When someone you love is dying, the questions come fast. What are our choices? Who can help? Can we ease what’s coming? Too many Coloradans find the answers too late, after the hardest decisions have already been made for them.
End of Life Options Colorado helps Coloradans get those answers in time.
In 2016, Colorado voters passed Proposition 106, giving terminally ill adults the right to choose medical aid in dying. In 2024, the law was expanded so more qualified clinicians can take part. But a right on paper doesn’t help a patient who has never heard of it, or whose doctor doesn’t know how to help.
We were founded in 2022 to close that gap. We are a young, volunteer-run organization, and your support is what lets us grow.
This June, our second annual conference offered 7.75 CME credits, provided jointly with the Colorado Medical Society. 95% of attendees said they would recommend it to a colleague. Loved ones spoke about walking beside someone at the end of life, and clinicians carried those lessons back to their patients.
“Wonderful information that I can’t wait to share with our team.”
Each clinician we train brings that knowledge home to a whole care team.
Your gift toward our $25,000 goal supports the Patient Assistance Fund, community education and clinician training in the year ahead. Help the next Coloradan get answers while they still have time to use them.
End-Of-Life Options Colorado provides education, support, and resources for all Coloradans who want to learn about their choices at the end of life. We work with individuals, families, community organizations, and medical providers to help them understand the processes and laws, as well as how to find resources.
In 2016, Coloradans approved Proposition 106, creating the Colorado End-of-Life Options Act. By public vote, Coloradans affirmed that terminally ill adults should have the legal right to make deeply personal decisions about their end-of-life care.
The law allows mentally capable adults with a terminal prognosis of six months or less to request medical aid-in-dying medication under strict safeguards, including multiple requests, evaluations by qualified medical providers and full patient autonomy throughout the process.
In 2022, End of Life Options Colorado was created to provide education, support and resources for end-of-life care for all Colorado communities.
In 2024, the law was updated to expand access, including allowing additional qualified clinicians to participate and adjusting certain waiting periods, so more Coloradans have access to all options at the end of life.
In 2026, we held our second annual conference, Empowering End-of-Life Care: Medical Aid in Dying, bringing together clinicians, doulas, advocates and Coloradans from across the state.
Organization name
End of Life Options Colorado
2022
Tax id (EIN)
92-1198723
Category
Health Care, Education, Human Services
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
25318 FOOTHILLS DR NMailing
25318 Foothills Drive NorthCO, US