Professional membership seats are required by the Act and are fulfilled by the following agencies in Colorado. Professional members go through the same application and appointment process as community members. Most also have lived experience as self-advocates, family members or caregivers of a person with IDD.

• Special Education:  Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
  • Colorado Department of Education (CDE)
• Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973
  • Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE), Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
• Aging: Older Americans Act of 1965 (OAA)
  • Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS), Office of Adult, Aging and Disability Services (OAADS)
• Maternal and Child Health Program:  Title V of Social Security Act (SSA)
  • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)
• Medicaid:  Title XIX of Social Security Act (SSA)
  • Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF)
• Protection and Advocacy Agency (P&A)
  • Disability Law Colorado
• University Center for Excellence on Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD)
  • JFK Partners, University of Colorado, Anschutz Campus