Colorado awards crisis line contract to Arizona company

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Solari Health and Human Services plans to hire back about 180 of the 330 Colorado crisis workers who are being laid off.

The contract was awarded to Solari Health and Human Services, a Tempe, Arizona-based company with crisis call centers in Arizona and Oklahoma. The move means the state will sever ties with Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners, which plans to lay off 330 people.

Solari’s proposed budget to the state came in at $19,977,255, compared to RMCP’s bid of $24,255,894, state records show.Chase said the company plans to employ about 180 call takers in Colorado, with some based out of a Denver area call center. He said he hopes those positions will be filled by some of the 330 call takers who will lose their jobs with RMCP.

 

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