Sliding Scale
The sliding scale tool is provided to support economic justice so that clients may have equitable access to care while I, your mental health provider, may have a sustainable income to continue providing accessible care. Please reflect on the following guides to determine which category best fits your current financial situation.
My needs are comfortably met. Generally, I…
Have daily reliable transportation
Am single and/or without dependents
Am able to repay my loans, are in repayment, or have paid off loans
Have employer health insurance and/or other employer benefits
Can travel for recreation
Have a high degree of earning power
Own the home I live in
Work part-time or am unemployed by choice
Have access to family money and resources, or have family who pay for treatment
Have investments, retirement accounts, or generational wealth, including inheriting home or land
Needs comfortably Met Rate: $130
My needs are mostly met. Generally, I…
Can travel when needed, especially for an unexpected occasion
Have reliable transportation
Am able to repay, or am in the process of repaying, loans
Am able to miss work for sickness or leisure and still able to pay my bills
Receive economic support from others for things like car payments, phone bills, spending money
Am able to contribute to a retirement plan
Have access to financial savings and/or some expendable income
Have access to health care
Have or will have access to some generational wealth, including inheriting home or land
Needs Mostly Met Rate: $105 -$129
My needs are partially met. Generally, I…
Support children and/or other dependents
Have significant debt
Have little or no access to savings
Experience discrimination in hiring or pay level
Have immigration-related expenses
Am an elder with limited financial support
Am an unpaid community organizer/worker in addition to employed work
Am descended from enslaved people or Native Americans
Have or will have access to minimal generational wealth, including inheriting home or land
Needs Partially Met Rate: $80-$105*
*If these rates are not sustainable, we can discuss additional options.
If you are eligible for Medicaid, please apply at Health First Colorado (https://www.healthfirstcolorado.com/). I accept Medicaid CCHA.
If you are eligible for public assistance, are uninsured, or are underinsured, yet do not qualify for Medicaid, I offer a limited number of client slots through OpenPath. Learn more at https://openpathcollective.org/.
Please call or email me with any questions at (720) 310-0382 or sophia@colibritherapyandcoaching.org.
Sliding Scale informed by https://www.embracingequity.org/post/embracing-an-equitable-sliding-scale, https://www.wortsandcunning.com/blog/sliding-scale, https://mcg.works/equitable-siding-scale, and https://www.andstillwerise.us/sliding-scale