To Community Living Kingston and DistrictFor more than 60 years, Community Living Kingston and District has worked to build an inclusive community where individuals with intellectual disabilities enjoy the rights and privileges of citizenship. This is achieved by advocating with and on behalf of individuals with an intellectual disability as well as by delivering highly valued supports and services that respond to people's needs, goals and interests.
The Canadian history of the John Howard Society began in 1867 with a group of church workers seeking to bring spiritual help to prisoners in the Toronto jail. In 1874 this small group became known as the ''Prisoners Aid Association of Toronto.''