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Welcome to Community Living Alliance

Community Living Alliance (CLA), is a community based, non-profit organization that provides community resources for people with physical disabilities. CLA was created by Access to Independence, an independent living center, to bring the values of the independent living philosophy to a community service organization.

CLA was created and is governed by people with disabilities. People with disabilities wrote the organization's mission statement and by-laws.

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Operational Principles

Community Living Alliance adheres to a series of operational principles. To achieve this mission, we:

• Provide services which will treat members/consumers as dignified individuals who have responsibilities and rights.
• Encourage members/consumers to manage their own services to the greatest extent possible.
• Provide the information necessary for members/consumers to make informed decisions.
• Offer quality services on a timely basis.
• Work to improve the attitudes and practices of the human services and health care professions toward people with disabilities.
• Support members/consumers to participate in the community.
• Adapt services to meet the changing needs of individual members/consumers.
• Utilize public and private resources effectively and equitably to carry out the individual service plan of members/consumers.