The Colorado Health Access Fund is a field-of-interest fund managed by The Denver Foundation. Established in 2014 with an anonymous $40 million gift, the fund is dedicated to improving health outcomes for underserved Coloradans. Between 2015 and 2026, the fund has distributed more than $46 million dollars in grants to increase access to health care and improve health outcomes for populations with high health care needs across the state. We are committed to allocating resources among rural, urban, and suburban areas in Colorado.
The fund includes two focus areas for funding of behavioral health care projects:
- Addressing the significant shortage in the behavioral health workforce
Addressing the behavioral and mental health needs of youth in K-12 schools
The intent of the fund is to increase access to behavioral health care to Coloradans with high health care needs, as defined by those who have an identified behavioral health issue and are a member of at least one of these populations that are known to be un- or underserved:
- People with multiple chronic or acute health conditions
- People impacted by racial health disparities
- People without health insurance coverage or who have significant barriers to accessing coverage
- People who are experiencing homelessness
- People who are justice-involved
- People with a disability
- People whose primary language is not English
Questions
Questions after reading the materials? Please email our team at cha@denverfoundation.org.
