Community Living Options-CLO

11/06/2025

Friends, Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo is hosting ART HOP tomorrow!

Artists will be setup downtown from 5 to 8pm. Engage with your Kalamazoo neighbors during an event of art, community, and discovery with more than 46 stops along the way!

11/05/2025

The The City of Portage MI Community Services Open House is TOMORROW! Meet us at our booth for information on how Community Living Options provides services to those in need, in local communities around the Greater Portage area.

11/05/2025

Show your support by bringing non perishable foods and clothing items now that we're heading into winter!!

UPDATE - October 31, 2025: Portage City Hall will be open on Saturday, November 1, from 8 AM to 4 PM. To make it more convenient for residents, especially over the weekend, donations of food and personal hygiene items may be dropped off during this time. Make it part of your weekend plans to stop by City Hall and support neighbors in need.

📢 Stuff the Bus Food Drive – Help Your Neighbors in Need

The City of Portage has partnered with Kalamazoo Metro Transit to host a Stuff the Bus food and hygiene product drive benefiting Twelve Baskets Food Pantry. The drive comes in response to the interruption of SNAP benefits caused by the federal government shutdown — and some of our very own community members have been affected.

🚌 Donations can be dropped off at Portage City Hall in the lobby during normal business hours:
• Monday–Thursday: 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM
• Friday: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
🕔 Now through Thursday, November 6 at 5:30 PM

City and Metro employees will help load the Metro bus and deliver donations to Twelve Baskets on Friday, November 7.

Please bring non-perishable food items and personal hygiene products (no fresh food or meat). Every item helps a family through this uncertain time.

Let’s show what it means to be 💙

11/03/2025

Happy Monday everyone! CLO is excited to attend the The City of Portage MI Community Services Open House this Thursday.

We'll have a booth there to offer details on how we can continue to support YOUR community!

10/10/2025

As summer winds down, we wanted to take a minute to reflect back on the fun and adventure we had at Binder Park Zoo.

Through their generous Ticket to Adventure program, our residents and participants get to spend a day exploring, interacting, and experiencing a wild and wonderful day with the animals at the zoo.

Binder Park Zoo continues to be a favorite activity for our clients by providing a welcoming, accessible, and inclusive space!

We can't wait to visit next year and say hi to the pandas and giraffes (fan favorites), and pop into the gift shop--another fan favorite!

Thanks, Binder Park Zoo, for being so awesome!

10/09/2025

Throwback Thursday!

Our directors, managers, supervisors, assistants, and administrative support personnel are still talking about the learnings and reflection from the recent training: “Beyond Racial Disparities: Bridging Cultural Gaps” presented by Dr. Valarie Cunningham of The Synergy Health Center.

As a funded partner of Kalamazoo Community Foundation (KZCF), CLO continues to be able to offer leadership, development, and professional growth trainings to our team members that will directly improve, build, and positively affect the important work we do in our community.
We appreciate Kalamazoo Community Foundation for their continued support of our agency and the greater Kalamazoo area!

Valarie’s message of inclusion, recognizing implicit biases, building cultural intelligence, and proceeding humbly with cultural sensitively is meaningful to advancing and supporting our Mission: to assist individuals in achieving their life goals by building relationships through quality services in supportive environments.

Thank you Dr. Cunningham and KZCF for helping us move our mission forward.

10/08/2025

: It's a good day when we have more than one post. Today, we're pumping up our upcoming Breaking Barriers Breakfast fundraiser for the Kalamazoo area which is taking place next week at Next Level Sports Center.

Join us for this event and bring a friend (or two!). 🎉 You’ll hear some amazing stories from people whose lives have been changed by our work. We’re excited to celebrate our mission and the successes we’ve achieved together. The event is free, yet we hope you’ll be inspired to make a contribution toward the important work we’re doing in the community. 💙 See you there!

Register here! ➡️ https://loom.ly/1s7KbxQ

09/29/2025

ACTION ALERT: PIHP Procurement creates more problems than solutions!

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09/22/2025

Now Hiring for Marketing Manager!!
We are seeking a dynamic, self-starting individual to develop and sustain new and existing relationships with individuals, groups, and organizations that can make a positive impact on CLO.

Salary- $53,000-$58,000 adjusted for relevant experience. Competitive benefits package.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Marketing and Customer Relations
• Develop and implement an annual marketing plan, including creation and distribution of annual reports, newsletters, brochures, and other marketing materials that reflect the agency’s mission and values.
• Proactively monitor social media trends and CLO social media accounts. This includes posting to accounts regularly, engaging the audience, and leveraging advertisements to promote content and increase audience reach.
• Develop and maintain the company website, updating content as appropriate with input from leadership and program staff.
• Develop and maintain CLO’s donor database.
• Organize promotional and employee appreciation events for CLO.
• Assist with job fairs to promote employment with Community Living Options, encouraging individuals to apply.
• Participate in the planning and ex*****on of the Community Living Options strategic plan.
• Advocate for consumers, staff, the program, and the agency as necessary with family members, community organizations, and the public.
• Represent the agency to outside committees, task forces, conferences, workshops, and training.
• Research and complete grant applications.
Administrative Support to the CEO
• Coordinate correspondence with board members, including preparing and sending emails, letters, and other materials as requested by the CEO.
• Prepare and distribute board packets, including minutes, agendas, and supporting materials for CLO, MOH, LWF, and ER Condo association.
• Provide administrative support to the CEO, assisting with special projects as assigned by the CEO, including research, data analysis, and presentations.
Other
• Other tasks as deemed necessary by the CEO.

Please visit our website to learn more and apply: www.clomi.org/careers

09/20/2025

This week gave us the perfect weather and the perfect people to help celebrate Direct Support Professionals week!

Celebrating all staff, but especially our Program Support Staff and Transitional Support Staff, we thanked our employee community in many ways: Kona Ice, Goodie Bags, Popcorn, a Grill-Out, a Car Wash, and Raffles!

One of the most special ways we said thanks is from our amazing program and site supervisors to their direct reports.
Each supervisor personalized appreciation to their team members at their sites with thank you notes and more: from caramel apple bars, to dinner, to gift bags.

CLO knows that the commitment to our mission, vision, and values starts with the care that is provided by our Direct Care Workers. We would not be CLO without our wonderful staff!

Thank you to all our Teams. We Appreciate You!

09/16/2025

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09/15/2025

Carrying some weekend vibes into Monday!
The Farrell guys know how to spend a Saturday: on the shores of Lake Michigan!
Thanks to wonderful staff who knew of a great spot to chill and have a picnic!