Resources

If you are experiencing an emergency, please call 911.

Mental Health & Suicide Resources

Building Hope Summit County: A community-wide initiative designed to create a more coordinate, effective and responsive mental health system that promotes emotional health, reduces stigma and improves access to care and support for everyone in Summit County.

Colorado Crisis Services: Call 1-844-493-8255 or text "TALK" to 38255 to get support for any crisis you might be experiencing.

Eagle Valley Behavioral Health/Mountain Strong: Provides help for emotional disorders, substance abuse or behavioral problems.

Mile High Behavioral Health: Contact for help with mental health or substance abuse concerns.

Safe2Tell: You can anonymously report any threatening behavior that endangers you, your friends, your family, or your community. Click here or call 877-542-SAFE (7233).

Vail Behavioral Health: Contact for help with mental health or substance abuse concerns.

Wild Youth Passages: An adventure based, experiential therapy program for youth ages 13-18 struggling with mental health challenges in Summit County.

Additional Local Community Resources

Advocates for Victims of Assault: Provides services which enhance safety and justice for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and trauma while promoting peace in our community.

Community (FREE) Dinners:

Summit Rotary/Elks Lodge, 5 pm to 7 pm on Tuesdays, located at the Elks Lodge, 1321 Blue River Pkwy, Silverthorne.
St. John Episcopal Church, 6-7 pm on Tuesdays, located on 100 South French St, Breckenridge. 970 453-4264.
Father Dyer Church, 6-7 pm on Sundays, located on 310 Wellington Rd, Breckenridge. 970 453-2250.

FIRC: The Family and Intercultural Resource Center can connect you with parenting classes, cooking classes, support and programs.

Mountain Dreamers: Working to create a community that promotes equitable opportunities for immigrants from diverse backgrounds to be safe, to be celebrated, and to thrive.

Strengthening Families Outreach Program: Free voluntary home visitation program for families experiencing high levels of stress with children 0-17 years old.

Summit Community Care Clinic: Offers high-quality primary care, oral health, behavioral health, and reproductive health services to the medically underserved at an affordable cost.

Summit County Food Banks/Food Pantries:

Summit County Public Health: Provides a numbers of services to prevent disease and promote and protect health.

Summit School District: Information about elementary, middle and high schools, activities and staff.

Vaping Sucks: Information about vaping and supporting youth to make healthy choices.

Additional Health Resources

Above the Influence: Interactive website with videos and insights to help teens stand up to negative pressures, or influences. The more aware you are of the influences around you, the better prepared you will be to face them, including the pressure to use drugs and alcohol.

Forward Together: Resource intended to help youth build connections with others and improve their relationships. Resources related to mental health and substance use also provided.

Just Think Twice: Get the straight-up facts about drugs.

notMYkid: Straight talk for youth about the challenges of drug abuse, alcohol, bullying, internet safety, unhealthy relationships and more.

Parent Toolkit: Growth charts with academic, health and wellness and social and emotional development for every age. A very comprehensive website for parents.

QUITLINE: Provides online smoking cessation and wellness support. Colorado QUITLINE is for anyone thinking about quitting and would like to work with a trained counselor.

Responsibility Grows Here: Colorado specific information about marijuana and legalization.

Take Meds Seriously: A Colorado website filled with information, facts and tips for parents on prescription drugs and abuse in Colorado.

Didn't find what you were looking for?

Contact Yessenia Vinueza at Yess.Vinueza@summitcountyco.gov or 970-668-4035.