Community & Behavioral Health

Community & Behavioral Health (CBH) empowers Denver’s communities to live better, longer by informing, educating, and empowering the community to live a healthy lifestyle, to reduce chronic disease through awareness and prevention programs, and to implement population-based strategies that address social determinants of health. CBH also works to reduce barriers to accessing mental and physical health care. CBH is committed to creating and advocating for equal opportunities for all to grow, develop, and live life to its fullest potential.

What You Say Matters

Stigma can be damaging language or actions that hurt people experiencing mental health conditions. Stigma happens in everyday conversations. You may not even know you’re hurting someone and stigma can be a big barrier to getting help. But what you say matters and reducing stigma starts with you and your community.

Behavioral Health Strategies

When people are connected to support for mental well-being, they can thrive in every part of life. OBHS brings together partners across Denver to find innovative ways to strengthen the network of services that support mental health for our entire community.

Food System Policies

Many Denver residents, especially children, have limited access to healthy, affordable foods and beverages. Limited access to nutritious food can result in poor health. Creating healthy communities is not just about changing individual behaviors, it is also about changing the environments in which people live, work, learn and play.

Tobacco Program

Community & Behavioral Health (CBH) works to provide a leadership role and oversee the legislation and enforcement of the city’s tobacco regulations.

Denver Fentanyl Action Summit

The Denver Fentanyl Action Summit, a two-day gathering in September, 2022 brought together public health professionals from across different fields to share learnings, resources, and best practices to mobilize action related to substance misuse to save lives.

Up Close Sexual Health Program

Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality. Sexual health is an integral part of overall health and requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences.

Maternal Child Health

Our Maternal Child Health Program works to optimize the health and well-being of pregnant/birthing people, families, caregivers and children by employing primary prevention and early intervention public health strategies.

Denver HIV Resources

Denver HIV Resources is responsible for investing federal funding in HIV-specific care and related services through a network of comprehensive, cost-effective programs.

Contact Us

Denver Department of Public Health & Environment
Community & Behavioral Health
201 W. Colfax Ave.,8th Floor
Denver, CO 80202

For more information or inquiries, please contact us at
CommunityHealth@denvergov.org.