Alliance Advocacy Toolkit

 

When meeting with legislators, it is important to be prepared. For this reason, Alliance has provided some advocacy options for you to begin building your legislative experience in whatever ways you can, as well as some basic talking points and leave-behinds to help you educate policy makers, their staff, and the general community.

 

If you are a legislator visiting this page, welcome! Please contact our Lobbying and Government Relations Consultant, Emma Hudson, with any questions or requests.

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Contact your Legislator here.

Alliance 2021 Legislative Talking Points & Leave-Behinds

 

• SB21-039: Phase Out Subminimum Wage Employment in Colorado Talking Points

  • Phase Out Subminimum Wage Employment Timeline

  • Phase Out Subminimum Wage Employment: The Impacts on Subminimum Wage Jobs

• SB21-075: Supported Decision-Making Agreement Talking Points

• HB21-1206: Medicaid Transportation Services Talking Points

• HB21-1166: Behavioral Health Crisis Response Training Talking Points

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HB18-1407 Resources for IDD Providers

• Alliance's Official 1407 Webpage

• Text of the law

• BILL FACT SHEET: Support HB 18-1407: Access to Disability Services and Stable Workforce

  • FAQ: Support Aging Caregivers and Direct Support Professionals

• Alliance 1407 Webinars

  • HB1407 Webinar 2.0: What providers need to know about rate increases and caregiver resources (3/21/19)

    • Webinar YouTube link

    • Webinar PowerPoint

    • Webinar FAQ

  • What providers need to know about HB1407, the Aging Caregiver and DSP Workforce Bill (6/17/19)

    • Webinar YouTube Link

    • Webinar PowerPoint Presentation

    • Webinar Transcript

    • Questions/Answers from the Webinar

• HCPF Resources

• • HCPF 1407 Contact: Anthony Howard anthony.howard@hcpf.state.co.us

    Proposed Rule language effective May 2019

    • Rate increase

    • Wait List/Caregiver Language

  • 3/1/19 Rate Schedule

  • HCPF's 1407 FAQ

  • HOUSE BILL 18-1407 REPORTING TOOL

Alliance Informational IDD Related Talking Points & Leave-Behinds

• Who is Alliance? What is a CCB? What is a PASA?

• Alliance's Factors to Consider in IDD System Change (Conflict free case management)

• What is Person Centered Thinking Training? 

• Alliance Core Value: Community Living

• IDD Community Capacity Infographic

• Medicaid Messaging Documents

What type of legislative advocacy are you ready for?

 

Beginner Advocacy (2 – 15 minutes of your time)

• Find out who represents you 

• Program your elected leaders’ contact info into your phone

• Connect with Alliance on Facebook or Twitter.

• Register to vote

• Learn how a bill becomes a law in Colorado by checking out this infographic and/or watching this YouTube clip.

 

Intermediate Advocacy (10 – 30 minutes of your time)

• Learn how your legislators voted on important bills (click on votes next to the bill of interest)

• Call or visit your legislators to discuss issues you care about

• Write a letter to the editor to your local newspaper

• Volunteer to help a candidate, cause or organization

• Attend a hearing on a bill of interest to you and listen to the arguments for and against it

 

Advanced Advocacy (60 minutes – one day)

• Attend a hearing on a bill of interest to you and testify in support or opposition

• Attend a candidate forum and ask about their stance on issues important to you

• Create a lasting relationship with a legislator by being an on-going resource for them on issues that are important to you

Alliance 2019 Legislative Talking Points & Leave-Behinds

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• Alliance's Talking Points on SB 19-238 (Oppose)

  • SB 19-238

• Alliance's Colorado Budget Priories Webpage

• FACT Sheet: Invest in a comprehensive approach to the DD Waiting List

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Alliance 2018 Legislative Talking Points & Leave-Behinds

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House Bill 4017- Aging Caregivers and DSP Compensation

• Alliance's HB 1407 Webpage

• FACT SHEET: Support HB 18-1407: Access to Disability Services and Stable Workforce

  • FAQ: Support Aging Caregivers and Direct Support Professionals

• Alliance's Provider Webinar on HB 4017

• New National Core Indicators DSP Fact Sheet 2018

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• Meet Aging Caregivers and Families in Support of the JBC Bill

  • Meet an Aging Caregiver: Vida Lee Dubinsky

  • Meet Alan, Kathy, and Jake Tuchfeld

  • Meet Terri Barnhart

  • Meet Etta Stephenson

  • Meet Pat and Frank Dani

  • Meet Bill Storinger

• What is a DSP?

  • Meet a DSP: William Garrett Mosaic

  • Meet a DSP: Tim Grove Mosaic

  • Meet a DSP: Breanna Garcia

  • Meet a DSP: Jonny Brennan from Imagine!

  • Meet a DSP: Scott Biehler (Part I) from Mosaic

  • Meet a DSP: Scott Biehler (Part II) from Mosaic

  • Meet a DSP: Nick O’Connor from Imagine!

  • Meet a DSP: Team Marianna from Mosaic

  • Meet a DSP: Richard Lowe from Imagine!

  • Meet a DSP: George from Mosaic

  • Meet a DSP: Sarah Fenton and Kerry Robinson from Imagine!

  • Meet a DSP: Debbie Coleman from Bethesda

  • Meet a DSP: Chad Russell from Imagine!

  • Meet a DSP: Meitty Bells from Mosaic

  • Meet a DSP: Nichole Ricke from Imagine!

 

Host Home Bill

• Alliance Statement on Host Homes in Colorado

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Regional Center Expansion Appropriation

• Alliance’s response to the Governor’s Grand Junction Regional Center Recommendation

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Alliance 2017 Legislative Talking Points & Leave-Behinds

• Alliance Issue Brief: A Perfect Storm for IDD Service Providers

• Requesting a Lifeboat to Protect Access to SLS Services

• IDD Community Capacity Infographic

• Alliance's Perfect Storm Infographic

• Summary RFP Data (for FY16-17)