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Affordable Housing Tops List In Needs Assessment for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities

An Interview with Catherine Strode

The results of a needs assessment on services available to Denver residents with intellectual or developmental disabilities have been completed. Denver Human Services (DHS) has released the findings and is now in the process of seating an Advisory Council to recommend solutions. The assessment rated support for the use of Mill Levy funds for enhanced services was high, but cited key gaps in unmet needs. Denver Human Services Mill Levy Program Manager, Justin Sykes, explains the systemic challenges revealed in the needs assessment and discusses the next steps.

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Promoting Inclusion with Why Not Them?

Lloyd Lewis Chief Executive Officer of arc Thrift Stores and co-author of Why Not Them? with his son Kennedy.
Lloyd Lewis, Chief Executive Officer of arc Thrift Stores and co-author of Why Not Them? with his son Kennedy.

An Interview with Catherine Strode

Since 2005, Lloyd Lewis has been overseeing all operational and financial management issues of the arc Thrift Stores in Colorado. He has built a strong reputation on his financial management prowess, turning a business that was burning cash into a solid source of revenue for all of the state’s Arc chapters. However, his latest undertaking is earning him recognition as an advocate, and, as a dad. In the book Why Not Them?, Lloyd delves into how the experience of parenting his son Kennedy has changed not only his life but also his life’s mission.

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Fight for Access to Disability Benefits Scores Victory

Allison Neswood, Health Care Attorney, Colorado Center on Law and Policy
Allison Neswood, Health Care Attorney, Colorado Center on Law and Policy. Photo courtesy of The Colorado Trust

An Interview with Catherine Strode

For the past two years, Attorney Allison Neswood has campaigned for individuals with disabilities to have greater access to benefits provided by Colorado’s Aid to the Needy Disabled program (AND.) The program provides cash assistance to people with disabilities who are in the process of applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI.) She, along with a group of community advocates, fought for a rule change that will make applying for the cash assistance easier. The State Board of Human Services approved the change unanimously last month, impacting the lives of people with disabilities statewide.

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