Community Living Belleville and Area is an accredited non-profit organization that has provided a range of services and supports to adults and children with intellectual disabilities for over 60 years. Guided by our corporate Mission and Vision, we are committed to supporting people with disabilities through the promotion of their own individual empowerment and autonomy over their own lives. The supports and activities provided are determined by the person and/or their families or other support networks. These supports enable people to participate in the life of the community, lead active and productive lives and discover, celebrate and further develop the capacities that lie within.

We are funded by Ontario's Ministry of Community & Social Services, Ministry of Children & Youth Services and Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care. Additional funding is generated through special events, grants, donations and bequests.

 

In November 2009, Community Living Belleville and Area was awarded a four-year Accreditation through The Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL).

Community Living Belleville and Area is a member of:

Community Living Ontario (Affiliate Member) and Canadian Association for Community Living

Great Lakes Society for Developmental Services of Ontario

Hastings and Prince Edward Children's Services Network

 

Hastings and Prince Edward Developmental Service Providers Focus Group

OASIS - Ontario Agencies Supporting Individuals with Special Needs

 

Our Beliefs

• All people have unique gifts, talents and capabilities, and opportunities to share these with other people.
• All people have dreams and hopes and the freedom to pursue them.
• All people are empowered to have control over their own lives and need information, knowledge, experience and opportunities to make informed decisions and to decide when and where to share their personal information.
• All people have the right to live life the way they choose, with reasonable risk, and to experience ownership, self worth, value, dignity and privacy.
• All people with disabilities will know and be known by their neighbours, fellow students and co-workers. They will make friends and share intimacy. Everyone deserves to love and to be loved.
• All people deserve the best possible health and opportunities to access supports and services in the community of their choice.

 Principles of Service

• Provide supports that are individually tailored and developed in response to the person and his/her family through a person-directed process.
• Encourage and support the organization, its staff and people it supports to participate in the community.
• Extend respect to each other and to each person/family supported by the organization and to appreciate diversity.
• Recognize, reward and hold accountable its staff as competent and the staff, in turn, readily sees competence in the people they support.
• Make choices about what the organization stands for and values, and encourage people supported by the organization to achieve personal outcomes.
• Be accountable to its constituency for achieving results, by working cooperatively to keep within budget and to use available financial resources for the maximum benefit of people we support.