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Interim Authority for Community Living, BC

• Interim Authority for Community Living British Columbia
  Web site for the Interim Authority for Community Living
• Interim Authority for Community Living Updates
  The Interim Authority will be publishing an update twice a month. Please print it out and pass it on to others who don't have internet access.
• Community Living Transition Steering Committee
  On April 1, 2003 , a new Provincial Authority will assume responsibility from the Ministry of Children & Family Development (MCFD) for the delivery of services to people with developmental disabilities in British Columbia , including services for adults and many children and youth with special needs. The Minister of Children & Family Development appointed the 25-member Community Living Transition Steering Committee (CLTSC) in April of 2002. The CLTSC is responsible for recommending to the Minister, by September 30, 2002 , a transition plan for the transfer of authority & responsibility to the new governance structure.
  The three background papers (in PDF, portable document file format) released to date are at:
       General Backgrounder   
       Working Groups Backgrounder   
       Questions and Answers on Individualized Funding
• MCFD Community Living Authority
  Link to the Change section of the Ministry for Children and Families web site including Discussion Documents, Steering Committee and FAQ's.

• Accessible Transportation & Regional Services

• Self Advocate Net
• Office of the Public Trustee of B.C.
• Community Living Coalition
  The Community Living Coalition is moving forward with the provincial government to develop a new governance structure for community living services for children with special needs and adults with developmental disabilities.
• Individualized Funding in BC
  A member of the Community Living Coalition and an organization advocating for the implementation of Individualized Funding.
• Woodland's Review
• BC Association for Community Living
• Canadian Association for Community Living
• British Columbia Special Olympics
• Canadian Down Syndrome Society
• BC Federation of Foster Parents
• BC Action Community on Assisted Technology
• BC Family Net
• Disability Is Natural
• Advancing Post Secondary Education Opportunities for People with Developmental Disabilities
• Steps Forward - Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Society
• David Wetherow Community Works
• TASH - Disability Advocacy Worldwide
• British Columbia Coalition for People with Disabilities
  Regarding changes to Disability Benefits.
• Administration on Developmental Disability
• Canadian Association for Community Living
• The Arc of the United States
• American Association on Mental Retardation
• National Program Office on Self-Determination
  

  A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Program
• Self Advocates Becoming Empowered
• Inter_American Institute on Disability

• SelfAdvocacy Network
• The Family Support Institute
• Achondroplasia
• Acquired Brain Injury
• Additional Health Development Problems/Behavioural Disorder/Eating Disorder
• Affective Disorder
• Autism
• Autism/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)
• Bone Cancer
• Brain Disorders
• Cancer
• Cerebral Palsy
• Chromosomal Disorder
• Communication/Hearing
• Craniofacial
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Developmental Delay
• Down Syndrome
• Epilepsy Alliance (Canada)
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
• Fibrous Dysplasia
• Fragile X Syndrome
• Hearing Loss
• Heart Disorder
• Infant Development Program
• Juvenile Diabetes
• Learning Disabilities
• Legg Calve Perthes Disease
• Mental Health and Addictions
• Metabolic Diseases
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Nervous System Diseases
• Paget's Disease
• Physical Disabilities
• Prader-Willi
• Rare Genetic Disorders
• Respiratory Diseases
• Schizophrenia
• Scoliosis
• Spina Bifida/Hydrocephalus
• Spondylitis
• Tourette Syndrome
• Tourette Syndrome
• Visual Impairment
• Williams Syndrome

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