Success Stories

Our biggest success to date is the establishment of Community Involvement Legacy Homes. In 2002 we recognized that we were facing a crisis. There was no  accessible/affordable housing available in Leeds and Grenville. We were getting older. As parents involved with the Brockville and District Association for Community Involvement we needed reassurance that our sons and daughters would have a home to live in, when we were no longer able to care for them. We knew that this issue was not a priority of the government or the community. Government funding was uncertain. Like other significant points in the history of the Community Living movement, we knew that we couldn't sit around and hope for someone else to do it for us. We knew we had to take action.

We are five years older and time is moving fast. The biggest undertaking is behind us. Getting started was the hard part, as was getting people to agree on a "common vision".

• Now we have a common vision.
• We have support from the community.
• We have a framework for families to use.
• A number of families have made commitments.