Grant brings in-person counseling to Boulder

The Center for Mental Health will bring counseling services to an office in Boulder Catholic Church’s parish hall starting June 25. Licensed Clinical and Professional Counselor Jessica Gruber from the CMH in Helena will offer in-person counseling appointments every Friday from 1–5 p.m.

According to CMH Director of Substance Recovery Julie Prigmore, a licensed counselor who sits on the Jefferson County Mental Health Local Advisory Council, the CMH rented the space using money from a $40,000 grant the council received in May 2020 to fund improvements in access to mental health in Boulder and Whitehall. The council was able to apply for the federally funded County and Tribal Government Matching Grant when the coronavirus pandemic presented the appropriate crisis circumstances for mental health, Prigmore said. 

“We’ve been working on renting [an office in Boulder] since we got that grant,” Jefferson County Prevention Specialist and DUI Task Force Coordinator Barb Reiter said, adding that the CMH found the space just in time—the terms of the grant required the money to be spent or allocated by June 30.