CDHS's Office of Adult, Aging and Disability Services fosters independence to Coloradans through access to seamless and responsive personalized service. The office focuses on services and programs benefiting older adults, people with disabilities, and veterans and veterans’ spouses requiring skilled nursing and domiciliary care. The following programs serve Coloradans with disabilities.
Regional Centers
CDHS oversees three Regional Centers (in Grand Junction, Pueblo and Wheat Ridge) that serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Disability Determination Services
CDHS's Disability Determination Services (DDS) is the state agency that makes the disability decisions for the federal Social Security program.
Deaf, hard of hearing and deaf-blind services
The Colorado Commission for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind (CCDHHDB) seeks to be an agent of change for a sustainable statewide network of resources, dedicated to cultural and linguistic equality.
Brain injury services
CDHS's Mindsource Brain Injury Network (formerly the Colorado Brain Injury Program) strives to enhance the quality of life for everyone in Colorado living with or affected by brain injury, and their communities.