The CLC organization is a family of affiliates located in Mount Kisco, NY. The organization includes Community Living Corporation, Inc., a not-for-profit community residence provider serving adults who are disabled; CLC Supplemental Pooled Trust; the CLC Foundation; and The Epilepsy Foundation of Metropolitan New York. Together, the agencies offer independent living opportunities, special needs services, as well as financial planning in the form of two Supplemental Needs Pooled Trusts. A constant among CLC affiliates is the individualized attention and responsive service that each of its clients receives.
Through their tireless work and dedication, the CLC organization has grown significantly, serving both residential consumers as well as trust clients in the metropolitan area.
CLC Foundation Inc.
Since its inception in 1990, the CLC Foundation has provided financial assistance to adults living with persistent disabilities, as well as to the agencies dedicated to serving this group. CLCF also provides enhanced recreation for CLC clients and sponsors an arts program for disabled adults.
Click to learn more about CLC Foundation: www.CLCFoundation.org
CLC Supplemental Pooled Trust
For the benefit of its clients, CLC Supplemental Needs Pooled Trust was established in 1996 to enable CLC clients and/or their loved ones to set aside monies for supplemental needs without losing government benefits, such as Medicaid and SSI. Six years later, trust participation was opened to non-CLC clients.
With the extended life expectancies that disabled individuals can look forward to, planning for their futures has become a critical and immediate need. Therefore, families and loved ones of people with disabilities must plan today for needs that will arise next week, next month, and in years to come. A CLC Supplemental Needs Pooled Trust can be established to provide for participants’ current and future needs without ever jeopardizing their eligibility for government benefits such as Medicaid and Supplemental Social Security (SSI). CLC Trusts enable participants living with a disability to maintain eligibility for government benefits and still set aside monies in a Trust to pay for their own supplemental needs. Funds deposited in either of the CLC Trusts are available to participants to pay for items not covered by Medicaid or SSI such as vacations, clothing, certain medical expenses, and other extras that enhance their quality of life.
Hidden Treasures
Hidden Treasures launched in 1998 offering music and arts & crafts lessons to 30 students. Today, 110 adults with mild to moderate disabilities are enrolled in eight arts education programs. The program’s roots can be traced to early 1990s when Lucille McCarthy, then a direct care worker at Community Living Corporation, noticed a fascination with music among clients. She began playing tapes to a small group and asked them to sing along. “They were shy and sometimes frightened, but we persevered,” recalls Lucille. “I decided to put on a show.” After a few performances, Lucille became convinced they should formalize the program and Hidden Treasures debuted to rave reviews. “Our students have an unlimited potential that needs to be tapped into. We all have hidden treasures. They just need to be nurtured.”
Hidden Treasures is sponsored by CLC Foundation, a not-for-profit organization located in Mt. Kisco, New York.
Hidden Treasures classes are designed to enhance the quality of life for developmentally disabled people by nurturing creativity, self expression and self esteem. Hidden Treasures offers classes in Arts & Crafts, Studio Art, Musical Drama, Modern Dance and Tap Dance.
