#WaitingToBelong Media Coverage

This page tracks media coverage related to CLO’s latest campaign entitled #WaitingToBelong.

DatePieceOrganization(s)Representative(s)RegionJournalistMedia Outlet
2025-02-0619 years and counting: senior fears for daughter on supportive housing waitlistCommunity Living HaldimandBob ButellaHaldimandMike RenzellaThe Haldimand Press
2025-02-05Waiting to belong: 52,000 Ontarians with disabilities left waiting for critical servicesCommunity Living AccessTrisha MorrisPort DoverPort Dover Maple Leaf
2025-02-05Developmental care in crisis: Over 1,500 in region on waitlistsCommunity Living Cambridge, Elmira District Community Living, Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, Sunbeam Community & Developmental Services, KW Habilitation ServicesBrian Swainson, Ann BilodeauCambridgeCambridgeToday StaffCambridgeToday
2025-02-04COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: CLA launches Waiting to Belong campaignCommunity Living AccessTrisha MorrisNorfolk98.9 myFM News/Oldies 99.7 staff98.9 myFM News/Oldies 99.7
2025-01-31Community Living urging next provincial government to step up supports for those with developmental disabilitiesCommunity Living North Perth, Community Living OntarioJennifer Croft, Chris BeesleyWindsorRyan DruryWindsor NewsToday
2025-01-28Brantford, Ont. family one of thousands on 30-year wait list for supportive housingCommunity Living BrantCristin LadnerKitchenerKrista SharpeCTV News Kitchener
2025-01-23CLEC joining plea to province to increase funding to developmental service sectorCommunity Living Essex CountyKaren BolgerEssexSylene ArgentEssex Free Press
2025-01-23Waitlisted for 37 years: Call for fundingCommunity Living Ontario, Community Living Essex CountyChris Beesley, Karen BolgerWindsorStefanie MasottiCTV Windsor
2025-01-22New initiative brings awareness to waiting lists for supportsCommunity Living Essex CountyKaren BolgerWindsor-EssexMark RibbleSouthpoint SUN
2025-01-21Developmental services agencies start #WaitingtoBelong campaignCommunity Living Ontario, OASIS, Community Living Essex CountyChris Beesley, Robert Walsh, Karen BolgerWindsor-EssexRon GiofuRiver Town Times
2025-01-16Radio Canada
2025-01-16Thousands of Ontarians waiting for critical disability supportsCommunity Living Ontario, Community Living TorontoBrad Saunders, Amber Taylor, Niko PupellaCanadaMegan KingGlobal News
2025-01-16Non-profit sounding alarm over disability funding shortfallsCommunity Living Ontario, Community Living TorontoAmber Taylor, Chris BeesleyTorontoSiobhan MorrisCTV News
2025-01-16Community Living Sarnia/Lambton seeking more provincial fundingCommunity Living Sarnia-LambtonCorry ThomasSarniaTyler KulaSarnia This Week
2025-01-10Community Living joins call for increased fundingCommunity Living Sarnia-LambtonCorry ThomasSarniaMelanie IrwinCKNX News Today
2025-01-09Some people with developmental disabilities ‘wait their entire lives’ to get help say advocatesCommunity Living Sarnia-Lambton, Community Living OntarioCorry Thomas, Chris BeesleyLambton CountyHeather WrightThe Independent
2025-01-09Thousands in Ontario on waitlists for developmental disability supportsCommunity Living Ontario, Community Living TorontoChris Beesley, Logan Tasevski, Mike TasevskiCanadaMegan KingGlobal News
2024-12-19A Christmas plea for Ontario’s most vulnerableCommunity Living Access, Community Living OntarioChris BeesleyHaldimand NorfolkThe office of Bobbi Ann Brady (opinion)The Haldimand Press
2024-12-12Developmental support services waitlist reaches 52,000 provincially, 216 across Haldimand NorfolkCommunity Living Ontario, Community Living HaldimandChris Beesley, Bob ButellaHaldimand NorfolkMike RenzellaThe Haldimand Press
2024-12-03Ending the Wait for Disability Support ServicesCommunity Living Ontario, Community Living TorontoChris Beesley, Logan Tasevski, Mike TasevskiCanadaLindsey DeleuceCTV Your Morning