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The Initiative supports people with disabilities experiencing domestic violence, abuse, neglect, sexual assault, and other violent crimes. While we specialize in serving people with disabilities, we will work with all survivors, regardless of disability status, documentation, immigration status, sexual orientation, or identity.
41 years serving Colorado
Every service below is free and confidential, built around your safety and your pace.
Safety planning, the Address Confidentiality Program, and relocation assistance.
Affordable housing search, direct financial assistance, and public benefits applications.
Legal referrals, police report and court accompaniment, and Victim Compensation support.
In 1985, disability activists Sharon Hickman and Laura Hershey founded The Initiative after discovering how widespread abuse was for people with disabilities — and how few resources were built with them in mind. Colorado's only organization specializing in victim advocacy for people with disabilities was born from that gap.
Empowering victims and creating a bridge to close the gap for people with disabilities through discovery of self-resiliency by providing support and services.
Supporting self-sufficiency and abuse-free lives by creating meaningful, sustainable pathways for those who come to us as victims but leave as survivors.
Safety, Accommodation, Compassion, Inclusivity, Freedom.
Hear directly from the people who came to us as victims and left as survivors.
Emergency hotel stays. Secure phones. Medical bills. Car repairs. The needs that stand between a survivor and safety.
A secure, prepaid phone so a survivor can reach help privately.
A night of safe emergency shelter away from an abuser.
A camera or home security device to help keep a survivor safe.
