Ensure Disabled Coloradans Have Access to Justice

I became the Executive Director almost 7 months ago. I didn't want to move to Colorado until I met the incredible people behind this work. Their passion resonated me because I'm a disabled person raising a disabled child. Each day at DLC, we center the lives of people with disabilities who need lawyers, self-advocacy supports, information, and policy change. We do everything from file complaints against state agencies to partner for systemic litigation. Because of our team, kids with disabilities can get educational services that are meaningful to their future. Incarcerated people with mental health disabilities aren't harmed further by abuse. People formerly in nursing homes now live in their communities. We are the state of Colorado's protection and advocacy organization, which gives us federal authority to investigate and monitor anywhere that people with disabilities could be. Help us expand this power beyond the 23 current staff we have. 

Here are some examples of how far your donation can go:

• $25-$50: ensures that DLC provides 1-2 free special education guides in print to teachers, families, students, or community advocates
• $75: provides a residents’ rights bingo free of charge to residents of long-term care
• $50-$100: covers a week of DLC’s mail to clients
• $100: allows DLC to table at an event and expand its outreach
• $200-$300: covers the expenses for one mental health advisory council meeting
• $250: supports DLC to provide captioning and accommodations for a training or translate a brief document
• $250-$500: produces 3-5 outreach kits/tubs for staff to use in reaching rural and marginalized communities
• $500: provides annual professional development for a staff member 
• $500-$1000: allows a team of investigators and advocates to travel across the state and investigate abuse and neglect at a nursing home, hospital, or institution
• $1000-$1500: supports a summer intern to join DLC’s monitoring and advocacy efforts by covering travel
• $1500-$2000: updates technology for an attorney to work better in the field with clients
• $2500-$5000: creates 1-2 professionally produced self-advocacy videos