About Community Living Month-October

By Bill Bennett

Kootenay East MLA

1) The care and well-being of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families is a government priority.  Community Living BC (CLBC) was established in 2005 to provide disability-related services and supports for adults with developmental disabilities.

2) For 2013-14, CLBC’s total operating budget, which includes operating contributions from the B.C. government, is $756.7 million. In 2012-13, government committed an additional $80 million over three years to develop new approaches to day and employment programs, to improving transition planning and to other key changes and innovations in support of the deputy ministers’ report released January 2012.

3) In addition, $36 million in contingency funding has been allocated over three years to further support anticipated CLBC caseload increases. Government is committed to ongoing funding and support for people with developmental disabilities.

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