Seen in photo is Amy Hocking, Club President with Rob Moran Executive Director of Community Living Association and guest speaker of Rob Faulkner.

CLA has a long history in the Houlton community. In 1967 a small group of educators and parents of people with developmental disabilities organized a training program in a church basement, funded with money raised in the community. Initially, this private, non-profit organization was incorporated as the Southern Aroostook Association for Retarded Children (SAARC). Since 1967 CLA has grown from a small nonprofit group employing one person to the second largest employer in the town of Houlton. The number of people with developmental disabilities served by this association has also grown. The services have expanded with the needs and desires of the people they serve. Funding sources have often required many changes as is in their current state, how ever through the years the number one priority has and will always be the best interest of those they serve. Their vision and value statements are:

Visions:

Community Living Association will:

Strive to provide the best service possible to the people we serve
Be the leader in provision of developmental disability services in Northern Maine
Provide a culture that involves employees, community members, and people that
we serve in setting priority goals
Strive to educate the community about the mission of Community Living
Association
Provide a positive work environment that is conducive to retention of employees
Work with community and family members in establishing meaningful
relationships

Values: 

We believe in putting both our internal and external customers first
We believe that excellence, quality performance, and teamwork promotes
success
We believe that employees have the right to know and understand the essence of
our business and should be given opportunity to provide input
We believe in using resources efficiently
We believe that a varied, flexible, continuing staff training program has a direct
impact on quality services

The current services that are being provided by CLA are: Community Support, Supported Employment, Community Case Management, Residential homes, Assisted Living homes and Supported Living homes. They also have a training enhancement center in which they offer many trainings to there employees as well as other community members.

I worked for CLA for close to 10 years and I believe this organization, its employees, and of course the people they serve have been a blessing to our community and hold very high standards of how we as a society should honor and respect each human. For information visit their website at www.cla.org

Seen in photo is Amy Hocking, Club President with Rob Moran Executive Director of Community Living Association and guest speaker of Rob Faulkner.

CLA has a long history in the Houlton community. In 1967 a small group of educators and parents of people with developmental disabilities organized a training program in a church basement, funded with money raised in the community. Initially, this private, non-profit organization was incorporated as the Southern Aroostook Association for Retarded Children (SAARC). Since 1967 CLA has grown from a small nonprofit group employing one person to the second largest employer in the town of Houlton. The number of people with developmental disabilities served by this association has also grown. The services have expanded with the needs and desires of the people they serve. Funding sources have often required many changes as is in their current state, how ever through the years the number one priority has and will always be the best interest of those they serve. Their vision and value statements are:

Visions:

Community Living Association will:

Strive to provide the best service possible to the people we serve
Be the leader in provision of developmental disability services in Northern Maine
Provide a culture that involves employees, community members, and people that
we serve in setting priority goals
Strive to educate the community about the mission of Community Living
Association
Provide a positive work environment that is conducive to retention of employees
Work with community and family members in establishing meaningful
relationships

Values: 

We believe in putting both our internal and external customers first
We believe that excellence, quality performance, and teamwork promotes
success
We believe that employees have the right to know and understand the essence of
our business and should be given opportunity to provide input
We believe in using resources efficiently
We believe that a varied, flexible, continuing staff training program has a direct
impact on quality services

The current services that are being provided by CLA are: Community Support, Supported Employment, Community Case Management, Residential homes, Assisted Living homes and Supported Living homes. They also have a training enhancement center in which they offer many trainings to there employees as well as other community members.

I worked for CLA for close to 10 years and I believe this organization, its employees, and of course the people they serve have been a blessing to our community and hold very high standards of how we as a society should honor and respect each human. For information visit their website at www.cla.org