Denver, Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners, an independent, non-profit, organization that provides 24/7/365 confidential crisis support through call, text or chat, has announced a reduction in force after the loss of a Colorado's Behavioral Health Administration contract to manage the state's 988 suicide and crisis hotline.
The contract loss will impact 330 employees when the contract ends on June 30, 2024. The new contract was awarded to an out-of-state vendor.
According to Cheri Skelding, Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners' chief program officer, “I can say that we were extremely heartbroken, shocked, and disappointed in the direction in which crisis services appear to be moving in Colorado. Around 90% of the non-profit's funding comes from the state's contract, meaning the loss of the new contract will lead to the end of the organization's 14-year existence."
The company has filed a formal protest and the final award will be withheld until the protest has been resolved.
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