Introducing a cross-sector Colorado coalition

Behavioral health policy, rooted in the person seeking care.

An alliance of providers, payers, and advocates committed to putting Coloradans at the center of behavioral health policy.

Colorado spends nearly $3 billion a year on behavioral health — and people who need reliable care still struggle to get it. Funding is fragmented. Providers, payers, and advocates rarely coordinate.

The People First Alliance exists to change that: one table, every role, aligned around the person the system is meant to serve.

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Priorities

What we're working on

Three areas of focus for behavioral health policy reform in Colorado — every strategy accountable to the person seeking care.

System Accountability Every rule, contract, and dollar answerable to one question: is this helping people? Read more Integrated Support Align behavioral and physical health so people don't fall between systems. Read more Equitable Care Care that reaches everyone it's meant to, regardless of geography, language, or circumstance. Read more

The alliance

Founding members

Nine Colorado organizations — providers, payers, and advocates — bringing every role in the system to one table.

4 Providers · 2 Payers · 3 Advocates

About the Alliance

For press

The launch announcement, in full.

A one-page PDF introducing the alliance, its founding members, and what it's working on.

Download the press release (PDF)
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Get involved

One table, every role. There's a seat for yours.

Membership, media, or a conversation about what comes next — we want to hear from you.

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Stay Informed

An occasional briefing, by email.

Updates on what we're working on, what's moving in Colorado behavioral health policy, and what we're paying attention to. No more than once a month.

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