Midwestern Colorado Mental Health Center is a private, non-profit corporation. Founded in 1964, Midwestern began providing services in 1965 with an original budget of $4,038.56. The Center has been providing mental health and substance abuse services to the people of Western Colorado for over 40 years.

Midwestern offers an array of services, including: outpatient mental health and substance abuse counseling; psychiatric services; consultation and education; 24 hour emergency services; involuntary hospitalization; intensive family intervention; and employee assistance programs (EAP’s).

The agency’s funding sources are widely varied. We are the providers of Medicaid mental health services for our service area in addition to having contracts for specific services with the State, cities, counties, departments of social services, nursing homes, hospitals and businesses throughout our service area. We also rely on the collection of client fees and private insurance.