Center For Legal Advocacy

Center For Legal Advocacy, doing business as The Legal Center For People With Disabilities And Older People, is a Colorado-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Denver that has been registered as a federal vendor since 2004. The organization serves as Colorado's designated Protection and Advocacy system, providing comprehensive legal advocacy, rights protection, and support services to individuals with disabilities and older adults. Through its federal grant portfolio, the organization delivers critical services aimed at protecting the rights and promoting the independence and community integration of vulnerable populations across multiple disability domains and age groups.

Center For Legal Advocacy has maintained a robust and consistent federal grant funding portfolio spanning multiple programs across three primary federal agencies: the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration on Disabilities, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services under the Department of Education, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The organization currently holds seven active FY2026 federal grant awards totaling over $374,000 in identified funding, including the Developmental Disabilities Basic Support and Advocacy Grants ($211,444), Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness ($162,574), and specialized protection and advocacy programs targeting traumatic brain injury, assistive technology access, voting rights, and individual rights protection. Since 2021, the organization has received ongoing formula grants under the Client Assistance Program, Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights, Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness, and multiple disability-specific advocacy programs administered through the Administration on Disabilities, consistently providing services such as investigating abuse and neglect, ensuring voting rights, facilitating community integration, offering benefits counseling, and conducting systemic advocacy. Additionally, the organization has received federal support through project grants from the Social Security Administration for Benefits Planning, Assistance and Work Incentives (PABSS) programs and block grants supporting workforce development within the disability network. The Legal Center has also functioned as a sub-grantee under the Colorado Department of Human Services, receiving pass-through federal funding for Older Americans Act services and ombudsman training programs, with cumulative sub-award values exceeding $3.3 million across multiple fiscal years, demonstrating significant capacity to administer and deliver federally funded services at both the direct grant and sub-grant levels.