Colorado Bluesky Enterprises is the only agency in Pueblo, Colo., that offers life-span services for children and adults with developmental disabilities. It is a nonprofit organization funded through the Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities and federal Medicaid funds. It has been operating since 1964. Colorado Bluesky Enterprises has more than 170 staff and contractual relations with nearly a dozen service agencies. It offers services to more than 800 individuals with developmental disabilities and their families in Pueblo County. Its programs include early intervention for infants and toddlers; financial support for families with children under 21 to offset costs not covered by other sources; an extensive children s support program for qualifying medical or self-endangering behavior cases; and other forms of case management and adult residential services.
Located in Pueblo, Colo., the Pueblo Youth Services Center is a part of the Colorado Division of Youth Corrections, which supervises juvenile offenders. The division promotes public safety, as well as provides rehabilitation services. It also offers referral, support and assistance services to crime victims. The Colorado Division of Youth Corrections provides investigation and vocational training services. In addition, the division offers counseling, food assistance and educational services. It provides health care, substance abuse treatment and assessment services. The Colorado Division of Youth Corrections additionally offers mental health and dental care services. The division is a unit of the Colorado Department of Human Services, which has a staff of more than 5,000 employees.
