Resource: Toolkit for Community Life Engagement

ThinkWork!, a project operated by the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston, has released a toolkit “to help service providers develop and improve high quality supports for community life engagement (CLE).”

The toolkit includes six components:

• Background information on Community Life Engagement.
• Self-assessment materials to get you started thinking about your own CLE policies and services.
• Guidepost 1: Individualize supports for each person.
• Guidepost 2: Promote community membership and contribution.
• Guidepost 3: Use human and social capital to decrease dependence on paid supports.
• Guidepost 4: Provide supports that are outcome-oriented and regularly monitored.