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We are hiring a full-time Regional Health Connector (RHC) for the WMRHA team! The RHC strengthens collaboration among healthcare, behavioral health, and community-based organizations to support WMRHA’s mission of building an integrated healthcare system for optimal health in the West Mountain region. Serving Garfield, Pitkin, Eagle, and Summit counties, this role implements strategies to improve care coordination, reduce barriers to…
Hundreds of thousands of Coloradans are now experiencing a food security crisis in the wake of reduced federal benefits. While some of these benefits have been partially restored by court order, they will take weeks to reach recipients and still won’t be nearly enough to prevent families from going hungry. “As the state’s largest funder expressly focused on food access…
About 6.6% of Garfield County residents — 4,054 people — are set to lose this additional funding. Around 50% are children, 10% are adults over 65 years old and 10% have disabilities, said Namrata Shrestha, health access consultant for West Mountain Regional Health Alliance, during a Wednesday press interview addressing the SNAP funding freeze Garfield County will be left without…
As the federal government shutdown continues, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will be unavailable beginning this Saturday. It remains unclear when the program will resume operations. If the shutdown extends into the third week of November, December benefits may also be delayed. This disruption will significantly affect approximately 6,000 residents across Pitkin, Eagle, and Garfield counties who rely on…
Easing access to critical community resources, the West Mountain Regional Health Alliance (WMRHA) recently updated its all-encompassing online directory for residents of Garfield, Pitkin, and Eagle counties. Available in Spanish and English, the user-friendly directory provides information about free, reduced-cost, and low-income services. “The goal is to put everything into one location so people don’t have to look all around…
This year, WMRHA is celebrating an incredible milestone – ten years of bringing people together to strengthen health, hope, and connection across Eagle, Garfield, and Pitkin Counties. Our anniversary is not just about looking back, but about honoring the people, partnerships, and programs that have shaped our journey. Most importantly, it’s about carrying that momentum forward. Please join us at…
Accessible in both Spanish and English, the directory includes links to free, reduced-cost and low-income services across 12 categories: animal and pet care, community and personal safety, disabilities and special needs, employment and personal development, financial assistance, food, health, housing, legal services, mental and behavioral health, transportation and youth and family support. The directory also links to other regional service…
West Mountain Regional Health Alliance has launched an updated online directory to connect Tri-County residents with essential resources. From food and housing assistance to healthcare and open clinics, the directory makes it easier for community members and case managers to find the right support. The directory is also available in Spanish and will be updated quarterly. Berta Rivera, with the…
Other human services agencies are also seeing rising demand, and they’re bracing for more. Their anxiety was palpable at the recent quarterly meeting of the West Mountain Regional Health Alliance, a forum for health care, mental health, and food security organizations in our three-county area. The chief worry for everyone in attendance: the massive federal budget reconciliation bill (aka the…
Gair believes building strong, trusting relationships is the only way to reach individuals who the city identified as “choosing an unhoused lifestyle,” but acknowledges the difficulty in the situation. She said implementing programs that have worked in large cities is a struggle in the mountain region, and a looming scarcity of funding from the federal government presents another hurdle. “I…
