Toronto, ON, April 16, 2024

Community Living Ontario (CLO) and OASIS Invite you to a Media Briefing.

Topic: Developmental Service Agencies and People with Intellectual Disabilities Remain in Crisis Post-Budget

Family members, people with lived experience, and service agency leaders will discuss the ramifications of Ontario’s roll-out of the budget on families, people with intellectual disabilities, and the service agencies that serve them. The budget breakdown has left hundreds of organizations across Ontario with uncertainty about the future of the sector, and how they are expected to proceed this fiscal year and ongoing. On top of these service challenges, families and people with lived experience remain worried about their futures.

Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Location: Queen’s Park Media Suite, Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Speakers:

• MPP Monique Taylor, NDP Critic for Children, Community and Social Services
• Chris Beesley, CEO, Community Living Ontario
• Valerie Boyle, Community Council Member and Family Member, Community Living Toronto and son, Ritchie, supported by CLTO.

Please Note: There will also be opportunities for one-on-one interviews.

About CLO

Community Living Ontario is a non-profit provincial association that has been advocating for people who have an intellectual disability and their families since 1953. We proudly work alongside 119 local agencies and advocate on behalf of more than 100,000 people across Ontario. We are an active member of Inclusion Canada and regularly communicate with equivalent provincial and territorial associations.

About OASIS

OASIS was established in 1996, in an attempt to, amongst other things, share information and resources as well as be able to liaise with government as one group on behalf of all its member agencies.

Since then, OASIS’ Membership has grown to representing approximately 190+ member agencies that provide developmental services to adults and children throughout Ontario. These agencies employ approximately 25,000 full and part-time staff and in turn serve an estimated population of over 65,000 individuals. OASIS member agencies currently provide more than 85% of all developmental services in Ontario.

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