About Us
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A Letter from Chairman and Executive DirectorDear Friends: It has been a year of reflection and focus on our core mission for Community Living. We have stabilized our residential program through consolidation and ongoing staff recruitment and training. We have strengthened our overall financial position. We have become involved in many collaborative efforts with other area agencies. We have been active in advocating for improved funding for services in Kentucky. We have re-examined our role in meeting the need for residential services in our community. We have emerged from this period of change and introspection stronger and determined to respond to those needs as resources allow. The year ahead, as we celebrate 30 years of service in the Louisville community, will be an exciting and challenging time for us and our consumers. Signifi cant changes in the state’s Medicaid program will create new opportunities and new problems. We are committed to continuous quality improvement in serving and supporting individuals under our existing program. We have seen an increase in demand for residential services due to an aging of caregivers coupled with efforts to close larger state institutional programs such as Oakwood. As a result, developing residential capacity of our agency is more important than ever before. Given that our commitment to the people we serve is lifelong, financial stability is an important concern. Community Living continues to seek new resources and engage in additional fundraising activities. While we will continue to honor that lifelong commitment to specific consumers, we have also developed a more functional mission statement reflective of the changing needs of persons with mental retardation. We hope you will join us in our efforts to provide a high quality of personalized service, and work with us to welcome persons with mental retardation to full participation in every area of community life. We thank you, our friends and volunteers, for your interest and involvement in Community Living. We appreciate your support and we invite you to continue your involvement with us in the coming year. Sincerely, Stephen Zaricki,
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