health recovery guides our work at the Mental Health Center of Denver. With one in every five people struggling with mental illness, our focus on recovery and resilience is essential to the community’s well-being.

Recovery means that people with mental illness are living healthy, productive and meaningful lives in our community. Resilience focuses on early intervention and prevention, and promoting positive potential in children, adolescents and families.

We are Denver’s source for comprehensive and accessible mental health and substance abuse treatment, housing, education and employment services for adults and the leading resource of treatment for children, teens and families. Each adult, family or child we serve has access to our full range of services.

Our mission of enriching lives and minds by focusing on strengths and recovery comes to life each day as we work with our community partners and those we serve to create lasting opportunities for mental health recovery.

  

Who We Serve

  • Adults of all ages
  • Children and adolescents
  • Families and infants
  • Homeless adults and youth
  • Adults and children who are deaf or hard of hearing
  • Students in Denver Public Schools
  • Spanish-speaking adults, children and families
  • Youth at risk of suicide
  • Adults and the elderly in nursing homes
  • Individuals involved in the criminal justice system

Our organization accepts all people into treatment, regarless of ability to pay. Information is available within the Fee Agreement process. 
“[The Mental Health Center of Denver] is such a unique place. They don’t put you in a box. Recovery is individual there.”
Marika
Read My Story

Community-Wide Services

  • Our Recovery Center provides all the expertise to manage the behavioral and physical healthcare needs of adults in our community in one location.
  • We have three outpatient clinics for children and families and Spanish-speaking adults, families and children.
  • We provide employment training and education at our 2Succeed in Education and 2Succeed in Employment programs.
  • We manage 23 residential programs for people recovering from mental illness.
  • We provide household goods and personal items, free of charge, to our consumers at two resource centers: A New Day Family Resource Center for children and families and The Resource Center for adults. Your tax-deductible cash or in-kind donations are welcome.
  • We provide mental health counseling in 18 Denver public schools.
  • We operate a 24-student day treatment school for children ages 6 to 14 with serious emotional problems. Here, they can continue their education and get the help they need before returning to a regular classroom.
  • We have therapists in three youth centers and over a dozen nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
  • We operate two full-service pharmacies within our clinics as a convenience to the people we serve.

 

  

Specialized Services

  • We are Colorado’s only community based mental health center with specialized services for deaf and hard-of-hearing children, adolescents, adults and families.
  • Our Living and Learning with HIV program provides confidential, professional and affordable mental health services to individuals, families, partners, friends and caregivers of those affected by HIV/AIDS.
  • We are sensitive to the cultural needs of Denver’s Hispanic (or Latino) community. El Centro de las Familias provides bilingual mental health services to Spanish-speaking adults, children and families.

The Mental Health Center of Denver

  303-504-6500