Help Paragon Go The Extra Mile

Your donations help us keep our clients safe and connected to care.

From Denver to Durango and Delta to Moffat, Paragon’s teams provide mental health and substance use care in people’s homes and communities. This year, our teams supported 2,400+ families across 26 Colorado counties, alongside 100+ community partners.

Sometimes what stands between someone and healing isn’t a coping skill. It’s a paid phone bill, a warm home, a bed. Our Emergency Funds cover those barriers when no other program can.

This year, gifts to the fund:

• paid for transportation to long-term housing
• covered phone minutes so clients could stay connected to their therapist and care manager
• helped a parent start a new job by covering gas until their first paycheck
• bought beds for kids who had been sleeping in sleeping bags
• filled a propane tank so a rural family could stay warm in below-freezing temps
• paid for a storage unit so a family facing eviction could keep their belongings

What your gift can do:

• $50 can keep a client connected to their therapist and care manager with phone minutes
• $100 can keep a rural family’s home warm (propane for heat and cooking)
• $150 can pay for a storage unit so a family facing eviction can keep their belongings
• $250 can buy beds for kids who have been sleeping in sleeping bags

Gifts go into one fund, and our committee directs each dollar where it is needed most. We still had to turn away nearly $6,000 in requests this year.

Why small, timely help matters. In a randomized trial in Santa Clara County, people offered emergency financial assistance were 81% less likely to become homeless within six months (Notre Dame LEO study). 

We always prioritize long-term stability. These funds help people meet basic needs and stay consistent with therapy and services.

Our goal is $10,000 by December 8. We would love to go the extra mile for everyone who needs it.

Looking for other opportunities to give? Link your King Soopers or City Market card to Paragon (search Paragon Behavioral Health Connections or code DR004), or fulfill an item on our Amazon Wish List for our Walk-In Center or Sober Living for moms with kids.