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  • 14-year-old shot at Evergreen High School is released from hospital

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    One of the two students injured in last month’s shooting at Evergreen High School was discharged Tuesday, hospital officials said.

    The 14-year-old boy, who has not been publicly identified, left Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Aurora campus in good condition “to continue his recovery journey,” hospital spokesperson Blayke Roznowski said in an email on Thursday morning.

    “Good” condition means the patient’s vital signs are stable and the patient is conscious and comfortable, according to the hospital, which uses condition descriptions approved by the American Hospital Association.

    The 14-year-old was shot at close range after confronting the shooter during the Sept. 10 attack, his family wrote in a public statement.

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  • To help address teens’ mental health needs, Colorado to launch Youth Mental Health Corps

    To help address teens’ mental health needs, Colorado to launch Youth Mental Health Corps

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    Colorado is one of four states set to launch a new public-private program this fall aimed at addressing both the growing mental health needs of teenagers and a lack of providers.

    Called the Youth Mental Health Corps, the program will train young adults ages 18 to 24 to act “as navigators serving middle and high school students in schools and in community-based organizations,” according to a press release from Colorado Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera’s office. The Youth Mental Health Corps website says corps members will “connect youth to needed mental health supports and resources in close collaboration with practitioners and community partners.”

    The federal AmeriCorps service program will work with the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration and the Colorado Community College System to recruit and deploy the navigators, who will get a stipend and be eligible for student loan forgiveness and other help paying for college, the press release says.

    “By joining this national initiative, we are not only addressing the urgent need for mental health resources but also creating meaningful pathways for our young adults to pursue careers in this vital field,” Primavera said in a statement.

    Children’s Hospital Colorado declared a pediatric mental health “state of emergency” in 2021, and both public agencies and private organizations in the state responded with programs to address the crisis. The programs include the pandemic-era state-funded I Matter, which provides six free telehealth or in-person counseling sessions to students in elementary through high school and which Colorado lawmakers recently made permanent.

    The press release mentions “broad concern about the impact of social media on the mental health of young people” and says the Youth Mental Health Corps will “help students navigate social challenges online such as harassment, bullying and bias.”

    Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, and Texas will launch Youth Mental Health Corps programs in September with “hundreds” of navigators across the four states, the press release says. Seven other states — California, Iowa, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and Utah — are set to launch programs in the fall of 2025, it says.

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  • Groundbreaking on Berthoud’s first adaptive park scheduled to begin in May

    Groundbreaking on Berthoud’s first adaptive park scheduled to begin in May

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    BERTHOUD, Colo. — The groundbreaking on Berthoud’s first adaptive park is scheduled for May, according to an announcement Wednesday.

    “Earlier this year the Town of Berthoud’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to use a cap of $650,000 of uncommitted park development and improvements funds toward the project,” the announcement said.

    So far, $1 million has been raised to make the Berthoud Adaptive Park Project a reality, thanks in part to generous Denver7 viewers donating at least $5,000 to the Denver7 Gives fund.

    This park has been more than two years in the making.

    It all started with the Bowling family.

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    Berthoud family closer to goal of building accessible park

    1:59 PM, May 12, 2022

    Lauren and Richard Bowling have three boys — their first-born Braxton and twins Mack and Miles. Due to complications during pregnancy with the twins, 4-year-old Miles developed cerebral palsy, and he requires a wheelchair full time.

    When the Bowlings moved to their home in Berthoud’s Farmstead community, it meant they were 40 minutes away from an accessible playground where all three of their kids could play together.

    With the help of the developer in the community, Will Edwards with Edwards Development, the Longmont nonprofit, Can’d Aid and Star Playgrounds, they kick-started the Berthoud Adaptive Park Project.

    On May 29, Can’d Aid, the Bowling family and the Town of Berthoud’s Board of Trustees will celebrate starting to build.

    The farm-themed playground is designed for people of all abilities, incorporating accessible elements for children who use mobility aids and challenging elements for able-bodied children.

    It will include features like slides, frog hops, monkey bars, climbers, a merry-go-round, two ziplines and a swing area.

    The Berthoud Adaptive Park Project is continuing to raise funds this year.

    In June, the Bowling family will throw their annual lemonade stand fundraiser, according to Wednesday’s announcement.

    “The park also hopes to find a sponsor for a permanent Lemonade Stand, providing a space for community-minded children in the area to continue to hold fundraisers for future community projects,” the announcement said.

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  • Colorado 7th grader hopes to spread joy with her hand-made jewelry

    Colorado 7th grader hopes to spread joy with her hand-made jewelry

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    HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Colorado 7th grader Tanvi Bharadwaj makes clay earrings in just about every shape imaginable — from food, to flowers to animals.

    She started making them when she couldn’t find earrings she liked in stores.

    “I just look around and say, I could turn this into an earring,” Bharadwaj said.

    From there, her business “Claywrks” was born. She sells her jewelry at stands and on Etsy. But most of her profits go right back into materials, because Bharadwaj is on a mission to spread smiles with her jewelry.

    “I used to be a patient at the Children’s Hospital Colorado, so I was looking around and I thought why not donate a few of these just to make the kids happier,” she said.

    In addition to donating her earrings to kids, Bharadwaj has also taught groups like the Girl Scouts to make clay jewelry. She would love to donate earrings, both pierced and clip-on, bracelets or necklaces to any child who needs a smile.

    You can contact her at by email at Clayworks15@gmail.com or by phone at 303-993-3468. You can buy her earrings on Claywrks.etsy.com.

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  • ACLU sues Children’s Hospital Colorado for halting adult gender-affirming surgeries

    ACLU sues Children’s Hospital Colorado for halting adult gender-affirming surgeries

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    The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado alleges Children’s Hospital Colorado is discriminating against transgender patients by refusing to perform surgeries it offers to cisgender patients with other conditions.

    The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Denver District Court, also states the hospital is discriminating on the basis of disability, because gender dysphoria — distress when a person’s sense of their gender doesn’t align with physical characteristics — is a medical condition.

    The ACLU filed it on behalf of an 18-year-old Denver patient who was on track to receive gender-affirming surgery before the hospital discontinued that service.

    The main reason young cisgender men seek chest reconstruction is if they developed feminine-appearing breasts because of hormonal imbalances or medication side effects, according to the lawsuit. The hospital also sometimes performs breast reduction surgery on young women who have excessive chest tissue that causes pain, it said.

    The patient, who is identified in the lawsuit by the pseudonym Caden Kent, started receiving care at Children’s for mental health concerns when he was 16. He was diagnosed with gender dysphoria a few months later and had undergone about eight months of assessment before determining he was a candidate for surgery once he turned 18.

    In July, the hospital announced it would no longer offer chest reconstruction surgery for transgender patients, though they could still receive other gender-affirming treatment, including counseling, puberty blockers and hormone therapy. The hospital had only offered surgery to patients who were at least 18.

    The hospital stated it had received an unusual number of referrals for gender-affirming surgery as programs shut down in other states, and that it didn’t shut down the program because of threats. It came at a time when children’s hospitals were scrubbing references to transgender care from their websites, though, with at least 21 removing information in 2022. A search on the hospital’s website for its TRUE Center for Gender Diversity no longer turns up any results.

    According to the lawsuit, Kent chose to undergo surgery at Children’s because he received other care there, and hoped to recover from the surgery before leaving for college in the fall. Other surgical providers who accept his family’s insurance are booked up, meaning his parents will have to pay out-of-pocket for him to undergo the surgery in that time frame. Kent had resorted to chest-binding to ease his dysphoria, but found himself withdrawing from others when binding became too painful and he couldn’t otherwise hide the breast tissue, it said.

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