The Council recently published the RFP IHEA 2024000324 for Intentional Communities Research. This proposal is due June 3rd.

The purpose of this solicitation is to provide funding to an individual or an organization in order to
conduct a landscape analysis on intentional communities for people with disabilities in Colorado. The Council seeks to support policies and systems changes that both increase access to affordable, integrated, and inclusive housing and support self-advocates and families. Read the Council’s 2022 Position Statement on Housing here. Members of the Council need authoritative information and analysis about these communities in a Colorado context in order to understand the issue(s). View the RFP here. Presentation slides about this opportunity are available here.

To view the official solicitation, please visit the Colorado VSS site located here:   https://prd.co.cgiadvantage.com/PRDVSS1X1/Advantage4. If this direct link doesn’t work, this is the site informational home page: https://vss.state.co.us/home.

Once on the Colorado VSS page, you do not need to be registered to view the documents. Go to the “View Published Solicitations” tab and when redirected to the details page, click attachments on the menu bar just below the solicitation. This will bring up the solicitation and associated documents available to download. Additionally, the solicitation will be available on https://cdhs.colorado.gov/procurement within 1 business day of publishing on Colorado VSS. 

Please note all updates to the solicitation including but not limited to amendments, answers to questions or changes to the procurement will be posted on Colorado VSS and may not be updated or reflected here.