Community Living North Frontenac AGM - 13

Jeff Green | Sep 04, 2013

Keith Dee, the Director of Membership Services with Community Living – Ontario was the keynote speaker at the 37th Annual General Meeting for Community Living - North Frontenac (CL-NF).

The meeting was held on August 26 at the Sharbot Lake Country Inn and was well attended by CL-NF clients, their families, staff, and community members.

Dee outlined the challenges being faced by Community Living agencies and the people they serve due to what he said has been uncertainties regarding funding commitments from the province.

“We are particularly concerned about two sets of individuals,” Dee said, “young people coming out of the school system at age 20 to find there is no support, and ageing family members who are no longer able to care for their [intellectually disabled] adult children." Dee said that the provincial office has been working hard to convince the province that a long range plan is needed for the agencies and their clients.

On the local level, the annual report included a number of articles about the activities of Community Living members, including the ongoing efforts at the Treasure Trunk and trips to Stars on Ice, the Stewart Park Music Festival, the Brockville Speedway, Parham Fair, and the Bowmanville Zoo.

In his annual report, CL-NF Executive Director Dean Walsh said the intellectually disabled are waiting for an ombudsman's report, which is expected this fall and which will likely result in changes in the sector.