DENVER (PRWEB)
December 29, 2021
Probate Power, the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition (CCDC) social enterprise legal program, is pleased to enter its sixth year of operations with plans to serve more clients through additional services and a staff expansion. Founded in 2015, Probate Power’s mission is to provide legal services and representation directly to the Colorado disability community, as well as to non-disabled individuals.
2021 was an exciting year of growth for Probate Power as it assisted in over 75 cases in the areas of special needs planning, probate administration, guardianships, and conservatorships, compared to 50 cases in 2020. This growth has led the organization to focus on strategies to extend its reach and assist even more people with legal matters.
“When I began working with Probate Power as its founding attorney, we knew the social enterprise model of giving back to additional CCDC programs was both innovative and needed throughout Colorado,” said Chris Brock, managing attorney. “What we couldn’t have imagined was the year-over-year increase of clients and the support we could provide them. Furthermore, this early success has allowed us to be aggressive in providing funding to support CCDC’s additional programs and that is why we’ve made the decision to expand services and add additional staff.”
Beginning in the winter of 2022, Probate Power will offer a new SSI assistance service led by its new associate attorney, Hanna De Salvo. Hanna began as an intern for Probate Power during her final semester at the University of Colorado Law School before being hired as the company’s paralegal. Once she became licensed to practice law in Colorado in 2021, Hanna became the second attorney for the growing Probate Power program.
“Hanna De Salvo is one of the brightest legal minds I have had the honor of working with in my career and we are thrilled she has decided to remain with the organization after passing the bar in Colorado. We are eager to watch her grow our SSI practice while supporting clients in additional matters. We’ve had a desire to add SSI assistance to our portfolio of offerings and now with Hanna’s assistance we can expand our practice in this area to support even more people across the state while looking at further expansion of services and staffing in 2023.”
In addition to adding more services and staff to Probate Power, Chris Brock will begin an outreach campaign to communicate through public media about how Probate Power can assist those with legal needs while using portions of its profits to support CCDC programs.
“2022 is going to be a big year of growth for our team and I am excited to share our messages of success and support, so more people are aware of our organization, which is truly unique and very effective as we offer market-leading legal support.”
For more than 25 years, Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition (CCDC) has been the leader in promoting sound public policy that benefits people with all types of disabilities. CCDC is a nonprofit member-driven organization (2,000+ members statewide) whose mission is to advocate for social justice for people with all types of disabilities. CCDC defends against discrimination, abuse, and neglect, and supports people with disabilities to be contributing and engaged members of society.
Probate Power is CCDC’s social enterprise legal program. As part of its mission to advocate for and support people with disabilities, Probate Power was founded on the premise that everyone, especially the Colorado disability community, deserves high-quality, practical, and affordable legal representation.
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