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In the News
AdvocacyDenver in coalition with Family Voices has created the following set of webinars, accessible at your convenience, about Children’s HCBS Waivers. Check them out here!
AdvocacyDenver
February 9th, 2021
From The Arc of Aurora’s THINK + change project: Behavioral Health Challenges Can Push Youth with Disabilities Into School-to-Prison Pipeline
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
January 27th, 2021
303 Magazine
November 10th, 2020
Advocacy Denver provides information on the impact of in-person schooling and student’s with I/DD
CBS4
October 16th, 2020
The Colorado Sun
October 10th, 2020
Colorado Public Radio
September 2nd, 2020
He Wants to Live Like and Other Person: The Human Cost of Colorado’s Budget Crisis
The Denver Post
June 28th, 2020
April 2nd, 2020
House Bill Aims to add Special Education Requirements to Educator License
March 5th, 2020
AdvocacyDenver
Behind Closed Doors: When it comes to seclusion and restraint, Colorado schools ‘are investigating themselves’
February 20th, 2020
Chalkbeat
Colorado vowed to end the waitlist for an adult disability program by 2020. Nearly 3,000 people are still waiting.
February 5th, 2020
The Colorado Sun
Christiano Sosa will be delivering a speech for Community Option’s annual meeting, read more here!
October 7th, 2019
More press for our impact study! Read more in this article from the Denver Post.
July 31st, 2019
The Denver Post
The Arc of Colorado and arcThrift, along with Daniel’s College of Business Create an Impact Study Read the final study, here!
June 16th, 2019
University of Denver
5,800 Colorado kids in second grade or younger were suspended last year. State lawmakers want to reduce that.
March 14, 2019
The Colorado Sun
Third try: Will this be the year Colorado gets a law limiting suspensions and expulsions of young children?
Jan. 17, 2019
Chalkbeat
Learn About an Exciting Opportunity at The Arc of the Pikes Peak Region
April 11, 2019
KOAA
In the News! Arc of Colorado Staff
April 11, 2019
University of Denver
Media Inquiries
Please contact Christiano Sosa, Executive Director, at (303) 864-9334 x 10 or Csosa@thearcofco.org.
Media Resources
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Brief Organizational Description
The Arc of Colorado promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.
Name Usage
The Arc of Colorado is correct.
The Arc is not an acronym
• Do not create acronyms from The Arc
• Do not use ARC in all caps in any circumstances
• In writing, use The Arc, not The ARC and not ARC
— Think of The Arc as a title or a phrase; it must be used as a whole
— Always refer to us as “The Arc”; do not say simply “Arc” or “Arc Chapters”
— The correct plural use, when referring to more than one chapter is “…chapters of The Arc”; do not say Arcs, or ARCs, or Arc chapters
Logo Usage
If you wish to include The Arc of Colorado’s name and/or logo in a publication, please contact Abigail Negley, Public Policy and Advocacy Manager, 303-864-9334 x14, or Abigail@thearcofco.org.
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