AMC Newsletter, Spring 2007, p.6

Services and Office Hours at the Aspen Mine Center

Services accessible through the Aspen Mine Center, 166 E. Bennett Avenue in Cripple Creek, phone 689-3584:

Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings ... 7 p.m. Mon.
Aspen Mine Food Pantry ... On an emergency basis.
Aspen Mine Senior Club (meals) ... 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri. Activities and resources, call
689-3584.
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) ... By appointment. Call or e-mail terryd@casappr.org
Community of Caring (assistance programs) ... 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri..
Community Health Centers ... For transportation to the Divide Health Clinic, call Ted or Veldean at 689-3584.
Community Partnership GED Program ... For transportation to Divide office, call 686-0705 or 689-3584.
Cripple Creek Coffee (and Internet Café) ... 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri., and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. and Sun.
Dressing Room (clothing center) ... 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Innate Healing chiropractic care ... 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs.
Journeys Counseling Center ... By appointment Thurs. Call 687-6927.
Narcotics Anonymous Meetings (support group for drug addiction) ... 7 p.m. Thurs.
Pikes Peak Mental Health Center ... 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Call 572-6330 or 689-3584.
Pikes Peak Workforce Center ... 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Prospect Home Care & Hospice ... Appointments 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Mon.-Fri. at the Aspen Mine or your home.
Salvation Army ... 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Teller County Dept. of Social Services (Medicaid) ... 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays except Tues. afternoon.
Teller County Public Health (TCPH) Well-Child Clinic ... By appointment, 1st Wed. of the month. Call
687-6416.
TCPH Family Planning Clinic ... By appointment, 2nd Wed. of the month.
TCPH Walk-in Clinic ... 11 a.m.-noon, 1st and 2nd Wed. of the month. Call 687-6416.
TCPH Women, Infants & Children (WIC) (food program) ... By appointment, 1st and 3rd Wed. of the month.
Teller Pregnancy Resource Center (ultrasound) ... 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Fri., or Woodland Park 12-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
TESSA (advocacy and therapy for victims of domestic violence) ... 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Vocational Rehab ... As needed; call for appointment.

Implementation of Wraparound Process moves ahead

By Mary Barron

Many governmental agencies and nonprofits are beginning this year to offer families the option of an integrated “wraparound” program of services. Families with minor children and complex needs are eligible in this first year in which the wraparound system of care is being tried in Teller County.

The complexity of a family’s needs is measured through points of contact with the court system, school system and human services system. A family court judge, for instance, can recommend wraparound services as a way for a family to avoid possible out-of home placement of a family member in residential treatment or foster care. In the wraparound approach, the family participates along with the service providers in creating a plan, which can involve relatives and friends. It strives to be a family-friendly approach, rather than one where the clients must simply go and do what the service providers decide they should.

“Wraparound puts families back in the driver’s seat,” said Kelley Kleeberg, wraparound facilitator for the Interagency Oversight Group. The group is responsible for implementing the wraparound approach under a

memorandum of agreement reached among the agencies. Kleeberg works for the Cripple Creek-Victor Schools as the coordinator of Project Respect, a high school program that helps teens make good choices. Wraparound, she said, is similar but more intensive.

“Wraparound gives the family voice and choice and allows the family to take back some of that control,” Kleeberg said. “You may need to go to therapy or be on probation, but it takes a look at strengths and needs the family has, and you build a plan around that.”

Local agencies learned the approach in workshops arranged by the Community of Caring Foundation and led by John VanDenBerg, a consultant from Parker, Colorado, instrumental in developing the system. A 2004 state law authorizes county-level agencies, such as school and judicial districts, health departments and community mental health centers, to integrate and streamline services to families in the child welfare system. The statute encourages a holistic approach to save clients time and hassle. Any government financial savings are to be reinvested in the program.