Colorado State Resources

State Agencies and Organizations

United States Senators
Honorable Wayne Allard (R)
525 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5941
(202) 224-6471 (Fax)
E-mail Web Form: http://allard.senate.gov/contactme
Web: http://allard.senate.gov

Honorable Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R)
380 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5852
(202) 228-4609 (Fax)
E-mail Web Form: http://campbell.senate.gov/email.htm
Web: http://campbell.senate.gov

United States Representatives
To find the contact information for your representative in the House of the U.S. Congress, visit the House's Web site at: www.house.gov, or call: (202) 225-3121; (202) 225-1904 (TTY).

Governor
Honorable Bill Owens
136 State Capitol
Denver, CO 80203-1792
(303) 866-2471
E-mail: governorowens@state.co.us
Web: www.state.co.us/gov_dir/governor_office.html

Official State Web Site
Web: www.colorado.gov/

State Department of Education: Special Education
Lorrie Harkness, Director
Exceptional Student Services Unit
Colorado Department of Education
201 E. Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 866-6694
E-mail: Harkness_L@cde.state.co.us
Web: www.cde.state.co.us

State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
Exceptional Student Services Unit
Colorado Department of Education
201 E. Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 866-6694
Web: www.cde.state.co.us

Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2
Susan Smith, Part C Coordinator
Early Childhood Initiatives
Department of Education
201 E. Colfax Avenue, Room 305
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 866-6709
E-mail: Smith_s@cde.state.co.us
Web: www.cde.state.co.us/earlychildhoodconnections

Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
Jane L. Amundson, 619 Coordinator
Exceptional Student Services Unit
Colorado Department of Education
201 E. Colfax Avenue, Room 305
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 866-6712
E-mail: Amundson_j@cde.state.co.us
Web: www.cde.state.co.us

State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
Diana Huerta, Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Human Services
2211 W. Evans Avenue, Building B
Denver, CO 80223
(303) 866-4150
E-mail: diana.huerta@state.co.us

Susan Schierkolk, Youth Programs Coordinator
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Administration Office
Department of Human Services
2211 W. Evans Avenue, Building B
Denver, CO 80223
(303) 866-4756
E-mail: susan.schierkolk@state.co.us

Coordinator for Transition Services
Barbara Palmer, Consultant
Transition Services
Colorado Department of Education
201 E. Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
303-866-6721
E-mail: palmer_b@cde.state.co.us

Office of State Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities
Susie Bell, Director
Access to Employment Project
Colorado Community College System
9101 E. Lowry Boulevard
Denver, CO 80230-6011
(303) 595-1611
E-mail: susie.bell@cccs.edu

State Mental Health Agency
Thomas J. Barrett, Ph.D., Director
Mental Health Services
Colorado Department of Human Services
3824 W. Princeton Circle
Denver, CO 80236
(303) 866-7400
E-mail: tom.barrett@state.co.us
Web: www.cdhs.state.co.us

State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth
Claudia Vundel, Unit Manager
Children's Health and Rehabilitation
Department of Human Services
3824 W. Princeton Circle
Denver, CO 80236
(303) 866-7400
E-mail: claudia.vundel@state.co.us

State Developmental Disabilities Program for Children and Youth
Sheila Peil, Program Manager
Children's Developmental Disabilities
Children's Health and Rehabilitation Services
3824 W. Princeton Circle
Denver, CO 80236
(303) 866-7467
E-mail: sheila.peil@state.co.us
Web: www.cdhs.state.co.us/cyf/CHRS/CHRShome.htm

State Developmental Disabilities Program
Fred L. DeCrescentis, Director
Developmental Disabilities Services
3824 W. Princeton Circle
Denver, CO 80236
(303) 866-7450
Web: www.state.co.us/

State Developmental Disabilities Council
Marcia Tewell, Executive Director
Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council
3401 Quebec, Suite 6009
Denver, CO 80207
(720) 941-0176
E-mail: cddpc.email@state.co.us
Web: www.cdhs.state.co.us/opi/cddpc/index.htm

Protection and Advocacy Agency
Mary Anne Harvey, Executive Director
The Legal Center for People with Disabilities and Older People
455 Sherman Street, Suite 130
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 722-0300; (800) 288-1376 (in CO only)
E-mail: tlcmail@thelegalcenter.org
Web: www.thelegalcenter.org

Client Assistance Program
Geoffrey Peterson, Coordinator
Contact Protection and Advocacy Agency

Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Kathy Watters, Director
Health Care Program For Children with Special Needs (HCP)
Department of Public Health and Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246-1530
(303) 692-2370
Web: www.cdphe.state.co.us

State CHIP Program
(health care for low-income uninsured children)
Child Health Plan Plus
P.O. Box 929
Denver, Colorado 80201-0929
(800) 359-1991
Web: www.cchp.org/

Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired or Deaf-Blind
Tanni Anthony, Consultant
Colorado Department of Education
201 E. Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 866-6681
E-mail: Anthony_T@cde.state.co.us
Web: www.cde.state.co.us

Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Cheryl Johnson, Consultant
Colorado Department of Education
201 E. Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 866-6960
E-mail: Johnson_C@cde.state.co.us
Web: www.cde.state.co.us

Regional ADA & IT Technical Assistance Center
Patrick Going, Director
Rocky Mountain Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
3630 Sinton Road, Suite 103
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
(719) 444-0268 (V/TTY); (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
E-mail: rmdbtac@mtc-inc.com
Web: www.adainformation.org

University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Cordelia Robinson, Director
JFK Partners
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
4200 E. 9th Avenue, Suite C-221
Denver, CO 80262
(303) 864-5266
Web: www.jfkpartners.org

Technology-Related Assistance
Cathy Bodine, Project Director
Assistive Technology Partners
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
1245 E. Colfax Avenue, Suite 200
Denver, CO 80218
(303) 315-1280; (303) 837-8964 (TTY)
(800) 255-3477 (in CO only)
Web: www.uchsc.edu/atp

State Mediation System
Charles Masner, Consultant
Colorado Department of Education
Exceptional Student Services
201 E. Colfax Avenue, Room 300
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 866-6685
E-mail: masner_c@cde.state.co.us
Web: www.cde.state.co.us/cdesped

Special Format Library
Barbara Goral, Librarian
Colorado Talking Book Library
180 Sheridan Boulevard
Denver, CO 80226-8097
(303) 727-9277; (800) 685-2136
E-mail: ctbl.info@cde.state.co.us
Web: www.cde.state.co.us/ctbl

Disability-Specific Organizations

Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 201
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
Web: www.chadd.org

Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543
Pottstown, PA 19464
(484) 945-2101
Web: www.add.org

Autism
Elizabeth Lehman, Executive Director
Autism Society of America
Colorado Chapter
701 S. Logan, Suite 103
Denver, CO 80209
(720) 214-0794
E-mail: asacc@autismcolorado.org
Web: www.autismcolorado.org

Blind/Visual Impairments
Mary Ann Siller, Director
American Foundation for the Blind-Southwest
260 Treadway Plaza, Exchange Park
Dallas, TX 75235
(214) 352-7222
E-mail: dallas@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org

American Foundation for the Blind-Southwest
260 Treadway Plaza, Exchange Park
Dallas, TX 75235
(214) 352-7222
E-mail: dallas@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org

Brain Injury
Helen Kellogg, Executive Director
Brain Injury Association of Colorado
4200 W. Conejos Place, Suite 524
Denver, CO 80204
(303) 355-9969; (800) 955-2443 (in CO only)
E-mail: biacolo@aol.com
Web: www.biacolorado.org

Cerebral Palsy
Judith I. Ham, Executive Director
Cerebral Palsy of Colorado, Inc.
2200 S. Jasmine Street
Denver, CO 80222-5708
(303) 691-9339; (800) 881-UCPA
E-mail: jham@cpco.org
Web: www.cpco.org

Down Syndrome
Linda K. Barth, Executive Director
Mile High Down Syndrome Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 620847
Littleton, CO 80162-0847
(303) 797-1699
E-mail: mhdsa@aol.com
Web: www.mhdsa.org

Epilepsy
Catherine Benavidez-Clayton, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado, Inc.
234 Columbine Street, Suite 333
Denver, CO 80206-4711
(303) 377-9774; (888) 378-9779 (in CO)
E-mail: efco@msn.com
Web: www.epilepsycolorado.org

Learning Disabilities
Nina Healy, President
Learning Disabilities Association of Colorado
4400 E. Iliff Avenue
Denver, CO 80222-0621
(303) 894-0992
E-mail: info@ldacolorado.com
Web: www.ldacolorado.com

Mental Health
Jeanne Rohner, Executive Director
Mental Health Association of Colorado
6795 E. Tennessee Avenue, Suite 425
Denver, CO 80224
(303) 377-3040
E-mail: mentalhealth@mhacolorado.org
Web: www.mhacolorado.org

David Salsbury, President
NAMI Colorado
1100 Fillmore Street
Denver, CO 80206-3334
(303) 321-3104
E-mail: NAMI-CO@nami.org

Ann Schrader, Executive Director
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
Colorado Chapter
901 W. 14th Avenue, Suite 1
Denver, CO 80204
(303) 572-0302; (888) 569-7500
E-mail: a_schrader@coloradofederation.org
Web: www.coloradofederation.org

Christiana Humphrey, Director
EMPOWER Colorado
2200 S. Jasmine Street
Denver, CO 80222-5708
(800) 881-8272
E-mail: policy@cpco.org
Web: www.EMPOWERcolorado.com

Mental Retardation
Bill Baesman, Executive Director
The Arc of Colorado
8000 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite D-1
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
(303) 864-9334; (800) 333-7690
E-mail: bbaesman@thearcofco.org
Web: www.thearcofco.org

Special Health Care Needs
Lorri Park and Christy Blakely, Co-Directors
Family Voices
c/o CP of Colorado
2200 S. Jasmine Street
Denver, CO 80222-5708
(800) 881-8272
E-mail: policy@cpco.org
Web: www.cpco.org
Web: www.FamilyVoices.org

Speech and Hearing
Polly Somers
Colorado Speech-Language-Hearing Association
P.O. Box 345
Sedalia, CO 80135
(720) 733-9097
E-mail: cshassoc@aol.com
Web: www.cshassoc.org

Spina Bifida
Colorado Spina Bifida Association
P.O. Box 22994
Denver, CO 80222
(303) 797-7870
Web: www.coloradospinabifida.org

Organizations Especially for Parents

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Barbara Buswell, Executive Director
PEAK Parent Center, Inc.
611 N. Weber, Suite 200
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
(719) 531-9400; (800) 284-0251
E-mail: info@peakparent.org
Web: www.peakparent.org

Parent-To-Parent
Diane McNamara, Director
Parent to Parent of Colorado
c/o CP of Colorado
2200 S. Jasmine Street
Denver, CO 80222-5708
(877) 472-7201
E-mail: mail@p2p-co.org
Web: www.p2p-co.org

Community Parent Resource Center
(Serving the City and County of Denver including Denver Public Schools)
Barbara Buswell, Executive Director
The Denver Outreach Project
1177 Grant Street, Suite 104
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 864-1900; (800) 284-0251
E-mail: bbuswell@peakparent.org
Web: www.peakparent.org

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Mark Townsend, President
Colorado PTA
7859 W. 38th Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303) 420-7820; (888) 225-8234
E-mail: co_office@pta.org
Web: www.copta.org

Other Disability Organizations

Lynn Robinson, President
Easter Seals Colorado
5755 W. Alameda Avenue
Lakewood, CO 80226
(303) 233-1666 (V/TTY); (800) 875-4732
E-mail: hansonn@cess.org
Web: www.eastersealsco.org

Colorado Office of Resource and Referral Agencies (CORRA)
7853 E. Arapahoe Court, Suite 3300
Centennial, CO 80112
(303) 290-9088 ext. 201
E-mail: ICC@corra.org
Web: www.corra.org

Esther Fretz, Executive Director
Rocky Mountain Stroke Association
5666 S. Bannock Street
Littleton, CO 80120
(303) 730-8800; (877) 630-7444
E-mail: rmstroke@aol.com

Damon McLeese, Executive Director
VSA arts Colorado
2256 Larimer Street
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 777-0797; (303) 777-0798 (TTY)
E-mail: co@vsarts.org
Web: http://co.vsarts.org

Independent Living

To find out the contact information for the Statewide
Independent Living Council (SILC) in your state, contact:
Independent Living Research Utilization Project
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
2323 South Sheppard, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77019
(713) 520-0232 (V); (713) 520-5136 (TTY)
E-mail: ilru@ilru.org
Web: www.ilru.org

To find out the contact information for centers for
independent living (CILs) in your state, contact:
National Council on Independent Living
1916 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 209
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 525-3406; (703) 525-4153 (TTY)
E-mail: ncil@ncil.org
Web: www.ncil.org

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