Community Living BC funds a range of services and also helps eligible individuals find opportunities to connect to their communities. What funded support people get, and when, depends on how urgent their situation is and the amount of funding CLBC has at the time of the request.
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Your Main Contact: A CLBC Facilitator
Your main contact at CLBC will be a facilitator who can confirm if you are eligible and is part of a team that welcomes you to the organization.
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Preparing to Access CLBC Supports
Learn how early preparation and planning can help create a more smooth transition to adulthood when youth with special needs can begin accessing CLBC supports.
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The Welcome and Planning Process
Once you have been confirmed eligible, a facilitator will provide information about CLBC and help you explore CLBC and community services that can support your goals.
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Attend the CLBC Welcome Workshop series
CLBC's series of four Welcome Workshops helps people learn about connecting to community, planning options, and how CLBC works.
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Individualized Funding
Individualized Funding (IF) provides flexible, person-centred, self-directed payment options for arranging, managing, and paying for supports and services.
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Person Centred Societies
A Person Centred Society (PCS) is small group of people who come together to form a non-profit organization to help you with planning, decisions and support.
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Requesting or Changing a CLBC Service
Learn about the steps for requesting CLBC services, or, if you are already receive services, learn about changing your current services.
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Understand CLBC Assessment Tools
CLBC uses different tools, including the Guide to Support Allocation and Request for Service Priority Tool, to make fair decisions about requests for service.
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Understand CLBC Funding Decisions
Learn how CLBC gets its yearly budget, makes funding decisions and approves people’s funded-service requests.