Colorado Community Health Network

11/06/2025

Congratulations, Clinica Family Health and Wellness, on the opening of your new 24/7 crisis center!

***Spread the news!*** Louisville's walk-in crisis center is officially open! This facility will have services including 24/7 mental health crisis intervention, withdrawal management, urgent psychiatric care, and intensive outpatient services. We are honored to serve our community. Please share this resource with those in your life.

📍1107 W Century Dr, Louisville, CO

Learn more about the crisis center here: https://mhpcolorado.org/louisville-acute-care-services

11/03/2025

Colorado Community Health Network was excited to award ten state legislators for their work in advancing Community Health Center priorities in the 2025 legislative session. These awards were offered at CHCs throughout the summer.

Last week, at Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc., it was an honor to present Cleave Simpson Colorado State Senator District 6 with the CHC Champion Award for his leadership on HB25-1288, which will open up new revenue opportunities for CHCs, and his advocacy for increased funding to the Primary Care Fund, which ensured that the legislature would take action to help protect and invest in CHCs.

We are so grateful for Sen. Cleave Simpson’s willingness to champion our cause of ensuring access to accessible, high quality health care, in the midst of a state and federal budget crisis.

10/27/2025

10/23/2025

Congratulations to High Plains Community Health Center for celebrating 30 years of delivering high-quality primary care to Southeastern Colorado including Prowers, Baca, Bent, and Kiowa Counties!

High Plains CHC hosted a 30th anniversary event yesterday, Oct. 22, which included a beautiful slide show, a sneak peak of the newly-renovated lobby, and speeches from founding CEO, Jay Brooke, and current CEO, Jeremy Carrol.

Learn more about High Plains’ 30th anniversary celebration: https://theprowersjournal.com/2025/10/high-plains-community-health-center-invites-public-to-celebrate-30-years-at-event-wednesday-october-22/

10/09/2025

“Community Health Centers serving low-income Coloradans will face a reckoning if the government shutdown goes on too long — but right now, they can’t be sure when ‘too long’ will be.”

A long shutdown could also jeopardize other programs supporting health centers, such as loan repayment for doctors working in underserved areas.

09/16/2025

📢 Today is National Voter Registration Day! 📢
Are you registered? Take a few minutes to check your registration status or register to vote: https://linktr.ee/CRCvotes

Your vote is your voice, and it matters.

09/04/2025

Colorado Community Health Network is excited to award ten state legislators for their work in advancing Community Health Center priorities in the 2025 legislative session. These awards will be offered at CHCs throughout the summer.

Last week, at PrimeHealth+ formerly MarillacHealth, we were honored to present Representative Rick Taggart and Senator Janice Rich with a Community Health Center Supporter Award for their leadership in passing SB25-071. This bill safeguards CHCs' ability to continue providing discounted medications to our patients by protecting against discriminatory pharmaceutical manufacturer practices.

We thank the legislators for their support of the mission of CHCs to provide accessible, high quality health care.

08/28/2025

Colorado Community Health Network is excited to award ten state legislators for their work in advancing Community Health Center priorities in the 2025 legislative session. These awards will be offered at CHCs throughout the summer.

Recently, at Clinica Family Health and Wellness, alongside Salud Family Health, we were honored to present Senator Kyle Mullica with a Community Health Center Champion Award for his leadership in advocating to protect and invest in Colorado's health care safety net through SB25-290. This bill creates the new Provider Stabilization Fund, which will help Community Health Centers and safety net providers across Colorado weather the storm of the current financial crisis until longer-term solutions can be created.

We further thank the legislator for his advocacy to increase funding to the Primary Care Fund, which ensured that the legislature would take action to help protect and invest in CHCs.

We are grateful for Sen. Kyle Mullica's support of the mission of CHCs to provide accessible, high quality health care.

08/27/2025

Join us in congratulating An Nguyen, Chief Dental Officer, Clinica Family Health and Wellness for being selected for the National Association of Community Health Centers 2025 Samuel U. Rodgers Achievement Award at the CHI in Chicago. CCHN is proud to have led this nomination for such a deserving awardee.

This award is presented to a clinician who exemplifies excellence in clinical practice and leadership at the local, state, or national level. Dr. Nguyen does all three.

In her nomination, Simon Smith, CEO of Clinica Family Health & Wellness shared “Dr. Nguyen consistently applies a patient-centered, public health, and prevention focused approach to oral health. She drives our dental practice, and the industry, towards more quality and outcome-oriented work. A relentless advocate of integration, An’s common refrain of “put the mouth back in the body” helps Clinica to deepen clinical linkages across oral health, physical health, and mental health care within our system and the broader community.”

08/22/2025

The Colorado State Legislature is convening for a Special Session over the next few days to address some of the statewide budget impacts of H.R. 1. Stephanie Brooks, CCHN’s Policy Director, testified in support of two bills that will help vulnerable Coloradans maintain access to primary care:

SB25B-002: Supports primary care providers who are newly ineligible for federal funds.
HB25B-1006: Helps a significant number of Coloradans maintain health insurance coverage.

With these bills being heard in committee today, we appreciate the legislature’s understanding of how investing in the health care system is beneficial for the health of Colorado’s people and economy.

08/21/2025

Colorado Community Health Network is excited to award ten state legislators for their work in advancing Community Health Center priorities in the 2025 legislative session. These awards will be offered at CHCs throughout the summer.

Last week, at Clinica Family Health and Wellness, we were honored to present Representative Kyle Brown with a Community Health Center Champion Award for his leadership in advocating to protect and invest in Colorado's health care safety net and in passing SB25-290. This bill creates the new Provider Stabilization Fund, which will help Community Health Centers and safety net providers across Colorado weather the storm of the current financial crisis until longer-term solutions can be created.

We thank the legislator for his support of the mission of CHCs to provide accessible, high quality health care.

08/20/2025

Last weekend, the CCHN team joined Community Health Center staff and advocates from across the country to participate in the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Community Health Institute (CHI) and Expo in Chicago.

We reunited with colleagues, shared best practices in patient care, discussed policy strategy, and met with national leaders.

Our special gratitude to Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS Administrator Tom Engels; BPHC Administrator Jim Macrae; NACHC CEO Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP; and HRSA Rural Health Administrator Tom Morris for highlighting the crucial work of CHCs and taking the time to meet with Colorado’s CHC leaders.

We appreciate the time to together, and draw on each other for renewed energy towards our end goal: access to health as a right, not a privilege.