TSD was awarded $44,000 in 2025 to continue their work from their 2024 funding. Funding supports the improvement of school systems to address social and emotional needs of students by creating a more refined system through student referrals to progress monitoring. Read their 2024 grant report here.

Raices Sin Fronteras was awarded $50,000 in 2024 to fund “Building Bridges: Empowering our Latino Community Through Belonging and Wellness,” which seeks to address the evolving needs of the Latino community in San Miguel County. As the population grows and becomes more diverse, RSF aims to foster a sense of belonging and promote wellness through culturally senstive community-driven activites. Our wraparound compassionate care approach includes healing, intellectual and cultural programs that encourage open dialogue and mutual understanding, addressing long-standing unaddressed issues like substance misue, social exclusion, intergenerational trauma, and labor exploitation. They aim to expand their RSF initiative, empowering individuals by providing culturally sensitive support, and ultimately creating a stronger, healthier community for all. Read their latest grant report here.

TCHN was awarded $75,569 to continue programming from their previous grant. Funding to TCHN supports the San Miguel Youth Behavioral Health Fund, the youth version of the Behavioral Health Fund. TCHN also uses funding to offer professional development trainings to local providers, provide community trainins designed to empower community members to recocgnize and respond to signs of crisis, and supports sobriety resources, community support groups, and awareness building campaigns.. Read the latest report here.

SMRC was awarded $125,858 to be disbursed over three years to fund domestic violence and sexual assault prevention, response, and training. SMRC provides crisis interventions and supportive services to survivors of DV/SA. Funding is also used to provide outreach presentation to business and organizations with Spanish-speaking staff and provide in-class workshops to TSD. Funding is also used to provide victim advocates training in Telluride and Norwood. Read their latest report here.

UMC was awarded $487,202 to be disbursed over three years for the expansion of their behavioral health services. Funding is used to support a community-wide behavioral health program that includes substance use and suicide prevention programming. It also provides Spanish-language resources to community members. Read their latest reporting here.

TRMC was awarded $223,981 to be disbursed over three years to expand their behavioral health programming. Funding is used to hire and support a second behavioral health counselor and to train the lead behavioral health counselor as a clinical supervisor to support the growth of unlicensed clinicians. Funding is also used to increase access to services for Spanish-speaking patients.

In 2025, TRMC was awarded an additional three-year grant of $159,173 to continue to staff their integrated behavioral health program with a fully licensed provider and two candidates. Funded providers will also play a role in the development of a medically assisted treatment program, behavioral health care as part of the weight management program, and group services.

Read their latest reporting here.

Gather and Grieve, a grief support group founded by two local counselors, was awarded $35,600 over the course of 2023-2024 to establish and maintain the support group. In 2025, they were awarded an additional $13,030 to continue their work for one more year. Funding is used to pay professional counselors to facilitate the group and create a space for community members to share stories of love and loss. The counselors educate regarding grief processes, teach coping skills, and address challenges that group members experience through the process of loss. Read their latest reporting here.

Telluride Mountain School was awarded $150,000 over the course of three years to hire a mental health counselor within the school. The mental health counselor organizes school-wide assemblies to address general mental health concerns of students and provides one-to-one meetings to address specific mental health concerns of individual students. The counselor also assists in the professional development of teachers to train them in mental health first aid and identifying warning signs of students in trouble. Read their latest grant report here.