Colorado Nonprofit Association

Senior Director, Supportive Housing

While primarily an advocacy organization, Mental Health Colorado has recently expanded its mission to include direct service work in Arapahoe County. Through the Safer Housing initiative, we identify individuals with unmet health needs who are at risk of involvement (or further involvement) with the criminal justice system and provide housing, case management, and therapeutic resources to help them regain independence. This program has proven to be highly effective at changing lives for the better and has potential to be expanded into additional counties in Colorado.

The primary responsibility for this role will be providing oversight for the Safer Housing program/staff and acting as a liaison between Mental Health Colorado (MHC) leadership and the Safer Housing program/staff. The Senior Director may interact with Safer participants for up to 10% of the time, but will primarily focus on managing the administrative, compliance, and facilities requirements for the program. The Senior Director will oversee the financial, programmatic, clinical, and facilities components of our Safer Housing initiative as well as help to position the program for further growth and expansion into additional counties.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Working closely with clinical leadership to establish and enhance clinical strategies, ensuring the program consistently meets high-quality care standards, and complies with all regulatory requirements, including Medicaid compliance.

Overseeing contracts held for the Safer Housing program to ensure that onsite partners are properly contracted, compensated, and evaluated for their contributions to the program outcomes.

Reporting on program outcomes to internal stakeholders, advocating about the program to external stakeholders, and brokering additional programmatic resources where needed.

Collaborating with MHC and programming leadership to develop strategic plans and define key milestones for the program’s success.

Maintaining a high-level overview of the budget and ensuring that financial reserves are adequate, Medicaid reimbursement is optimized and implemented as scheduled, and that expenditures remain within budget limitations.

Setting clear revenue targets, ensuring the organization’s financial diversification goals are achieved, and regularly reporting progress to MHC leadership and stakeholders.

Working in collaboration with the development team to shape funding strategies and to identify diverse funding sources that align with the organization’s financial goals.

Overseeing the management of the program and the operation of the facilities in partnership with MHC and program leadership.

Overseeing the development and implementation of organizational policies and procedures to ensure they align with best practice as it evolves.

Monitoring program outcomes and making data-driven improvements.

Representing the organization to external stakeholders, including funders, government agencies, and elected officials.

Representing the organization to MHC leadership, including the MHC Board of Directors. This may include attending 1 board meeting a year to update members about Safer’s progress toward goals and financial milestones.

Supporting MHC’s advocacy for the program’s mission at local, state, and national levels.

Collaborating with other MHC departments (communications, development, Admin Hub) to ensure program integration.

Position may spend up to 10% of time directly interacting with Safer Housing participants.