September 12, 2011 - Community Living Peterborough was awarded a four year CQL Accreditation from The Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL). This Accreditation confirms that the organization shares CQL's vision for person-directed solutions to improve the quality of life for people living with intellectual disabilities.

The accreditation received by Community Living Peterborough meets the new standards announced by CQL in May, 2005 as part of its "Quality Measures 2005®"initiative. The new measures support strategies that enable service providers to develop a fully integrated quality management system. The Quality Measures 2005® represent a major break-through in how organizations can evaluate their own effectiveness at providing quality supports for people with disabilities and people with mental illness.

The Quality Measures 2005® combine many of CQL's existing innovative quality management practices into one core document that provides a blueprint for moving an organization forward. They call for service providers to integrate the assets of the social environment where they are based...an approach CQL has called Community Life®.

Building inclusive communities since 1953, Community Living Peterborough is a non-profit organization that brings people with intellectual disabilities and their communities together. The organization provides supports and services to approximately 300+ children, youth, and adults with intellectual disabilities and their families, living in the city and county of Peterborough.

Community Living Peterborough, which has always held the belief that people's rightful place is in their home community, contributing to and enjoying its benefits and opportunities, achieves this goal through the continued commitment and dedication of members, staff, volunteers, and Board members. All work together with families and caregivers to ensure that each person has the quality supports and services necessary to participate equally as a citizen.