West Central Mental Health Center Inc

Chaffee County Branch Office

111 Vesta Road

Salida, CO 81201

Main Tel: 719-539-6502

Intake Tel 1: 719-539-6502

Intake Tel 2: 719-539-6502

Website: www.wcmhc.org

Information and Services

Age Groups Accepted
  • Adults
  • Children/adolescents
  • Seniors (65 or older)
  • Young adults
Ancillary Services
  • Assertive community treatment
  • Chronic disease/illness management
  • Case management
  • Court-ordered outpatient treatment
  • Diet and exercise counseling
  • Housing services
  • Intensive case management
  • Integrated primary care service
  • Consumer-run (peer-support) services
  • Psychosocial rehabilitation services
  • Supported housing
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Tobacco cessation counselling
Emergency Mental Health Services
  • Crisis intervention team
  • Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
Payment/Insurance Accepted
  • County or local government funds
  • Community Mental Health Block Grants
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • State mental health agency funds
  • State welfare or child and family services funds
Primary Focus of the Provider
  • Mental Health Treatment Services
Payment Assistance Available
  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)
  • Community mental health center
  • Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups Offered
  • Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
  • Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Children with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
  • Persons with serious mental illness (SMI)
Language Services
  • Services for the hearing-impaired
Facility Smoking Policy
  • Smoking Not allowed
Treatment Approaches
  • Cognitive/behavior therapy
  • Couple/family therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Psychotropic medication
  • Telemedicine therapy
  • Trauma therapy
Type of Care
  • Mental health treatment