August 2003

Brampton Caledon Community Living
Mission
To support people with a developmental disability, in partnership with their families and the community, to lead enriched and meaningful lives.

Vision
A community that respects the dignity and inherent value of each of its members to participate, contribute, and share in all elements of living in the community.

For over 46 years, Brampton Caledon Community Living has and continues to provide services and supports to people with an intellectual disability and their families.

Brampton Caledon Community Living is implementing individual support plans in accordance with Personal Outcome Measures, a tool that promotes organizational values as well as accountability to the people we support.

Services and supports include:

Community Living Supports
· Provides integrated residential options
· Homes are located in a variety of neighborhoods throughout Brampton and Caledon
· Living arrangements vary in nature, ranging from total care settings to supportive independent living
· Supports are individualized according to the needs and wishes of the person being supported
· A variety of support alternatives are offered which include traditional staffing models to home share settings where people are supported within a family environment
· The goal of Community Living Supports is to assist people in having a meaningful and valued role in their community

Community Resources
· Provides case management services to individuals and their families
· The Family Support Worker has a service coordinator function that is based on the identified needs of each individual or family
· Assistance is often provided in helping access government services such as Ontario Disability Support Program, Ontario Works, Special Services at Home and other social programs
· Provide emotional and practical support to people and their families

Respite Services
Designed to provide periodic, short-term support to families caring for a child or adult living at home. Respite services provide families with funds to secure a respite provider. Over 400 people and their families receive respite dollars.

Types of respite support may include:
· Out of Home Respite
· In Home Respite
· Summer Camp costs
· March Break costs
· Adult Day Program costs
· Recreational Program costs

Norpak Custom Packaging
Norpak currently operates two co-packaging operations in Brampton providing high-speed shrink-wrapping, skin packaging, blister packaging, light assembly, labeling and overlaying solutions to the market place.

One Norpak location went through a restructuring last year. The primary reason for this was to consolidate the packaging operation and to provide increased focus and opportunity to address the recreational, leisure and educational interests of people who are not interested in work related opportunities. A new location to address the recreational, leisure and educational interests of people is scheduled to open in late fall.

Alliance Personnel
Alliance Personnel supports and promotes the abilities of people to access and secure employment and to also increase awareness of the services available to the job seeker and the business community.

Some of the services include:
· Employers: access to an untapped segment of the labor force, dedicated and qualified pool of potential employees, pre-screening of applicants, follow-up support, and sensitivity training
· Job Seekers: employment plan development, work experiences, job/position development, job coaching, job maintenance, transit route support, supports co-ordinations

Norpak Custom Packaging and Alliance Personnel have a strong and active presence with the Brampton Board of Trade and its membership

Options
Options support people, many with a significant cognitive and physical disability, to promote their personal development and their involvement in the community.

This includes:
· Volunteer and work opportunities
· Activities of daily living, particularly those that enhance social and interpersonal skills
· Participation in social, cultural, recreational and leisure activities in the community
· Education and person development such as literacy, numeric, computer and motor skills

Connections
Connections provides young adults with leisure, learning and volunteer experiences in their community that reflects their interests and goals. The experiences derived from people's interests are community based as well as teachers/instructors being brought into the base site to offer a variety of courses.

Some opportunities and experiences people have participated in are:
· Developing music skills
· Cooking courses
· Fitness - Martial Arts, Aquafit, Pilates/Yoga, Skating, Canoeing
· Visual Arts
· Volunteerism
· Wood Working
· Stained Glass Workshop
· Introduction to Computers course

For more information, please call Debra Rose at 905-453-8909 ext.234