The Mental Health Center of Denver (MHCD) is a private, not-for-profit, 501 (c) (3), community mental health care organization providing comprehensive, recovery-focused services to more than 7,500 residents in the Denver metro area each year. Founded in 1989, MHCD is Colorado’s leading provider and key health care partner in the delivery of outcomes-based mental health services.

MHCD employs over 350 highly trained
professionals and offers a broad array of mental health services while specializing in the treatment of serious and persistent mental illness. MHCD has more than 30 convenient locations throughout metro-Denver where children, families and adults of all ages access high-quality services in neighborhood and community-based settings including clinics, day care centers, schools and at home.

With an annual budget of $32.2 million, MHCD receives 52% of its revenue from Medicaid, 37% from other State funds, 1.3 % from federal grants and 5% from third party contracts and grants.

MHCD Mission Statement:Enriching lives and minds by focusing on strengths and recovery.

"We partner with consumers, families, and health care providers to re-establish lives through treatment, advocacy, and the belief that people can and do recover."

Adult Outpatient Service

Evidence-based group and individual therapies

Assertive Community Treatment teams

Psychiatric evaluation and monitoring

Individualized treatment planning

Psychiatric emergency assistance

Specialized treatment tracks

Targeted case management

Medication monitoring

Vocational assistance

Nurse walk-in clinics

Specialty services

MHCD offers a highly competitive and comprehensive array of employee benefits for employees and their families.

MHCD offers

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible Spending Account (Section 125)
Life insurance

Long-term disability/Short Term Disability

Mental Health Center of Denver, MHCD, a private charitable 501 (c)(3) organization, was founded in 1989 through a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation when community leaders recognized the need for a more responsive system of care. This grant provided resources to the community to design a new structure for community mental health, one that was less fragmented, more efficient and more effective for mental health consumers. The result was the consolidation
of four community mental health organizations
into what is now the Mental Health Center of Denver.

MHCD is charged with developing and maintaining a system of care for the mentally ill in Denver.(Executive Order 89—City and County of Denver)Nearly 460 highly qualified professionals serve 5,600 Denver residents each year. Our staff includes psychiatrists,psychologists, nurses, as well as pharmacists,social workers, counselors, case managers, teachers and hundreds of others who support these professionals.MHCD provides a wide array of mental health services,including specialized services for children and teenagers, men and women with serious mental illness
and people at risk of losing their homes. We
serve the elderly, people living with HIV/AIDS, the
Deaf and hard of hearing, and provide special services for Denver’s Hispanic community.
In 2004, MHCD provided more than 490,000 individual services ranging from court evaluations to full-day education/treatment for elementary and middle school students, individual and group therapy, family counseling and monitoring of medication when required. In addition, we help consumers prepare for, obtain and keep jobs.
With a 70% recovery rate, the Mental Health Center
of Denver (MHCD) was named the nation’s #1
Provider of Community Mental Healthcare Services in
2005 by the National Council for Community and
Behavioral Healthcare.

jsymons@mhcd.com