Family Advisory Council

Provides support, advocacy and education to parents/guardians of children and adolescents with mental illness and/or learning disabilities. Monthly meetings in the following service areas;Adams Mental Centers, Aurora Mental Health Centers, Arapahoe/Douglas Mental Health Network, Aurora, Arapahoe, Adams and Douglas counties. The Family Advisory Council provides direct input on hospital initiatives, new policies and procedures as well as provides family representatives for ongoing and ad-hoc hospital committees. Members of the council are parents and hospital leadership and staff. We meet once a month at Children's Colorado on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. Our mission is to create mutually beneficial partnerships among patients, families, and healthcare providers, which promotes the best outcomes and enhances the quality and safety of healthcare delivery in a sensitive, compassionate and family-inclusive way. As a way to encourage family engagement at Children's Colorado, we've started a campaign called "Did you ask a parent?" which is a powerful way of making sure that Children's Colorado initiatives will be successful for patients and families by the time of implementation.