Celebrating 34 years of supportive housing and essential support services
for adults with disabilities….

Welcome to the Grand Traverse Area Community Living Management Corporation (CLMC), creating Pathways to Independence for persons with disabilities.

Founded in 1975, the CLMC and its companion Community Living Center (CLC), established in 1978 as a nonprofit training home for 16 adults with disabilities, now serve 70 individuals representing about 100 families.

Meet CLMC
CLMC is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to providing quality supportive housing and essential support services for adults with disabilities.  It strives to maximize opportunities for its program participants to enjoy living active lives in the community.
The goal of CLMC programs is to assist each person to live as independently as possible in the community.  Each person is provided services to meet their unique needs.

CLMC Growth
Since its inception, the CLMC has grown to include these diverse homes and apartments in Traverse City:

• Community Living Center (CLC) – A licensed Adult Foster Care (AFC) home for 16 people with a weekly 24 hour staff
• Community Living Apartments – A 10 unit apartment complex with 18 tenants and overnight staff
• Fern Street Living Center – A duplex and two small homes, housing 8 tenants
• Kelley Street Living Center – A duplex, home for 3 individuals
• College Park Living Center – A home for 5 women with overnight staff

CLMC provides safe and affordable housing for 50 individuals, while a total of 70 people are enrolled in its essential support programs.
Contracts with Northern Lakes Community Mental Health (CMH) provide funding for services.

Equal Opportunity
The Grand Traverse Area Community Living Management Corporation will not discriminate in admission or access to programs or employment because of race, color, religion, familial status, gender or national origin.

Eligibility Criteria
Participants in the CLC must:

• Be 18 years of age or older.
• Have a developmental disability with mental retardation as the primary diagnosis.
• Be able to take care of basic hygiene needs.
• Be willing to be employed or enrolled in school or a volunteer program.
• Be willing to participate in independent living training with the goal to live in the least restrictive environment possible.
• Be considered low-income by HUD standards to receive subsidies for CLC, CLA, Fern and Kelley Street Living Centers.

From the founder of CMLC
“There are many adults with developmental disabilities in our community living at home with elderly parents or in foster care homes that want to learn to be more independent.  We have an outstanding program to meet those needs….”

Mary Jean Brick
Development Director
Grand Traverse Area
Community Living Endowment