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December 3, 2019

Make a Donation to AdvocacyDenver on Colorado Gives Day

Celebrate Colorado Gives Day by making a donation to AdvocacyDenver on December 10th. When you give to AdvocacyDenver on Colorado Gives Day, your gift will go even further to help children and adults with disabilities.

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Article by Pamela Bisceglia / Filed Under: Fundraising

June 27, 2019

Webinar: How to deal with Picky Eaters

View from above of a toddler eating a bowl of cereal.

AdvocacyDenver and Trumpet Behavioral Health are proud to partner in order to provide easy tips and tricks to make meal time and eating more manageable for you and your child.

This webinar was presented on July 23rd 2019. You can view a full recording and download a PDF of the slides below.

También puedes ver esta presentación en español.

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Article by Catherine Strode / Filed Under: English, Webinars

November 5, 2019

Mental Health Crisis: Part 2, Long Term Competency

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From The Desk of Pamela Bisceglia

“Jane Doe” had charges brought against her January 2016 and June 2017.  She was released on bail.  A competency evaluation was ordered and in December 2017, it was determined she was not competent.  She was ordered to participate in a competency restoration program.  Competency restoration is the process used when an individual is found by a court to be incompetent to stand trial.  Simply put, “Jane Doe” must be restored to competency before the legal process can continue.  In November 2018, it was determined that competency could not be restored.  “Jane Doe” is labeled as having a dual diagnosis: an intellectual and developmental disability and mental health issues.  On July 9, 2019, “Jane Doe” was arrested and charged with aggravated assault.  On day three of her incarceration, “Jane Doe” was arraigned. The judge was privy to: her history, the list of her past charges, her competency evaluations and her return to the community. Now, because she is charged with aggravated assault, the court will no longer entertain her return to the community.  

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Article by Pamela Bisceglia / Filed Under: eVOICE, Mental Health

September 16, 2019

eAlert: Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Lottery Accepting Entries

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From The Desk of Pamela Bisceglia

The Housing Authority of the City and County of Denver (DHA) is opening its 2020 Housing Choice Voucher/Section 8 Lottery. On-line entries (ONLY) will be accepted beginning on Thursday, September 19, 2019 (beginning at 12:01 a.m.) through Friday, September 20, 2019 (ending at 11:59 p.m.) Interested individuals may submit a lottery entry via the internet at DHA’s website: www.denverhousing.org.

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Article by Pamela Bisceglia / Filed Under: eAlert, Housing

August 22, 2019

Denver’s Online 2020 Census Poses Challenges for High Response

An Interview with Catherine Strode

Kaye Kavanagh, Census Coordinator, City and County of Denver
Kaye Kavanagh, Census Coordinator, City and County of Denver

Conducting a complete enumeration of the residents of the country is one of the few functions of the government written in the Constitution. The first Census, conducted in 1790 under Thomas Jefferson, has evolved over the centuries from door to door inquiries to nationwide mailings.

In March of 2020 however, the Census in Denver is going ‘high- tech’. This new process poses challenges for Denver’s Census staff who is dedicated to making sure everyone is counted. They say this development, along with Trump administration polices, will lower Denver’s Census response rate.

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Article by Catherine Strode / Filed Under: Interview, Policy Perspective - Interviews with Policy Makers

August 1, 2019

Mental Health Crisis: Part 1, Framing The Issues

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From The Desk of Pamela Bisceglia

While some maintain Denver Public Schools (DPS) offers students “equitable” opportunities, others assert the school-to-prison pipeline is alive and well in DPS. The partnership between DPS, Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) and what was the Division of Youth Corrections (currently known as the Division of Youth Services) provides new meaning to the school-to-prison pipeline. DPS charter school Rite of Passage is housed in youth correction facility in Watkins, Colorado. Thirty-five percent (or more) of the youth assigned to the facility are identified as having a disability (eligible under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act). Ridge View Academy is a boys’ correction facility located in a remote area surrounded by fields. Ridge View Academy does not have a barbed wire fence, rather the youth understand if they run they will be sent to a more secure correction facility. DPS’ Board of Education approved the Rite of Passage charter school in 2001.

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Article by Pamela Bisceglia / Filed Under: eVOICE, Mental Health

July 18, 2019

Introducing Jane Walsh, Senior Deputy District Attorney, Denver District Attorney’s Office

An Interview with Catherine Strode

Jane Walsh, Senior Deputy District Attorney, Denver District Attorney’s Office
Jane Walsh, Senior Deputy District Attorney, Denver District Attorney’s Office

On July 1, a state law went into effect making it a class 6 felony to unlawfully confine an at-risk adult and a class 1 misdemeanor to abandon an at-risk adult. This law, enacting penalties for persons convicted of at-risk adult abuse crimes, was the result of hard-fought lobbying efforts of advocates within the Colorado disability community. Leading their fight for legislative change was Denver’s Director of Elder and At-Risk Protection, Jane Walsh. She says this law is a tool to get more abuse crimes reported and prosecuted.

Jane Walsh has been prosecuting crimes against at-risk adults since coming to the United States in 2007. Originally from Scotland, she has practiced law under three different legal systems to defend her passion. That passion is fighting inequities for vulnerable populations and protecting their right to live full and respectful lives.

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Article by Catherine Strode / Filed Under: Disabilities Rights, Interview, Policy Perspective - Interviews with Policy Makers

February 3, 2020

Webinar: Cómo tratar a los quisquillosos para comer

View from above of a toddler eating a bowl of cereal.

AdvocacyDenver y Trumpet Behavioral Health colaboramos para ofrecerle unos consejos fácilies para hacerle la hora de comida mas manejable para usted y su hijo/a.

Este seminario web fue presentado el 23 de julio 2019. Se puede ver la presentación en entero y descargar las diapositivas aqui abajo.

You can also view this presentation in English.

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Article by Melissa Palacio / Filed Under: Español, Webinars

March 20, 2019

Webinar: Toilet Training for Individuals with Disabilities

Toilet Training for Individuals with Disabilities

AdvocacyDenver and Trumpet Behavioral Health are proud to partner in order to provide easy tips and tricks to make toilet training more manageable for you and your child. You can watch a recording of the webinar and download a PDF of the slides below.

También puedes ver esta presentación en español.

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Article by Catherine Strode / Filed Under: English, Webinars

May 7, 2019

National Arc Fights Court Decision to Invalidate the ACA

An Interview with Catherine Strode

Peter V. Berns, Chief Executive Officer, The Arc of the U.S.
Peter V. Berns, Chief Executive Officer, The Arc of the U.S.

The national Arc is fighting a 2018 ruling in a Texas U.S. District Court that determined the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional.  That case is now pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Arc has joined 14 other national organizations representing people with disabilities in filing an amicus brief appealing to reverse the lower court’s decision.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Arc of the United States, Peter Berns, has called the lower court’s decision “an extraordinary threat” for people with disabilities and their families.  He says if the ACA is taken off the books, it will set the advocacy efforts for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) back 70 years.

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Article by Catherine Strode / Filed Under: Health Care, Interview, Legislation, Policy Perspective - Interviews with Policy Makers

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