(Left: Senator Betty Boyd) Listen to Part II of the Interview Senator, what do you view as the biggest challenges facing the Health Benefit Exchange in Colorado? “I think the two biggest challenges are the timelines and finding the money that it’s going to take to develop an appropriate IT system. Colorado’s …
Part I: Senator Boyd to sponsor transfer bill
31 Jan
(Left: Senator Betty Boyd) In Part I of her interview with Catherine Strode, Senator Boyd discussed asked the proposed transfer of services for the elderly and services for people with developmental disabilities to the Department of Healthcare Policy and Financing. Listen to Part I of the interview with Senator Betty Boyd Senator Boyd, What …
Approaching: Medicaid Buy-in Program for Working Adults with Disabilities
20 Jan
Coloradans with disabilities have long faced the complex issue of accessing Medicaid benefits while not crossing the fine line of generating too much income as to render them ineligible. They’ve also found themselves in instances where they’ve fallen through the cracks coverage-wise while transitioning from Medicaid to Medicare during long wait periods or where they …
Inclusion in the School System
17 Jan
Beginning in 1976, AdvocacyDenver (formerly ARC of Denver) has promoted the belief that individuals with disabilities belong in the community and have a fundamental moral, civil and constitutional right to be fully included and actively participate in all aspects of society. The National organization adopted this belief in 1998. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act …
2011: A Snapshot of Advocacy
17 Jan
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Two-thousand eleven was quite a busy year here at AdvocacyDenver. Individual advocacy was in great demand and each advocate pulled through (and continues to do so!) to provide quality advocacy support to individuals with disabilities and their families. To analyze the amount and types of support provided, AdvocacyDenver tracks its core programming through the use …
New Website Launches
22 Dec
We have done some serious website re-modeling here at AdvocacyDenver. We’re pleased to share the new design with you and we hope you find it useful. Our intentions behind the re-design were to improve the functionality of the website and increase the quality of the information and tools it offers to both prospective and existing …
Daniels Fund Awards AdvocacyDenver Grant for Individual Advocacy
23 Nov
Denver, Colorado—Recently, AdvocacyDenver was awarded a $30,000 grant from the Daniels Fund to support its core program, individual advocacy. AdvocacyDenver features seven advocates who provide individual, technical, and referral-based advocacy assistance to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families in Denver County.  Advocates work alongside clients to gain access to quality …