$25,000 Grant for Community Living To Study Housing Needs in Northumberland County
MPP Rinaldi Announces Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant

Campbellford – Today MPP Lou Rinaldi and Clair Irwin, a volunteer with the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) announced that Community Living Campbellford/Brighton has received a $25,000 grant to study future housing needs of people with intellectual disabilities. Following the announcement and presentation of a plaque to the organization’s executive director, Chris Grayson, Mr. Rinaldi offered his congratulations.

"I am delighted that Community Living Campbellford/Brighton has taken the initiative to help address the needs of families who have loved ones affected by an intellectual disability,” said MPP Lou Rinaldi. “This is just one more step where Community Living Campbellford/Brighton has taken a key role in our community to address their essential needs."

The OTF grant comes just in time to launch a much-needed assessment in Northumberland County. Recommendations derived from a report detailing “Community Needs” in the spring of 2003 projected housing as an urgent concern for families, especially for those with family members nearing the threshold of the aging demographic. The OTF funds will enable Community Living Campbellford/Brighton to hire a Project Coordinator to develop a network of families who will need safe and effective home support.

Community Living Campbellford/Brighton will meet with all affected families and communities within Northumberland County to get a full picture of what is needed. We hope to develop multiple models of housing and take forward business cases to all sources of funding to address the stated needs. Province-wide indicators already project aging and deinstitutionalization as major factors affecting housing over the years to come. The intent of this assessment will be to determine how much of an impact these issues will have upon existing services for individuals with intellectual disabilities in Northumberland County.

“We’re pleased we’ll have the opportunity to do some planning and develop strategies for action,” said Grayson. “This venture will help us assess and plan the next steps required to meet looming housing demands,” he added.

The Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Ministry of Culture, receives annually $100 million of government funding generated through Ontario’s charity casino initiative. The Foundation allocates grants to eligible charitable and not-for-profit organizations in the arts and culture, environment, human and social services and sports and recreation sectors.


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Announcements, Data & Project Fact Sheets

Form Title	Date Added	File Type
Final Project Report	09/31/05	Adobe PDF, 108Kb
Official Press Release	11/19/04	Adobe PDF, 81Kb
Official Press Release	11/19/04	Microsoft Word, 164Kb
Project Fact Sheet	11/19/04	Adobe PDF, 53Kb
Project Fact Sheet	11/19/04	Microsoft Word, 98Kb
Letter to Families	04/29/05	Adobe PDF, 96Kb
Letter to Agencies	04/29/05	Adobe PDF, 97Kb
Accommodating Aging	04/31/05	Adobe PDF, 253Kb

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