Colorado Springs sits inside a single Community Centered Board's territory — The Resource Exchange, or TRE — which makes it simpler than the Denver metro's county-by-county split, but the city itself is carved into three separate school districts, so which office evaluates your child depends on your street address, not your ZIP code.

This page lists TRE's referral and case management lines, the Child Find contacts for District 11, Academy District 20, and Harrison District 2, and the state funding routes that replaced Colorado's old autism waiver, with a source behind every phone number and URL.

Statewide programs, numbers, and rights are on the Colorado page. This page adds the local entry points that are specific to Colorado Springs (El Paso County).

Early intervention under 3: Early Intervention Colorado — The Resource Exchange (TRE)

El Paso, Park, and Teller counties share one Community Centered Board for Early Intervention Colorado: The Resource Exchange. A parent, doctor, or child care provider can refer a child under 3 directly to TRE's Early Childhood Services Team at 844-207-6957, or start at the statewide intake line, 833-733-3734, or online at eicolorado.org — evaluation is free and no diagnosis is required to begin. TRE's teams include physical, occupational, speech, and behavioral therapists along with developmental interventionists who serve southern Colorado. At age 3, responsibility shifts to your school district's Child Find team.

• Early Intervention Colorado — The Resource Exchange (TRE)
• Referral phone: 844-207-6957 (TRE Early Childhood Services) · 719-380-1100 (TRE main line)

New to early intervention? Read the plain-language guide first.

School districts and special education

From age 3, Colorado school districts must identify and evaluate children with a suspected disability at no cost, through Child Find. Colorado Springs proper is split among three districts with separate boundaries, offices, and phone numbers, so confirm which one covers your address before you call.

• Colorado Springs School District 11 (D-11) — Early Childhood Child Find office 719-520-2542; free developmental screening followed by a play-based evaluation for preschool eligibility
• Academy School District 20 (ASD20) — screens and evaluates children birth to 21 at no cost within district boundaries; Special Education office 719-234-1332
• Harrison School District 2 (HSD2) — Child Find office 610 Brookshire Ave; Child Find contact 719-538-1337, Special Programs Secretary 719-579-3273

IEP or 504 · If you disagree with the school

Evaluation and diagnosis pathways in Colorado Springs

We have not yet verified a hospital or university evaluation program with public intake information in Colorado Springs. That is a gap in our research, not a sign there is nothing here — and it does not stand between you and an evaluation. The school district evaluation above is free, and early intervention under 3 does not need a private diagnosis first.

How assessment works · What to do while you wait

Disability services and waivers: The Resource Exchange (TRE) — Case Management Agency for El Paso, Park & Teller Counties

TRE does double duty in El Paso County: the same organization that runs Early Intervention Colorado locally also serves as the Case Management Agency for Colorado's Medicaid long-term supports, including the Children's Extensive Support (CES) waiver for children living at home who need intervention throughout the day. A published TRE guide walks families through the CES application step by step, and TRE's Navigation and Quality team can help you figure out whether a waiver fits your child before you apply. Families not yet enrolled in Health First Colorado apply at co.gov/PEAK first.

• The Resource Exchange (TRE) — Case Management Agency for El Paso, Park & Teller Counties
• Phone: 719-380-1100

Local organizations that help Colorado Springs families

• The Arc of the Pikes Peak Region — 719-471-4800; advocacy, guardianship support, and social programming for the Pikes Peak region from birth through adulthood
• Autism Society of Colorado — statewide information and referral line that the Pikes Peak region's own family-resource lists point to
• 2-1-1 Colorado — dial 2-1-1 for a free statewide referral line covering El Paso County resources

Documented waits and access notes

Wait times change. Each note below links to the public source it came from — confirm current status directly with the program.

• Colorado's autism-specific Medicaid waiver was discontinued on July 1, 2018; ABA now runs through the regular Health First Colorado benefit instead, via the Pediatric Behavioral Therapies program for members under 21. (source)
• Children's Hospital Colorado operates four hospital campuses — Aurora, Colorado Springs, Highlands Ranch, and Broomfield — but its autism-focused Developmental Pediatrics evaluation team is based at the Anschutz campus in Aurora, roughly 70 miles from Colorado Springs. (source)
• TRE and El Paso County's three districts all work against the same statewide clock: 60 calendar days from a signed consent form to an eligibility decision, as PEAK Parent Center's family guide explains. (source)
• Colorado law gives a newly eligible child a written IEP within 90 calendar days of consent, the same deadline Douglas County Schools publishes for families anywhere in the state to check their own district against. (source)
• Colorado's autism insurance requirement has carried no age cutoff or annual dollar limit since a 2015 law took full effect in 2017, though it still doesn't reach self-funded employer coverage. (source)