Community Mental Health Resource List
Compiled by True North Youth Program
* click on underlined text for links to webpages

First point of contact for student mental health concerns is school staff:
Telluride High School:

Telluride High School: Principal Sara Kimble, Counselors Jenni Ward or Alex Jones, Social Worker Laura Knight.
Norwood High School: Principal Malisha Reed.
Nucla High School: Principal Sara Bray, Principal Joshua Ledford, and Social Worker Jennifer Wheeler.

Community Mental Health Resources:

Uncompahgre Medical Center Behavioral Health Service
(UMC in Norwood) - 970.327.4233. Same-day appointments are available. UMC has a  Mental Health worker on staff; patients can make an appointment for a session, or be seen as an ‘add-on’ to a physical health appointment. Thomas Terwilliger, LCSW, provides therapy and behavioral health services. 

Telluride Medical Center (TMC) -Telluride Medical Center Behavioral Health Services
TriCounty Health Network  

THRIVE Community Health Network Crisis Resource List

• Mental Health First Aid Training(s). 

• NAMIfor family of those experiencing mental illness

• San Miguel County Behavioral Access Fund(available for Telluride / Norwood residents) and the Montrose County Recovery Fund (available for Redvale / Nucla / Naturita residents experiencing mental health issues related to recovery from substance use). 

Colorado Children’s Hospital Youth Mental Health Toolkit

“Colorado faces an unprecedented youth mental health crisis. Today, suicide is the #2 cause of death among middle and high school students. More than a quarter of Colorado high school students feel sad or hopeless. Among LGBTQ+ youth, that number doubles.” - Colorado Childrens’ Hospital