2014
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 14-014
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Jones, Aguilar, Balmer, Baumgardner, Brophy,
       Cadman, Crowder, Grantham, Guzman, Harvey, Heath, Herpin, Hill,
       Hodge, Jahn, Johnston, Kefalas, Kerr, King, Lambert, Lundberg, Marble,
       Newell, Nicholson, Renfroe, Rivera, Roberts, Scheffel, Schwartz,
       Steadman, Tochtrop, Todd, Ulibarri, Zenzinger, Carroll;
       also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Gardner, Becker, Buck, Buckner, Conti,
       Coram, Court, DelGrosso, Dore, Duran, Everett, Exum, Fields, Fischer,
       Foote, Garcia, Gerou, Ginal, Hamner, Holbert, Hullinghorst, Humphrey,
       Joshi, Kagan, Kraft-Tharp, Labuda, Landgraf, Lawrence, Lebsock, Lee,
       May, McCann, McLachlan, McNulty, Melton, Mitsch Bush, Moreno,
       Murray, Navarro, Nordberg, Pabon, Peniston, Pettersen, Primavera,
       Priola, Rankin, Rosenthal, Ryden, Saine, Salazar, Schafer, Scott, Singer,
       Sonnenberg, Stephens, Swalm, Szabo, Tyler, Vigil, Waller, Williams,
       Wilson, Wright, Young, Ferrandino.
       
       
          CONCERNING AWARENESS DAY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH
       INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. 
       
       
          WHEREAS, In 1963, a Colorado statute authorized the provision of
       services and supports for Colorado citizens with intellectual and
       developmental disabilities through local, citizen-controlled, and
       citizen-established community-centered boards and program-approved
       service agencies, offering an alternative to state-operated regional
       facilities; and
       
          WHEREAS, For over 50 years, Colorado's community-based services
       system has led the way for individuals with intellectual and
       developmental disabilities to receive services and supports in a manner
       that affords them greater independence by fostering relationships between
       the individuals receiving services and supports and local community
       resources; and
       
          WHEREAS, Coloradans with intellectual and developmental
       disabilities are able to live, learn, play, and work in their communities
       with the dignity, choices, opportunities, and responsibilities afforded to
       all citizens due to the services and supports provided by local community-
       centered boards and program-approved service agencies; and
       
          WHEREAS, Coloradans with intellectual and developmental
       disabilities want a person-centered system in which they are actively
       engaged in making informed choices to receive the right services, at the
       right time, and in the right places; and
       
          WHEREAS, Colorado's community system for people with
       intellectual and developmental disabilities has a long and proud history
       of enabling people to move from large institutional services to smaller,
       community-based integrated services, offering alternatives in the types of
       services and supports they receive; and
       
          WHEREAS, Colorado's community system for people with
       intellectual and developmental disabilities assists individuals in obtaining
       meaningful employment in a variety of settings, allowing them to work
       within their communities; and
       
          WHEREAS, Direct-support professionals assist individuals with
       intellectual and developmental disabilities to lead self-directed and
       empowered lives and should receive adequate wages, benefits, and
       training; and
       
          WHEREAS, People with intellectual and developmental disabilities
       should have access to comprehensible information and usable
       communication technologies to promote self-determination and
       meaningful engagement with all aspects of life; and
       
          WHEREAS, Today, more than 13,000 Coloradans with intellectual
       and developmental disabilities receive high-quality services and supports
       in every county across the state through community-centered boards and
       program-approved service agencies; and
       
          WHEREAS, There is a significant demand across Colorado for
       services and supports for individuals with intellectual and developmental
       disabilities, and waiting lists for services are growing; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly of
       the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
          That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, proclaim
       February 19, 2014, to be Awareness Day for Individuals with Intellectual
       and Developmental Disabilities in the state of Colorado.
       
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to
       community-centered boards and organizations that provide services and
       supports to adults and children with intellectual and developmental
       disabilities and their families throughout Colorado.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Morgan Carroll                       Mark Ferrandino
       PRESIDENT OF                    SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Cindi Markwell                        Marilyn Eddins
       SECRETARY OF                CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES