Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion & Law Enforcement and Behavioral Health Partnerships

Posted: June 11, 2017

Colorado to Implement Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) and Law Enforcement and Behavioral Health Partnerships (Co-Responder) Programs. The Office of Behavioral Health (OBH) will receive $5,200,000 effective July 1, 2017 to implement four LEAD pilot programs and five to eight law enforcement and behavioral health Co-Responder partnership programs.

Implementation Timeline: OBH intends to utilize a Request for Application (RFA) process to create contracts for LEAD and Co- Responder services. Eligible applicants shall be city or county government entities. Below is OBH’s planned timeline for implementation of these programs.

Click here for the schedule and more information on these programs.