A $100,000 provincial investment earmarked in April has contributed to helping adults with developmental disabilities find and keep work.
Community Living B.C.'s (CLBC) pilot project, the Community Action Employment Plan, aims to create inclusive local employment strategies, establish regional job targets and develop best practices that can be applied across British Columbia. The South Fraser region, which encompasses the Tri-Cities, is one of three regions which received this funding.
Since the announcement earlier this year, training opportunities for contracted service providers have taken place and a full-time regional employment coordinator has been hired, plus more.
The plan has established a target of 1,200 jobs for adults with developmental disabilities over three years.
This work complements a wide-range of housing, inclusion, individualized funding and community supports CLBC provides to more than 15,000 adults with developmental disabilities in B.C.
