Denver Health School-Based Health Center's Therapeutic Response & Urgent Stabilization Team (TRUST)

Intentional Inquiry facilitated the design, development, and learning & evaluation system for this new, innovative program. The program aimed to address the gap in the behavioral health care continuum for youth, who do not meet emergency response needs but do require timely support so that they do not reach that level of need. Intentional Inquiry helped the team develop and refine a process for response that reduced wait times to 48 hours. Six months into the pilot, Intentional Inquiry engaged clients, their caregivers, and school-based and Denver Health mental health providers in understanding their experiences and opportunities for improvement. Their insights, along with the ability to extract meaningful program level data, drove the refinement of the program, which provides more intensive and focused support through an evidence-based framework.​

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Colorado Project AWARE

Intentional Inquiry wrote a successful grant proposal on behalf of the Colorado Department of Education to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for $10 million over 5 years. Colorado was one of twenty states to receive this grant. The goal of the grant was to increase awareness of youth mental health issues and to build capacity and infrastructure for a school-based behavioral health system. 

Intentional Inquiry supported Project AWARE's three demonstration school district partners  in building their individualized school-based behavioral health systems.  We provided technical assistance in designing effective referral systems that support school-community-family communication in addition to collecting data to drive decisions about prevention programming, partnerships, and supports. The systems building within each of these districts has drastically increased the number of students receiving mental health services within and outside the school setting in addition to increasing the focus on school climate, social emotional learning, and suicide prevention. 

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Colorado Youth Development Team (CYDT)

In 2008, with funding from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, Intentional Inquiry launched CYDT by connecting youth and adult leaders of positive youth development (PYD) from across the state. With CYDT leaders, Intentional Inquiry designed an action plan based on a strengths and needs assessment and environmental scan to promote PYD through creating a system for communication, policy advocacy, training, evaluation, and funding. Three years after CYDT's initial launch, Colorado 9to25, a network of youth and organization leaders, was formed to align resources and supports for youth ages 9 to 25. This network supported the Colorado State Youth Development Plan as mandated by HB 13-1239.