Non+Profit+Organizations

= Denver Metro CPRC (Community Parent Resource Center) = - Serve families who have children with disabilities, 0-26 - Low income, culturally/linguistically diverse families - Want families to know that they are not alone Help families know their rights and responsibilities under IDEA Children Must be receiving Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) - Have lots of fact sheets (good visual organizers to help families to understand the world of living with disabilities) - Also help train teachers on how to write a good IEP, how IEP works, etc. - They can help facilitate communication between administrators and families in order to help support families - If they can get a small group of at least 6 families, they will come out to make a presentation (or else they can talk to families through phone or email) - Immigrants without documentation does not interfere with individuals rights to receive FAPE - They translate into other languages, but they speak Spanish - IDEA requires to have a translator at IEP meetings for individuals to be able to understand what is going on at the meeting

= Project PAVE = - Works out of East High School right now - Peer to peer prevention education about teen relstionship violence Teens will be teens and they will listen to each other - Warning signs about domestic violence - YCEP program - Youth Community Education Program: community condensed version (1-2 hours) - Teen Dating Violence Prevention - Teach in classrooms (4.5 hours), any class that will take them. Teen dating violence 101, more intensive classes, pper to peer education power and control warning signs gender roles empowerment - Club at East, Angles Against Abused: School based Project PAVE (Paid sponsor) holds assemblies, awareness BBQs Contact at (303) 322-2382

= Imagine! = ﻿(Community Centered Board - see Alliance Map of Community Centered Board Eligibility: Having the state definition of a DD -Autism -ID -Downs Syndrome - Case Management Determine Eligability - All ages Disability has to have happened before the age 22 Family Services: 1-2K provided to families to help out at home Work with 200+ service providers Go to IEP meetings for transition/vocational advice/resources [|website]

= Out and About = After School/Summer Program for kids 7-21 8 hour days for summer and no-school days Also has core day program for adults (most students transition) Also has transition for employment to Imagine Employment program Most people have services paid for by Medicaid

= Denver Options =

= Developmental Disabilities Resource Center =

= Child Find =

= Colorado Legal Center for People with Disabilities =

= Language Language Acquisition Unit =

= Migrant Education =