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Climate, housing, transportation on deck for 2023

XcelEnergy President Robert Kennedy laid out the road map for his company to reduce its fossil fuel emissions.

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Climate, transportation and housing all dominated the presentation at the 14th Legislative Breakfast on Jan. 5 in Broom eld.

e event included seven speakers ranging from Governor Jared Polis to State Senator Faith Winter. e event, hosted at Broom elds Aloft Hotel, was sponsored by the local transit advocacy group Community Solutions. e group focuses on transportation issues in the northern Metro Denver suburbs.

By 2050, the company plans to have zero carbon emissions through renewable energy sources and net-zero gas services. By that time, Kennedy said hopes are high for all cars to run on clean energy.   at’s because their plan hopes one out of ve cars will be electric by 2030, and all cars will be electric by 2050.

Making that a ordable is key.

“Charging electric vehicles during our o ering will cost the equivalent of $1 per gallon of gas,” he said.  e plan will result in a reduction of ve million tons of carbon emissions by 2030 per year.

Connecting through transit

J.J. Ament, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, emphasized the im-

portance of transportation for the region, as well as the state. Public transit plays a huge role in connecting the state, and also in keeping it competitive: public transit reduces air pollution, and low air pollution means better economic opportunities.

Denver International Airport also plays a huge role, he said.

“It’s really, really important that we have the ability to connect,” Ament said.

According to Ament, DIA stands as the third busiest airport in the country and is the second largest domestic network of airlines that ies nonstop to other airports. at’s important to attract workers. Ament explained with increases in remote working, those workers will want to come to Colorado for various reasons, one of them being outdoor recreation. To cater to

Fort Lupton honors coach Amato’s legacy

BY JUAN ARELLANO SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

When people talk about Fort Lupton High School Bluedevils basketball there is one name that comes to mind, Joseph Lee Amato.

For 47 years he was a coach, mentor, role-mode, and father gure for middle- and high-school students in Fort Lupton until he and his wife, Sandra Jean Amato, passed in May. at is why members of the community, including former players and families, gathered at the highschool gymnasium in a foundation game in honor of Coach Amato against Erie High School Jan. 3.

“Like I told the boys. I know it feels bad when you take a loss playing a basketball game, but this was not about a basketball game,” said Jim Roedel, Fort Lupton High School boys basketball head coach, who played under Coach Amato and coached with him for 14 years. “ is was about honoring a legacy of a man that dedicated his life to Bluedevil basketball and this community.”

e evening of remembrance started with the JV squads for Erie and Fort Lupton playing a fast-paced game in which the Tigers were always on top and didn’t look back. Following that game, Roedel led an emotional ceremony where he talked about Amato’s legacy on and o the court. He called former players onto the court and retired the No. 45 jersey in Amato’s honor; that was the number he wore in his playing years. His jersey, the only one in Fort Lupton High School history that has been retired, was presented to the family.

“I was not expecting that, I didn’t know what they were going to do. Hearing that they were going to retire his jersey is special because obviously there are none that are retired from Fort Lupton. em doing

J.J. Ament, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, says Colorado is on a good track to attracting business, but can do more to put itself in a better position.

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Residents not doing their part cleaning sidewalks

Neighbor bothered but city can charge fines for uncleared snow

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Fort Lupton resident Dan Frazer is disappointed that some of his neighbors are failing to do their part, keeping their sidewalks clear after a snow event.

“ ere are bad pennies in every neighborhood. When driving around in your vehicle and a vast majority of people, within 24 hours, have attempted to clear their sidewalks for the general public,” Frazer said. “But

in most cases, there is an exception to the rule. I think it’s wrong.”

Frazer said a lot of people like him use the residential sidewalks to walk for medical reasons, for therapy or just to get outdoors for a walk.

“I just wanted to bring light to the situation, for people to understand what their obligations are and to do the right thing so that people like myself can do what we like to do safely,” Frazer said.

It’s more than just being neighborly, according to Fort Lupton: It’s the law.

According to the City of Fort Lupton code enforcement laws, Chapter 1 Article IV Section 1-72 and Chapter 1 Article IV Section 1-73,the homeowner or renter is responsible to clear the sidewalk of snow that is

adjoined within 24 hours following a snowfall event of sleet and freezing rain. Dirt or debris accumulating or obstructing sidewalks or parcels of land should also be removed within 24 hours.

“ e rst o ense for not clearing your sidewalk is $30. If there is a second o ense, it’s up to the judge’s discretion,” said Heather Salinas, Fort Lupton Police Administrative Services Manager.

e city administrator may extend removal time requirements on a case-by-case basis with valid hardship or other circumstances, she said.

Salinas said Fort Lupton has a large population of elderly or people with disability that could use the help to clear their sidewalks.

“We would like to nd a group of volunteers to help the elderly and disabled to clear the walks. We don’t want to give out citations, and we don’t always know someone’s situation. We are here to help and educate,” Salinas said.

Frazer said he’s not trying to get people in trouble and want them to do their part.

“A lot of people walk for many different reasons, and they should have the right not to have an unencumbered pathway based on our history and laws, “ Frazer said.

e city is looking for a group that is interested in volunteering to shovel o snow for the elderly and disabled, or if you are someone that needs help, call Salinas at 720-4666156.

Fort Lupton council OKs increased liquor fee

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Fort Lupton City Council took care of a lot of house-cleaning items during its rst meeting of the year Jan. 3.

Among them was an ordinance that set a $50 fee for liquor stores, brew pubs, lodging, entertainment venues and other places that serve beer and wine. It’s the rst such increase in almost 12 years. City Clerk Mari Pena said she’d review the fee later this year.

Council also approved an expansion of a three-mile area boundary for purposes of city land use and infrastructure needs. e plan, which takes in areas within three miles of the city limits, identi es issues for consideration before annexations without proposing annexations. e area encompasses more than 166 square miles.

Sta notes said the plan increased by three-quarters of a square mile last year, thanks to the addition of the so-called Hagler Annexation.

Council also approved a special-use permit public right of way dedication for Weld County Road 22, related to the Hagler property.

Council also OK’d a 19th interim agreement with the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District and a payment to the district of almost $1.2 million from the water sales tax fund. e agreements are between 12 cities and three water districts to build and design a 40,00-acre-foot water system of two reservoirs, a distribution system and relocation north of U.S. Highway 287 in Fort Collins.

Sta notes said the city has been part of the NISP project since 2004. e city’s participation level is 2,050 acre feet, or about 5 percent. Including this year’s payment, the city’s contributions are more than $7 million. In 2017 and 2018, the city

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sold 950 shares of NISP for a sum of $678,000.

In addition, the council approved a 36-month deal at $2,300 per month with Comcast to improve the internet speeds for City Hall, the police department and the recreation center.

Council also approved Amaze Health as the employee bene t for full-time workers in the city, e ective Jan. 1. e city spent more than $4,600 for Amaze’s services during the last four months of 2022.

Council also appointed Al Mowrer to the city’s historic preservation board. His three-year term ends in January 2026.

e vote on these matters were unanimous. e items were part of the agenda for matters that council previously discussed and, often, don’t require extra debate.

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Police join forces to provide victim services

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After Weld County cuts in 2022, victims of violent crime in Fort Lupton and Lochbuie now have resources with the Brighton O ce for Victims Assistance.

An o cer called to the scene of a crime, accident, or a victim’s house can quickly request support from a victim’s advocate within 24 hours, seven days a week, according to a new release.

“We are excited to have BOVA. It will bene t our community and citizens in many ways,” said Tracey McCoy, Police Chief of Lochbuie Police Department.

McCoy said they used to have a victims advocate assistance unit with the Weld County Sheri ’s Department, but it had sta ng issues

to cover a large area of Weld County.

“ ey decided they would not assist the communities through the Weld County Sheri ’s Department.

ey were going to provide those services through its own sheri ’s department,” Chief McCoy said.

Since McCoy’s department is on the border with Brighton and already works with the Brighton police department on other things, he got into contact with Kim Messina, Victim Services Manager for the Brighton O ce for Victims Assistance, or BOVA.

“We worked out an intergovernmental agreement; BOVA is topnotch, one of the best victim units in the state,” Chief McCoy said.

BOVA o ers a program where police departments can use volunteer victim advocates specialists if it’s not in the department’s budget to hire a

full-time advocate.

“We can’t budget for a full-time advocate, so we would rely on the BOVA volunteer to provide for Lochbuie, “ McCoy said.

In the late 1980s, the victim’s services developed as separate units with the Brighton Police Department and Commerce City Police Department. According to o cials, the cities of Brighton and Commerce City joined forces in 2014 to create a single victims’ service unit to expand its services.

e police departments are now partnering with the City of Fort Lupton as well as Lochbuie to expand BOVA services in Weld County for victims. BOVA is sta ed with highly trained victims’ advocates to help victims of trauma. In addition, BOVA provides follow-up and referral services for victims and families to seek

counseling.

Fort Lupton representatives could not be reached for comment.

BOVA will provide volunteer Victims’ Advocates Specialist that will be on-scene of the emergency with victims and witnesses experiencing violent crime or sudden death. According to o cials, the advocates provide quick crisis mediation for the victims and families while guiding them through the justice system, agency referral, emergency shelter, and other victim resources.

For more information about becoming a BOVA Volunteer Victim Advocate, visit www.brightonco. gov/348/Become-a-Volunteer. “ is is a great opportunity for anyone looking for a way to give back to the community and provide an invaluable service to those in need,” Messina said.

Fort Lupton OKs utility permit for wastewater plant

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e city of Fort Lupton and the Colorado Department of Transportation agreed to a right-of-way permit for pipelines that will take wastewater from the existing facility to the Metro Northern Plant along U.S. Highway 85.

City council approved its part of the agreement during its rst meeting of the year Jan. 3. e city’s wastewater consultant, Burns & McDonnell, provided the required

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documents and has permission from CDOT to construct.

e permit also includes a provision that the city will be responsible for relocating the line if future highway projects warrant.

Public works Director Roy Vestal said impacts to tra c should be minimal.

“Everything should be o to the side of the road,” Vestal told council.

“Maybe a shoulder will be closed at most.”

Project inspection falls to a third party. Sta notes said the risk of work taking place in the near future -- 20 to 40 years out – is low. ere is no nancial consideration.

New street sweeper Council also approved a $348,000 purchase of a new street sweeper from Elgin Road Wizard. is year’s

budget contained $350,000 for this purpose. e new sweeper has 20,000 in miles and about 4,000 of operating hours.

“We’ve been having issues with it (the old sweeper) the past three months,” Vestal told council. “ is one is the most similar to the equipment we have, only it’s more modern.”

Council’s vote was unanimous.

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Low taxes

Additionally, Colorado’s low taxes help keep the state competitive. However, Colorado’s law that requires companies to include salary information in job advertisements is keeping companies from placing those ads in the state.

e state’s nine industries that have a competitive advantage over other states are aerospace, aviation, bioscience, broadband, energy and natural resources, nancial services, food and beverage, healthcare and wellness and IT software.

A key issue for the 2023 legislative session, according to Polis, will be housing and how to reduce housing costs for families.

He said that the state needs to remove barriers to the creation of housing, and developments need to be “thoughtful, smart and sustainable.”

As well, he said higher housing costs are leading Coloradans to live further from their jobs, which leads to more tra c, more liability to maintain roads, more commuting and more air pollution.

“ at just doesn’t work as a development formula for a state,” he said.

Building more transit and more housing closer to transit, he said, can deliver

even better transit with more riders.

He touted SB21-260, which sent more funding to transportation. It was a way to counter less money from gas taxes coming in to x roads.

“Vehicles are becoming more fuel efcient, more people are using EVs, and yet we relied on gas taxes for roads. at combination of more people traveling more miles and using less gas is great for air quality and the environment wasn’t good for how we funded our roads,” he said.

Winter gave an anecdote of how air pollution a ects everyday people, from her daughter’s cross-country race getting canceled to how air pollution impacts her dad who is on oxygen.

She pointed to the importance of public transit, but how it isn’t accessible to everyone. She pointed to SB21-260 as well, voicing how the multimodal option funding within the bill can help local governments and transportation agencies expand transit services.

“ e future of transit really depends on us all working together in partnership,” she said.

Even with the electri cation of vehicles, she says it’s imperative to keep up e orts to reduce vehicle miles traveled to help clean the air.

“We can’t electrify our way out of the climate crisis,” she said.

She linked transportation and housing, saying those issues go hand in hand. With more development, the question is how to connect residents from where they live to where they work and recreate.

Touching on her experience as a Westminster City Councilor, she championed local governments with have that power.

“Our local governments actually know how to do this and know how to do this really well,” Winter said.

State Senator Faith Winter calls for more public transportation access as air pollution climbs at the 2023 Legislative Breakfast.

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Saying it and praying it

By now most of us have heard what happened to the Bu alo Bills safety, Damar Hamlin, during a Monday Night Football game on Jan. 2. Hamlin su ered cardiac arrest after making a tackle against a Cincinnati Bengals player, collapsing on the eld after the tackle. In the days following his cardiac arrest Damar Hamlin was listed in critical condition.

Kudos to the league and the people responsible for suspending the game. I am a huge fan of football, but a bigger fan of life and respecting life. And a huge applause to the players and coaches from both teams who joined together in an on- eld prayer. As there is an ever-increasing scrutiny and e ort to cancel prayer or public displays of prayer, it was obviously more important to those on the eld who witnessed what happened rsthand to come together in prayer for Damar Hamlin.

Over recent years, coaches, players, and teams from youth leagues to high school and from college to the pros have been taken to task

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for praying in public — some even losing their jobs and being forced to bring lawsuits to try and keep their position. So, making what we witnessed happen during that Monday night game relative to the prayer was both promising and truly inspiring.

en there was the next unbelievable moment, an amazing event took place on ESPN as Dan Orlovsky took the time to pray out loud for Damar Hamlin. I lled up with tears as I watched his prayer, listening to the intensity, compassion and sincerity with which he prayed. Hats o to ESPN for not shutting this down, and a tremendous shout out to you Dan Orlovsky for your courage, bravery and conviction to your faith.

Being a part of several prayer groups myself, prayers for Damar Hamlin were surfacing each day for his recovery, for strength in recovery, for complete healing, for

his family and for his teammates. Nothing less was expected, because that’s what we do for each other in our prayer groups, we pray with each other and for each other and for all those that may need prayer. We pray with people and for people from all over the world and from every walk of life.

We all know what happens sometimes. Someone we know will share a story about something or someone in their life where there is a problem, a challenge, an injury, or an illness. And with the best of intention we say, “I’ll be praying for you,” or “I’ll say a prayer for them.” And then we go about our day, and we never actually stop for minute and say the prayer. Did we mean it when we said we would pray? Or did it just feel like the right thing to say in the moment?

A few years ago, in a co ee shop in Denver, I was approached by a man who recognized me from this column. He told me he appreciated the motivational columns but was turned o when I would mention my faith or anything to do with prayer. We talked for a few more

minutes and I shared my faith journey with him, but he still said that he was not a believer. en he said that even though he didn’t believe in God or prayer, his family really needed some prayer and could I please pray for them. e irony was real, and I prayed for his family. at is why what the players did on the eld matters. It’s why what ESPN and Dan Orlovsky did matters. e power of prayer is an incredible gift we have been given. So, if we say we are going to pray for someone, we need to pause and pray, we never know the impact we may have. I would love to hear your thoughts on prayer at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we can come together in prayer for those who need a little bit of prayer or a lot of prayer, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

Colorado GOP failed to close ranks, and lost

Ia m reluctant to add to the many opinions regarding the current state of the Colorado Republican Party. My status as a former chair in a major county compels me to speak about the ongoing drama because of my vantage point regarding how the party should function.

A cascade of events exists to point to how the Colorado GOP got to its current state. What matters is concentrating on how the future can be shaped and how to rebuild.

One incident in 2022 shows precisely how di cult the road forward will be. According to lings on TRACER, the El Paso County Republican Central Committee had approximately $70,600 in its bank accounts as of Oct. 30, 2022. To compare and contrast, other GOP major-county parties throughout Colorado had balances of between $3,000 and $24,000 in their accounts on the same date.

e reason for this di erence is that those other county parties spent money to support and elect

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I assure you that if the El Paso County GOP had spent $50,000 to elect Republican candidates, some of them would have been elected. ere would have a smaller margin of loss in El Paso County for those candidates who were defeated. But the El Paso GOP did not spend and support.

e restraint that the leadership in El Paso County showed in expenditures for candidate support is why going forward it is reasonable to presume that the Colorado GOP is dead. What they did in e ect was exercise a post-primary veto over GOP candidates. ey said that “those candidates are not good enough in our opinion, therefore we will not support them.”

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If you do not wish to support Republican nominees that are chosen by voters, are you not a Republican in name only?

Some will object and mention a number of di erent reasons why GOP candidates should not be supported, like a lack of total delity to the platform. I have sympathy for those arguments, but once the nominee is chosen, then it is time to close ranks behind them. ere are reasons for hope in terms of electing Republicans and conservatives. What I see happening is that people of means will look at the current situation in the Colorado GOP and decide to fund their own endeavors to elect candidates of their choosing who are in agreement with those people of means. ey may or may not agree with the “grassroots” who lead the EL Paso County Republican Party cur-

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rently. ose people of means will act as they do because they care about Colorado and wish to have less government rather than more. ey want to persuade others that Republican-a liated candidates have the better agenda for Colorado’s future. ey will also travel down this path because, like many Coloradoans, they do not trust the leadership of the Colorado GOP.

What the current El Paso County leadership did in 2022 is far more consequential than most currently realize. If what I predicted comes to pass, then the consequences of their actions of non-support will be larger than is currently seen. eir actions would amount to a betrayal by the “grassroots leadership” of the grassroots faithful. It would make the dreaded “Establishment” far more consequential than it is currently. No one within the Colorado GOP should desire that at all.

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that, I feel, was a really kind gesture and special,” mentioned Brian Shaw, Amato’s nephew, a former player and four-time World’s Strongest Man.

“It’s incredible. I believe that there is two from the looks of it. Looks like the white is staying with the home team and the blue is going to be with family,” said an emotional Julie Emeterio, Amato’s niece. “He was the most giving, loving human being that I have ever been impacted by, and to know that he meant that for more than just me and to see the school dedicating that memory to live on well past any of us is incredibly moving and touching.”

During the game, Amato was honored in multiple ways. e Bluedevils wore a basketball patch on the upper left-hand side of their uniforms with the name ‘Amato’ stitched onto it. His name was also written on the court in front of an empty seat with a clipboard on it, the seat that Amato occupied for 47 years.

“For an entire year he let me just be who I was as a coach. Here is a guy who has 40 years of experience sitting on the sideline with me right?, and just letting me

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live through my mistakes. So he is there to mentor me as a young coach even after he mentored me as a player. at was just the type of person he was,” said Roedel.

In his 47-year coaching career, Amato had an overall winning record of 629 wins and 513 losses. His legacy was remembered through basketball Jan. 3, but for the people he impacted the most, his legacy was more than just basketball. ey are lessons that were learned on and o the court that will live on for many years to come.

“Every person that left this program in my 14 years if you asked them who their favorite coach was, it wasn’t me and it never would be and I understood that,” Roedel said. “It was going to be Amato. It was just because he related to kids and taught them things about life that was unbelievable.”

“He kind of, in a lot of ways, was like a second father gure to me. And that was a great relationship to have. His work ethic and the way that he approached life was infectious, and it spread to so many people and it spread to me for sure. I took the lessons I learned from him and things more so that I saw him do than I heard him say. e way that he approached his life, I took from that. His work ethic, I tried to carry that on in my own life,” said Shaw.

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The starters for Fort Lupton High School (from left to right: Senior Joey Gallegos, Junior Gabriel Chavez, Freshman Shane Callahan, Junior William Sibanda, and Senior Jesus Vasquez) wore shirts spelling out Coach Amato’s name in his honor.

Fort Lupton High School Boys’ Basketball Head Coach Jim Roedel hugs the family as he presents them with the jersey retired in honor of Coach Amato.

In honor of Joseph Lee Amato, Fort Lupton High School retired the No. 45 jersey during his legacy game on Tuesday, January 3rd. It is the only jersey that has ever been retired in school history

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For the past 20 years, talk of addressing mental health issues within the health care industry circled around without much emphasis. at’s beginning to change, and it’s starting with the ne arts.

At the Colorado Resiliency Arts Lab at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, a team of doctors, therapists and literary scholars are doing just that: exploring how the ne arts can help nurses, doctors, surgeons and other healthcare workers heal from trauma.

The numbers

e team found that creative arts therapy not only decreases anxiety, feelings of burnout and depression, but also helps keep medical workers in their eld.

e study, published in the American Journal of Medicine in 2022 found that anxiety, depression, total PTSD and emotional exhaustion measurement scores decreased by 27.8%, 35.5%, 25.8% and 11.6%, respectively.

Katherine Reed, an art therapist for the program, said that 12% saw a reduction in the desire to leave the profession.

“It’s amazing in how basic it really is, and yet it’s creating these incredible results,” Reed said.

The program

Dr. Marc Moss, a doctor who is part of the CORAL team, said the program received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2019 to prove the value of the ne arts, after the National Endowment for the Arts requested proposals to show Congress that art was worth the money spent.

“It’s easy to say, ‘Wow, it’s great having a symphony’ or ‘It’s great having parks and etc.,’ but what’s the value of that?’” Moss said.

“ ey wanted to have more scienti c evidence.”

From the results of the study, CORAL did just

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that. e program o ers group art therapy cohorts to healthcare workers to help them process their day-to-day lives.

It’s a 12-week program with weekly 90-minute sessions with between eight to 15 participants. Each session is guided by a creative arts therapist.

CORAL o ers art, music, dance and writing therapy with hopes to add drama therapy in the near future.

Reed explained that art intrinsically creates community, helps the healing process and connects people. ose characteristics are key to helping people overcome their trauma.

She said a reason burnout remains prevalent is due to the way humans isolate themselves and avoid conversations and expressions about what happened. In the group sessions, participants can show each other they aren’t alone and validate each others’ experiences.

Historically, she said, art was the basis of expression and commu-

nication. Egyptian Hieroglyphics morphed into language.

Over the course of her 20-year career as an art therapist, Reed said she has a front-row seat to the limitations of language on expression, especially in children. Children — and adults — may lack the words or rhetoric to describe their experiences or their feelings, and music, painting, drama and other forms of art can act as a backdoor to expressing those feelings.

“(Children) can show you with sound and music what it feels like in their brain to remember the impact,” Reed said. “It’s a way of communicating that bypasses language. When we talk, we’re constantly ltering our words.”

It deepens the healing and clients don’t need to know how to draw, play an instrument or act out. It’s about interpreting your own symbols, song lyrics and paint color choices to nd meaning.

Common causes

Witnessing trauma like death, injury, illness and medical ethical dilemmas are all themes that come up in the workshops. In medical school, classes don’t necessarily exist to teach students

how to deal with it.

“You get into real-life medicine and suddenly (there are) personalities, narratives, stories and family members you’re not necessarily equipped to manage. You know how to transplant that heart, but do you know how to manage the mother’s panic or the father’s anger?” Reed said.

Another root cause can be the American healthcare system in general. Reed said doctors may need to see 20 patients in one day, which limits the time to actually talk with them since then they need to document those appointments.

at leads to longer hours and less time with loved ones, making it harder to nd a work-life balance.

A lack of emotional learning for healthcare workers also hints at a broader issue at hand in general. Many parallels exist between healthcare workers and students, who may not know how to express or manage their own feelings, Reed said.

rough art therapy and CORAL, healthcare workers can learn to manage those feelings. Not only for their own well-being, but also to be more successful in their day-

to-day job.

Economic value

A lack of those tools can lead to higher rates of turnover, and Moss said it makes the program all the more valuable.

“Turnover is expensive,” Moss said.

at piques interest in hospital administrators. Less burnout and turnover of employees is coste ective. Moss said the COVID-19 pandemic ampli ed the need for mental health resources for hospitals and administrators are looking for ways to do that.

So much so that the Children’s Hospital agreed to start a program outside of the grant. Once the grant from the National Endowment for the Arts nishes its 10year period, not only does Moss think more programs will exist in Colorado, but also all across the country.

He sees a larger multicenter study occurring at multiple different hospitals in di erent cities to expand the evidence on the e ciency.

Healthcare workers engage in visual art making through the CORAL program that o ers art therapy to nurses, doctors and others within the medical profession.

Dance therapy is one form of art therapy the CORAL program provides.

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