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Home Depot Orange Door Project; Making the Dreams of Youth a Reality

Every year Home Depot of Canada Foundation raises funds for the Orange Door Project. The project is aimed at youth who are vulnerable or at risk of homelessness; helping them to build skills and connections within their communities that will support them to achieve their goals. For the past three years, Home Depot in Parry […]

Lesson Learned From Our Journey Of Inclusive Education by Martin and Darcy Elks

This article appeared in the periodical Thinking About School Inclusion (2012). Issue 12 pp 10-13. Belonging Matters. Melbourne   Martin and Darcy Elks live in Pennsylvania. They have three children, one of which has a disability. Mary has experienced the same opportunities in life that have been available to her brother and sister, including a […]

Looking for a Family Home

Community Living Parry Sound is currently looking for a family home for a person we support.  The following article was published on our website on October 2014 and we are re-posting it to draw your attention to the need we have.  If you are interested in providing a family home, or know someone who may […]

Removing financial barriers for persons with disabilities on assistance

Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation

Why I Became a Respite Provider

Recently, I was asked why I became a respite contractor. In a nutshell, the answer is quite simple…to make a difference. I am a graduate of the Developmental Service Worker Program from Cambrian College.  I have been fortunate enough to have worked in variety of diversified workplace settings.  I have worked in a segregated school, […]

Hard Work Pays Off: FOCUS Accreditation On-Site Validation and Luncheon Highlight High Quality of Services Provided by CLPS

Community Living Parry Sound (CLPS) had the pleasure of hosting FOCUS Accreditation for a three day on-site validation from November 10-12, 2015. The on-site validation marks one of the most significant events at CLPS this year and was the culmination of over three years of work towards becoming accredited through FOCUS. FOCUS’ mandate is to […]

Steven and Susan

To see them on the street you would never guess that Steven and Susan have something in common. They both live very typical lives for their age; they both live with spina bifida. Susan spent much of her childhood at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children receiving treatment to improve her quality of life.  She remembers […]

Bittersweet Victory

  Bittersweet Victory: Survivors of Former Institutions Receive Settlements September of this year marked a bittersweet victory for thousands of people across Ontario and, closer to home, for fifteen people who receive services from Community Living Parry Sound. People who had been diagnosed with a developmental disability were generally sent as children to live in […]

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Satisfaction Survey Results are In!

The results are in of the Satisfaction Survey Agency report, completed in spring 2015. Please see attached for not only the responses to the survey but the steps that CLPS is taking to address any questions or concerns you may have had throughout the process. Satisfaction Survey Report 2015