Community Living Parry Sound

Exit: March 2019

Community Living Parry Sound (CLPS) works to ensure people with developmental disabilities can live in their community under conditions that encourage personal growth and promote participation as valued and contributing citizens. CLPS had enjoyed a successful track record in providing “person-centred” services, working with families and the community to determine services based on an individual’s needs and goals.

LIFT has facilitated a better understanding of how we can increase our social impact by teaching and doing the work with us. Together, we have transformed our social enterprise into a business model for others to follow provincially.

Jo-Anne Demick Executive Director

Opportunity

Support CLPS’s transition from a “person-centred” model to a “person-directed” model, where persons with disabilities can lead the process to identify their life vision and goals.

Plan

Develop a strategy and roadmap to transition to a more personalized service approach. Map client experience to identify opportunities, bottlenecks and gaps in CLPS’s service offerings. Establish a leadership strategy to ensure future success for all members of the organization.

Impact

  • Transitioned CLPS from a grant-funded model to a fee-for-service model with a personalized approach , reducing reliance on program-funding leading to deeper impact on families
  • Implementation of a solid leadership strategy with a shared vision across the organization
  • Grew the number of people and their families served by 13% (2018 vs 2017)
  • Increased individual funding to people and their families to 41% from 21% (2018 vs 2017)
  • Grew non-government sources of revenue by 7% (2018 vs 2017)
  • Helped create stronger business practices and a shared leadership culture to accommodate growth
  • Created and implemented a performance measurement system to track impact
  • Improved efficiencies and reallocated staff time to increase the number of people served

Partner Network

We thank the following partners for their support in executing the LIFT plan: