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King Street Project receives

$149,800 boost from

Ontario Trillium Foundation

CLH Developmental Support Services has received a funding from the Trillium Foundation to address accessibility
$149,800 Resilient Communities Fund grant from the is a significant boost to our plans,” said Dean Johnson, CEO
Ontario Trillium Foundation to install an accessible lift at the of CLH Developmental Support Services.
agency’s downtown Midland location at 283 King Street, an
important step in creating a central program hub for three Currently, the only access to the wide open second floor
CLH programs serving adults and youth with developmental space is by stairs. With the accessible lift, everyone served by
disabilities. This is in addition to the $154,000 contribution of CLH will be able to fully access and participate in programs
CLH Foundation to undertake program-driven renovations at the King Street Hub, with accessible space to facilitate
to the King Street building which was announced earlier this programs now and into the future.
year. The renovations are underway now, with a Spring 2023 CLH was formed 60 years ago by a group of volunteers who
completion date. believed that individuals with developmental disabilities

“Thanks to the Ontario Trillium Foundation, CLH deserved opportunities to fully participate in community
Developmental Support Services in Midland will be able life. That belief still drives the work of CLH Developmental
to improve their accessibility and outreach to those with Support Services in our support of 200 adults and youth in
identified needs,” said Jill Dunlop, MPP for Simcoe North. North Simcoe and more than 1700 children and their families
“The upgrades this investment will bring to the organization across Simcoe County.
will fill a critical gap for CLH to continue to recover from the The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) mission is to build
impacts of COVID-19 and continue to deliver their programs healthy and vibrant communities across Ontario. As
to the community successfully.” an agency of the Government of Ontario, and one of

The accessible lift will make the building’s second floor Canada’s leading granting foundations, last year, OTF
fully accessible and effectively double the space available invested nearly $209M into 2,042 community projects and
for enriched programming for individuals served by CLH’s partnerships, which included funding for the Government
Supported Independent Living (SIL), Supported Employment of Ontario’s Community Building Fund. Since 2020, OTF has
Program (SEP) and Transitional Aged Youth (TAY). supported Ontario’s economic recovery by helping non-
profit organizations rebuild and recover from the impacts of
“As we look forward and embrace new opportunities to foster COVID-19.
inclusion, create social connection, and provide support, this

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