For more than 35 years, Heartland Mental Health has been a community mental health center in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood for adults living with mental health challenges. Hundreds of Denver residents come to Heartland each year for personalized mental health care, a supportive community, and a sense of purpose.
At the Heartland Clinic, members receive individual therapy, resource navigation, peer support, and mental health recovery services. Four afternoons a week, Community Care (our Drop-In Center) welcomes members for coffee, low-cost lunches, peer-led groups, and outings around Denver. Membership is free, and no insurance is required.
Members also lead. Through the Peer Employment Program, the Speakers Bureau, and the Member Board, people with lived experience work at Heartland, share their stories, and help decide how Heartland is run. Healing happens in community, and Heartland is a place to belong, connect, and grow together.
Heartland Mental Health’s mission is to transform lives by providing supportive, member-centered, culturally responsive mental health, wellness, and recovery services. We envision a community of wellness where members will flourish and live their best, self–directed lives.
Heartland Mental Health began in 1989, the same year Denver consolidated its community mental health centers into a single system of care. Two local nonprofits, the Capitol Hill Action and Recreation Group (CHARG) and HEART of Boardwalk, joined together to offer another path. They created CHARG Resource Center, a drop-in center and outpatient clinic in Capitol Hill where people living with serious mental illness could have a voice in their own care. The organization became Heartland Mental Health in 2022.
That founding idea still shapes Heartland today. Two boards share legal and fiscal responsibility as equal partners. The HEART Board is made up of community members, and the Member Board is elected by the people Heartland serves. Members help set policy, lead groups, and work in paid roles across the organization.
After more than 35 years, Heartland continues to adapt to meet its members’ needs. In 2025, a newly renovated second floor allowed Heartland to bring its clinic and community programs together under one roof.
Organization name
Heartland Mental Health
other names
CHARG Resource Center, CHARG, HEART of Boardwalk
1989
Tax id (EIN)
84-1116982
Category
Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, Health Care, Human Services, Employment
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
Heartland Clinic 709 E. 12th AveOther
David Quarton Drop-In Center 709 E. 12th AvenueDenver County, CO, US