On the day I am writing this, it is snowing, and it should be more spring ike weather in April, but I am assured by the forecast that a mere 48 hours from now it will be +12 and the sun will be shining so I can wait out this anomalous weather. I think that is the way to get through many things, they are a challenge now, an opportunity now, a setback now, but in the future based on how we approach it now will change. The old adage that there is only one thing that is constant and that is change is perennially true. We have started a task group at CLTH to look at the framework of Journey to Belonging. Journey to Belonging forecasts a change, a shift in how services are funded, how families interface with services and how we deliver our services. A move from an approach where people are offered life long supports in our programs that are funded directly to that program to a situation where people are funded to seek out, choose and pay for our programs. Many details are not yet designed, but like the weather we know the forecast, we must decide what to do now to adjust so that when change happens CLTH will be here to keep on serving families and people. A careful look was also taken by the board in how we engage with people and families both at the agency level and at the board level. A decision was made to formalize engagement as an annual goal, to offer a report to the board annually about what was heard and how it shaped services or made improvements. Additionally, the board will offer an activity of engagement each year. All of this review of how we connect and hear the voices of everyone connected with CLTH stemmed from a conversation about corporate membership. Like Journey to belonging, this change has a predicted outcome of making a more formalized commitment to engagement and to adding reflection and reporting to all the ways we currently engage at every level. In the early years of the community living movement families came together to form corporations to create change and make a difference. Currently the corporation is well established and the key goal of making a difference is better served at the grassroots level of feedback at many levels and co-designing the forecast in all kinds of ways at CLTH.  The future will be well served by the changes of right now in ensuring we capture and report on all the levels of engagement across the agency and keep working together for good.

This E-bulletin reflects on the first three months of 2024, lots of things have been happening across the three communities. Please enjoy our bulletin and great news stories about the work all across CLTH and how we are co-creating the future changes in our agency. 

Happy New Year to All!

Hockey Games, Disney on Ice, Aquariums oh my!

Red Dress Day, or Red Dress Campaign, is an annual event held by the REDress Project in memory of the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls across Canada. This event was originally held on May 5, 2010, and continues annually. The event is sometimes held on other dates throughout the year to coincide with other days of action, such as National Indigenous Peoples Day. Associated names with this event include National Day of Awareness For Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women And Girls. Red Dress Day is one of several campaigns started by activists to call attention to disproportionate rates of violence against Indigenous women.

Source: Red Dress Day - Wikipedia

Community Participation helps people living with a developmental disability to make choices in their community that are meaningful, enjoyable and consistent with their personal goals. Joining Community Participation is a great way to make new friends, learn new skills and feel like part of the community.

The services offered through Community Participation are always developing and include a variety of activities in the areas of life skills training, adult education, recreational and leisure activities, the performing arts, work and volunteering.

CP participants are encouraged to take an active role by sharing their input in group discussions and decisions, exploring new activities and areas of interest, and getting to know new people.

To access the Community Participation service you must contact Developmental Services Ontario (DSO), Central East.

The fun continues and we can't wait until Spring

And how could we not share the fun we've had?!

Visit the blog of our Executive Director, Teresa Jordan.

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