C.R.S.
Section 8-85-107
Approval of independent living centers
- evaluation standards
(1)
Each independent living center must meet the following requirements as a condition of the approval of its program:(a)
The program must be under the control and direction of a board of directors or trustees of a nonprofit corporation. The members must be persons with a demonstrated interest in programs for persons with disabilities and fifty-one percent or more of the members of the board must be persons with disabilities.(b)
The independent living center must be staffed with fifty-one percent or more of persons with disabilities.(c)
The independent living center must comply with all of the provisions of this article and the rules promulgated thereunder.(2)
In addition to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, each independent living center, as a condition of approval of its program by the state department, must agree to comply with the following evaluation standards:(a)
Philosophy.(I)
Consumer control of the center regarding decision-making, service delivery, management, and establishment of the policy and direction of the center;(II)
Self-help and self-advocacy;(III)
Development of peer relationships and peer role models;(IV)
Equal access of individuals with significant disabilities to all of the center’s services, programs, activities, resources, and facilities, whether publicly or privately funded, without regard to the type of significant disability of the individual; and(V)
Promoting equal access of individuals with all types of significant disabilities to all services, programs, activities, resources, and facilities in the community, whether public or private, and regardless of funding source, on the same basis that access is provided to other individuals with disabilities and to individuals without disabilities.(b)
Provision of services.(c)
Independent living goals.(d)
Community options.(e)
Independent living core services.(f)
Activities to increase community capacity.(g)
Resource development activities.(3)
The independent living center shall submit annually to the office a performance report that provides evidence that the center has met the evaluation standards set forth in subsection (2) of this section.
Source:
Section 8-85-107 — Approval of independent living centers - evaluation standards, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-08.pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).
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