Resources
CLAG resources
- April 2010 – Presentation policy challenges and opportunities in BC’s community living sector by University of Victoria social policy professor and BC-CLAG member Michael Prince
- BC-CLAG Backgrounder (November 2011)
- BC-CLAG Backgrounder: The Dollars and Sense of Community Living sector funding in BC (August 2011)
- Reaching out, weighing in: BC CLAG report on the Skills & (Dis)Abilities meetings to address the crisis in community living in BC (April 2011)
- (Related Media Advisory, Media Release, and backgrounder – April 2011)
CLAG member group resources
- Inclusion BC has developed an Election 2013 Toolkit for organizations, groups, and disability advocates
- BCGEU: Discussion Paper on Community Living: Exploring Solutions (March 2008)
- BC Association for Community Living: Report-Forum on Family Care/Family Life Models of Care (January 2007)
CLBC
CLBC’s service plan and reviews of service delivery models, practice, and policies
- Community Living BC: Service Plan (February 2011)
- Queenswood Consulting Group: Review of the CLBC Service Delivery Model (October 2008)
- Community Living Research Project: Home Sharing: A Review of Current Practice and Policy with Recommendations (Spring 2008)
- Community Living BC: Residential Options Project: Phase 1 Report (June 2007)
Other Jurisdictions
Income Support for Persons with Disabilities (September 2011)
Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario all maintain separate income-support programs for the disabled. This paper examines the criteria applicants must meet for each program and traces variations in monthly payment levels in relation to political exigencies and inflationary pressures affecting the cost of living. The authors crunch the numbers to reveal the amounts Alberta, BC and Ontario would have to spend to bring their existing income-support programs for the disabled up to the level of similar programs for seniors.
US Report: Still in the Shadows with their Future Uncertain (June 2011)
BC’s plight is not unique. In the US, families are experiencing massive federal threats to the funding they rely on, in spite of language about “choice,” “change,” “self-determination,” and “family resiliency.” This report, commissioned by a family-driven national organization serving more than 1 million people and their families through more than 700 state and local chapters, paints a picture of what families and people with developmental disabilities are experiencing in spite of 50 years of advocacy.
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