Community Living

We are excited to share the second digital edition of our magazine, My Life Now.

After a successful decade as a print magazine, The Community Living Education Project (CLEP) re-launched this publication in an online and interactive format.

Our mission for this publication remains the same: to spotlight individuals who have transitioned from developmental centers, nursing homes, or family homes to vibrant community settings.  We celebrate their journeys of empowerment and self-discovery and share how they have embraced choice and control in their lives.

Each issue tells the story one individual CLEP has supported as they explored community living options. In this second edition, we introduce Shannon Lewis and her mother, Anna Marie Perrone. 

You are invited to read the our March 2025 Newsletter, Sharing Possibilities in Community Living. Contents include information about the future of CLEP, Defending DEI, Artificial Intelligence, and more!

You can subscribe to our monthly email Newsletter HERE.

You are invited to read the our February 2025 Newsletter, Sharing Possibilities in Community Living. Contents include information about Medicaid Advocacy, Supportive Housing Webinar, Choking Awareness Day and upcoming events.

You can subscribe to our monthly email Newsletter HERE.

In just one short year, anti-DEI rhetoric has moved us to an alarming place. Did you know that the “I” in DEI is inclusion, one of the most important concepts in community living? If people with disabilities are no longer included in daily life, they became “the others” again.  

You are invited to read the our January 2025 Newsletter, Sharing Possibilities in Community Living. Contents include information about New Year's Resolutions, cuts to Medicaid, a new supportive housing guide and upcoming events.

You can subscribe to our monthly email Newsletter HERE.

Every year, the Community Living Education Project assists hundreds of individuals and families as they explore community living. With a focus on person-centered practices, transitions to community living happen person-by-person, family-by-family. 

We invite you to read the story of one individual, Lizzy Kearns, and her dedicated family. We were honored to work with Lizzy and to have had the chance to know such a remarkable person.