A Cross-Sector Coalition
Behavioral-health policy, rooted in the person seeking help.
A Colorado alliance of providers, payers, advocates, and network administrators — at one table, building the durable policy this state actually needs.
At One Table
Seven organizations. The full system, working together.
Most coalitions represent one role. PFBHA holds providers, payers, advocates, and network administrators in the same room — because durable behavioral-health policy can't be built by any one of them alone.
Provider
DRAFTAllHealth Network
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DRAFTEagle Valley Behavioral Health
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DRAFTParagon Behavioral Health Cooperative
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Culturally-Specific Provider
DRAFTServicios de la Raza
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Payer / RAE
DRAFTColorado Access
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Network Administrator
DRAFTSignal Behavioral Health Network
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We were tired of the same old, same old. Trade groups argue for trade interests. The person seeking help loses. We affiliated because the work needed someone whose first allegiance is to that person — not to any single sector's bottom line.
The Colorado Challenge
Real challenges. Specific work.
Colorado spends more than a billion dollars a year on behavioral health. People who need durable care still struggle to access it. Funding is fragmented across departments. Coordination across providers, payers, and advocates is rare. Civil-rights gaps persist for the people least able to advocate for themselves. None of this is hopeless — these are specific challenges with specific solutions, achievable when the right organizations work the problem together.
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Coloradans engaged with behavioral-health services each year
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state-funded BH programs across departments and agencies
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of rural counties without adequate provider coverage
How We Work
We coordinate. We advocate. We build. We measure.
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Coordinate
Bring Colorado's diverse behavioral-health organizations together to find durable consensus — not the lowest common denominator.
— Cross-sector working groups on shared positions for the next legislative session.
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Advocate
Carry the coalition's positions to state agencies, legislators, and rule-makers — speaking together on what the system actually needs.
— Coordinated coalition input on HCPF rate-setting and BHA implementation.
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Build
Develop the policy frameworks, position papers, and infrastructure that make reform durable across administrations.
— Open-publication position papers on financing, integration, and civil-rights reform.
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Measure
Surface outcomes data the field can act on — making it clear what's working and what isn't.
— Crisis-outcomes data through the BROOM contract and member-org outcome benchmarking.
Coalition Coverage
Most coalitions cover one role. PFBHA covers all of them.
Trade associations gather providers. Payer councils gather payers. Advocacy groups speak for the people. Each does important work — but each leaves the rest of the system out of the room. PFBHA is the only Colorado alliance where every role works the problem together.
All four roles. One alliance.
Policy Priorities
What we're working on.
Four areas of focus, drawn from the system's most stubborn challenges. Each is a multi-year effort — not a campaign.
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Financing stabilization
Stabilize behavioral-health financing through efficiency, accountability, and durable funding.
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Healthcare integration
Align behavioral and physical health in Medicaid so people don't fall between systems.
- 03
Task Force completion
Finish the BH Task Force agenda — and address what was left undone.
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Civil-rights gaps
Close the civil-rights gaps in Colorado's treatment of people with mental health disorders.
Financing is where good intentions go to die. Stabilize the dollar, simplify the contract, align the incentive — and the rest of the system can actually breathe. Without that, every other reform is just paint on a leaking wall.
Recent
What we're paying attention to.
April 27, 2026 · PFBHA
People First Behavioral Health Alliance launches with seven Colorado organizations
Seven cross-sector Colorado behavioral health organizations affiliate to advance policy reform around the person seeking help — providers, payers, advocates, and culturally specific service at the same table.
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April 21, 2026 · Colorado BHA
BHA proposes consolidated financing approach for behavioral health safety-net
Colorado's Behavioral Health Administration moves toward a unified safety-net financing strategy. The Alliance is tracking the proposal across all four pillars.
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April 14, 2026 · Colorado Sun
Colorado Sun feature on competency-services backlog
Strong long-form journalism on Colorado's incompetent-to-proceed system, including patterns the Alliance has flagged as central to the civil-rights pillar.
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Membership
An invitation, not a sign-up.
Membership is for organizations whose work aligns with this one — providers, payers, advocates, and administrators with a systems-level perspective on Colorado behavioral health. There is no application form. If your organization sees its work in ours, the conversation starts here.
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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