Our VisionCommunity Living Belleville and Area envisions a community where everyone belongs and all people are valued and respected as participating and contributing members.

Our MissionCommunity Living Belleville and Area exists to provide quality supports to people with intellectual disabilities and to facilitate their full inclusion in community life. Community Living Belleville and Area is also mandated to educate the larger community and to advocate wherever necessary on behalf of people with intellectual disabilities and their families.
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Strategic Planning

In 2002, Community Living Belleville and Area went through a strategic planning process that resulted in a report entitled: A Blueprint for the Future. Following a comprehensive process of soliciting as much input as possible the report summarized the feedback received from staff, families, people we support, other agencies and the Ministry of Community and Social Services and then outlined a strategic direction for Community Living Belleville and Area. This strategic direction as well as the revised Vision and Mission culminated in the formulation of several Strategic Goals for the organization.

As we look at the strategic goals which were established in 2002, we can say with considerable pride that we have made great progress. We have achieved most of the goals and are continuing our efforts on those that remain and others that we would identify as important today
 
In 2008, it was time to take stock of our progress to date and the critical challenges and opportunities before us, both in the present and in the future and so we began another strategic planning process to guide us in our commitment and our efforts into the future.

Purpose of Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning is a disciplined effort to produce fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide what an organization is, what it does and why it does it. It can be a powerful and very helpful process for keeping the organization focused on important strategic goals and positioned for growth and success into the future. The process includes information gathering from people we support, families, staff, other agencies, the Ministry of Community and Social Services and other stakeholder groups with an interest in our work and our Mission.

Who's Involved?

A Steering Committee was struck to oversee the Strategic Planning process.  It is very important that this process includes the opportunity for all who have an interest in the work of Community Living Belleville and Area to have input and people's thoughts, views and comments on our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats were sought and heard. This was an opportunity for people to have a say about the issues that we must address and our future as an organization.

The data gathered from the strategic planning sessions was extensive. Both the management team and an outside consultant then analyzed it. The group reached consensus concerning the critical areas for planning and five strategic themes were summarized:
  • Issue One - Community Living Belleville and Area must successfully manage the change in expectations that comes with the Accreditation of the agency in accordance with the Council on Quality and Leadership Canada (CQL).
  • Issue Two - Systemic Housing issues limit the quality of life experience for some people supported by Community Living Belleville and Area.
  • Issue Three - Community Living Belleville and Area is limited in its ability to offer a flexible range of community-based supports in response to the personal preferences and individual needs of people.
  • Issue Four - Community Living Belleville and Area requires a strategic Human Resources Development Plan to address the many challenges ahead.
  • Issue Five - Community Living Belleville and Area needs to strengthen its relationships with the larger community in a number of important areas.
To address each of these five issues, several key working groups were developed, including:
  • Social Capital and Partnerships
  • Branding and Name Change
  • Creative Housing and Transportation
  • Human Resources