Mandatory Reporting Implementation-- Everything You Need to Know and Didn't Know Who to Ask 

With the June 2015 signing of SB-109, mandatory reporting of crimes whose victims are people with developmental disabilities is slated to go into effect this July 1.  So how might Colorado implement this law?

Register now to join The Arc of Aurora and its sponsoring partners the morning of April 29 to learn from the Massachusetts Building Partnerships of the Protection of Persons with Disabilities Initiative leadership team.  This partnership, in existence since 1999 and which utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to respond to abuses and crimes committed against persons with disabilities, has received funding from the Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime to replicate its work in three other states.  Massachusetts' Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC) Executive Director Nancy Alterio, State Police Detective Unit Sergeant Timothy Grant, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Legal Counsel to the Hampden District Attorney in Springfield, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Dunphy Farris, Esq. will share details about how their program works, its evolution, its successes, and its challenges as well as provide practical tools that could be replicated such as memorandums of understanding, policies and procedures, and training materials.

There is no cost to attend.

                                     Training learning objectives

At the end of this 2.5 hour morning training, the attendee will

• Know which community partnerships may help insure a successful mandatory reporting of and response to crimes against persons with developmental disabilities

• Describe steps proven essential to successful implementation of mandatory reporting of crimes against persons with developmental disabilities

• Provide an overview of challenges facing an established, evidence-based mandatory reporting system for crimes against persons with developmental disabilities

• Receive copies of practical tools for replicating mandatory reporting crimes against persons with developmental disabilities, such as memorandums of understanding, policies and procedures, and training materials.