Center for Legal Advocacy
The Legal Center’s mission is to protect and promote the rights of people with disabilities and older people in Colorado through direct legal representation, advocacy, education and legislative analysis.
In providing legal services and advocacy, The Legal Center recognizes the inherent value in all people, and embraces empowerment, self-determination, independence, and inclusion. For more information visit our website at www.thelegalcenter.org.
Publications The Legal Center is dedicated to giving people the tools they need to advocate for themselves by providing educational material about the rights of people with disabilities and older people.
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The Everyday Guide to Special Education Law, by Randy Chapman, Esq., is an essential tool for parents to help them get the best education possible for their child with disabilities. Updated to include recent changes in federal law, this handbook is so useful to parents, they call it "The Special Ed Bible." Also a great source for teachers and school administrators. Winner of a 2006 Colorado Independent Publisher's Association Evvy Award.
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Guía de la Ley de Educación Especial, is the Spanish translation of The Everyday Guide to Special Education Law. Both the Spanish and English text are included on every page.
The Legal Center is a nonprofit organization protecting the human, civil and legal rights of people with disabilities and older people. Many who receive services from The Legal Center would otherwise be denied access to legal assistance because of inability to pay, the complexity of the bureaucracy involved, or because they are unable to act on their own behalf.
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You can help The Legal Center respond to the needs of our clients through charitable contributions or by becoming a volunteer. For more information, please contact Diane Carabello at 303 722-0300 X216, or visit the Ways to Give page of our website at: www.thelegalcenter.org/support/html
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As Colorado’s federally mandated Protection and Advocacy System, The Legal Center operates eight Protection and Advocacy programs. It received its first designation in 1975 when Congress enacted legislation establishing the Protection and Advocacy System.
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Protection and Advocacy for People with Developmental Disabilities -Special Education Program - Advocacy for Adults and Children
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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness
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Protection and Advocacy for Individual Rights - Housing and Employment rights - HIV Legal Project
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Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security - Seeking Work Training and Employment
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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury
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Protection and Advocacy for Assistive Technology
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Client Assistance Program - Help obtaining job-related assessment and training services from Colorado Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
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Our newest program, VOTE!, works to ensure voting accessibility for people with disabilities.
In addition, The Legal Center implements Colorado’s Long-term Care Ombudsman Program and the Legal Services Developer for the Elderly seeking to protect the health and safety of seniors living in nursing homes and individuals living in assisted living facilities.
The Legal Center's Denver office is located at 455 Sherman Street, Suite 130 (303-722-0300, Toll Free 1-800-288-1376, TDD for Hearing Imparied). We also have an office in Grand Junction serving the Western Slope, located at 322 North 8th Street (970-241-6371, Toll Free 1-800-531-2105, TDD for Hearing Imparied). Both offices are open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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