We Appreciate the State Reaching Out To Us --- But We Got Pretty Disgusted When We Realized It Wasn't To Address Our Specific Olmstead Concerns -- BUT JUST ANOTHER PR MOVE

        We will be asking the Hickenlooper Administration to forward us all information regarding Housing & Services for the Community that they think we and others should be aware of.
                                            With respect to the telephone conference with the State on March 29, Bob Lawhead, Policy Advisor for the Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council and Dr. Lacey Berumen, former Executive Director of NAMI and on the NAMI National Board, would like to participate in the telephone conference with the State.
                                I know for those of us who have delved into the critical requirements of Olmstead --one of the nuggets of gold was "Measurable" or "Numeric" goals --  and going along with that "Reasonable Time Frames" and "Funding to Support the Plan."
                                                                  It appears to me that the Hickenlooper Administration is signally that they are not prepared to do much else other than tell us they have done good things.  Compliance with the Law, namely Olmstead, does not appear to be on the agenda.
                                                     If we weren't 4 years into trying to get the Hickenlooper Administration to comply with Olmstead, we wouldn't be so disgusted -- but we are disgusted, angry, exhausted, and sad.
                                      There are still some things the Hickenlooper Administration could do.  One of them would be bring together an INCLUSIVE group of Stakeholders & Focus Groups to go about the business of:

• Answering their data questions for purposes of "Measurable Goals," "Reasonable Time Frames," and Funding Strategies,
• And put that on a State website.

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