Associate Director, Criminal Justice Services
Mental Health Center of Denver
Denver, Colorado
Chris Richardson is the Assoc. Director of Criminal Justice Services at the Mental Health Center of Denver currently overseeing multiple criminal justice entry points withing the sequential intercept model. Most notably Denver’s Co-Responder Unit, a program that pairs licensed mental health clinicians with Denver Police Officers, providing on scene support, crisis de escalation, service connection and follow up visits to individuals experiencing mental health crisis in the Denver area. More recently overseeing the Daily operations to the Denvers STAR program that provides a civilian based response to low level 911 crisis calls. With 14 years of direct clinical services in the field of mental health, the goal is to provide education, service connection and coordination to individuals needing behavioral health supports to sustainable, trauma informed community supports.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
