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Aspen Hope Center provides an array of mental health services such as crisis intervention, suicide prevention, mobile crisis response, therapy, a confidential 24/7 HopeLine, a robust school-based program, and referrals to appropriate providers. Across all programs, the Hope Center strives to reduce the stress of navigating the system of mental health and remove barriers to care.
Aspen Hope Center’s mission is to extend a beacon of hope to those in emotional crisis and offer a continuum of care while steadfastly working to decrease the stigma of mental illness through expert clinical treatment, public education, community collaboration and outreach.
In 2022, Aspen Hope Center received accreditation from the American Association of Suicidology. Aside from Colorado Crisis Services which operates the state crisis line, Aspen Hope Center is the only crisis agency that holds this honor and employs mobile crisis and co-response clinicians.
Hope Center Programs
The Hope Center provides a specific array of services that were designed to decrease the stress of navigating the convoluted system of mental health and most importantly, to tighten the reins on the gaps found in the services provided in the Roaring Fork Valley.
Our Programs
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<div class='icon-title'><i class="fas fa-phone-alt"></i>24-Hour Hopeline</div>
The Aspen Hope Center provides a 24-hour confidential line to ensure that anyone who calls for help reaches an on-call clinician day or night, seven days per week.
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<div class='icon-title'><i class="fas fa-info"></i>Information & Referral</div>
When a client calls for a referral, the Hope Center clinician makes it a priority to connect them with the appropriate practitioner or agency from Aspen to Parachute.
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<div class='icon-title'><i class="fas fa-comments"></i> Therapy</div>
The Hope Center offers short-term, solution-focused therapy provided by licensed therapists for various types of life struggles.
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<div class='icon-title'> <i class="fas fa-heartbeat"></i> Intensive Stabilization Program</div>
The Aspen Hope Center created the Intensive Stabilization Program as an alternative to inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. This program helps people emerge and heal from a crisis with the support of the crisis team, local professionals, and daily therapy; all without leaving the valley and spending days in a locked facility.
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<div class='icon-title'> <i class="fas fa-walking"></i> Mobile Crisis / Co-response Program </div>
Each person who calls in crisis requires an individualized approach to handle their particular situation.
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<div class='icon-title'> <i class="fas fa-book-open"></i>School-based Mental Heath Program</div>
The Hope Center and RE-1 school district partner to provide all crisis services and prevention education programs to the schools in the district.
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<div class='icon-title'> <i class="fas fa-users"></i>Community Education</div>
The Aspen Hope Center believes that to raise awareness and reduce the stigma of mental illness, education is key.
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<div class='icon-title'> <i class="fas fa-chalkboard-teacher"></i> Consulting Services </div>
The deep collaborations and partnerships the Hope Center have with local agencies, businesses and other non-profits is what adds to the care and healing that is able to be provided.
Help fund crucial, life-changing elements of mental health care needed in our community.
Our History
Given the history of a high suicide rate in the Roaring Fork Valley and after much research from the Aspen Valley Medical Foundation, Aspen Hope Center was born with 4 main pillars in mind:
24-hour crisis line
mobile crisis team
stabilization program
robust education and outreach program
Formed partnership with Roaring Fork School District (RE-1) and the school-based health center
Launched school-based mental health program with 1 full-time school-based clinician at Basalt High School
Aspen Valley Medical Foundation closed, Aspen Hope Center remained, continually supported by the community
Trained businesses and students in suicide awareness, provided short-term counseling, and added more crisis resource partners
Expanded school-based services to include a second clinician
Brought on 2 additional school-based clinicians to increase services
Opened first satellite office in Eagle, CO
First time Aspen Hope Center, a 501c3, received a major state contract for a mobile crisis without being housed under a community-based health center, as well as support for expansion
Spun the Hope Center of the Eagle River Valley to its own 501c3, now known as Your Hope Center
Created the consulting and training pillar of programming - the first 2 entities to be served under that pillar were Your Hope Center and Gunnison Valley Health
Successfully helped Gunnison Valley stand up a mobile crisis team and obtain state contract independent of community-based health center
Hired the agency’s first program director and the school program went from 4 clinicians to 12 in one year
School-based mental health services increased further to include 14 clinicians in our valley's schools
Hired the agency’s first operations director in an effort to continue expanding the backend infrastructure to support the continuing pull from front-line services
Held our first-ever signature gala which was a huge success!
Received accreditation from the American Association of Suicidology - aside from Colorado Crisis Services which operates the state crisis line, Aspen Hope Center is the only crisis agency that holds this honor and employs mobile crisis and co-response clinicians.
Bolstered our admin team by hiring a development director, clinical director and human resources manager
Hosted ‘Connect, Hope, Heal” symposium
Held second annual gala
Expanded school-based services into Aspen School District
Contracted with the state to provide crisis services in Pitkin County
Annual Reports
Testimonials & Stories
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