Colorado APSE

President

Marilee Boylan
mboylan@arclc.org

Gayann Brandenberg
Karin Cowan
Kelley Land
Bob Lawhead
Dagger Miles
Charlene Parris
Karen Prince
David Pump

Kelley Land
VCU National Training and Data Center
landk@vcu.edu

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Public Policy Liaison
Bob Lawhead, robert.lawhead@state.co.us

CO Employment First Implementation Legislation (passed): SB 18-145 passed into law in May 2018 to implement recommendations of Colorado’s Employment First Advisory Partnership, including staff training/credentialing, data collection, and supporting Discovery as a distinct service.
CO Employment First Legislation (passed): Colorado’s cross-disability E1 bill (SB 16-077) was enacted in June 2016.
Policy on Integrated Employment: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing – Services for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Rule 8.609.9 (former Division for Developmental Disabilities rule 16.626) stating that integrated employment is considered the primary service option for adults day habilitation services and supports for individuals within I/DD. This was a long-standing policy prior to the passage of legislation (policy is on pg. 63).

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