Our Hope for Colorado - End Waiting Lists for DD Services

Colorado, like many states throughout the country, maintains a waiting list of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in need of services. The recent budget crisis has caused Colorado to freeze the opening of any new "slots" to provide services for these individuals. By not making resources available, the state is leaving families without help to access the community, obtain employment skills, receive in-home services or receive the kind of 24 hour care they need. People are waiting for decades for these services.

The National Organization to End the Waiting List's hope for Colorado for Our Hope for Colorado Day is for citizens to understand how devastating it is for families who need services to be shut out. We hope Colorado will begin a new effort to provide services to all people on the waiting lists.