News & Events
GoodLife attends IACP Conference in Ames, Iowa
This week Mike, Megan, and Mindy are at the IACP Conference and Trade show in Ames, Iowa. The IACP conference brings community providers and industry professionals together to network and share industry knowledge.
GoodLife Hosts First Parent & Guardian Engagement Luncheon
On May 6th, we hosted our first Parent and Guardian Engagement Committee Luncheon. Here's how we're working with our community to continuously improve.
GoodLife and Community Village Lawrence attend LAPA Senior Resource Fair
GoodLife and partner, Community Village Lawrence, attended The Lawrence Area Partners in Aging Senior Resource Fair at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence on Tuesday. This is LAPA’s 16th annual Senior Resource Fair and the turnout was excellent. The fair included about 45 businesses and organizations and many Lawrence residents showed up to get more information on the resources available for… read more
GoodLife U and iLink Technologies at ANCOR
After connecting virtually during the pandemic, we were finally able to travel to see our community at ANCOR’s hybrid conference! The ANCOR 2022 Conference theme, ELEVATE, recognized the many ways in which our community of Care Providers has risen to the occasion over the past few challenging years and the ways we will take community-based I/DD services to the next… read more
GoodLife Judges at the Kansas Job Olympics
A few representatives from GoodLife volunteered to judge at the Job Olympics and we had such a wonderful time! Job Olympics is a competition developed to promote transition and employability skills for a broad spectrum of high school students in special education. Job Olympics brings together over 500 students from 40 different schools throughout the area. Competitions representing actual job… read more
C-TRAN Tours Neighborhood Network
On Wednesday, March 23rd, GoodLife welcomed C-Tran for a tour of our Douglas County Neighborhood Network program and residences. The Lawrence Public Schools Community Transition Program (C-TRAN) is a special education path for young adults 18-21. The program provides direct instruction, continued work experience, functional academics, independent living and self-care skills and development in order to help students with daily… read more
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
We had so much fun celebrating St. Patty’s Day here at GoodLife. Check out some images of our celebrations:
GoodLife Awarded Community Development Block Grant Funding in Lawrence
We are honored to announce that the City of Lawrence has awarded GoodLife funding under the 2021 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding cycle to help improve and rehabilitate the homes for more than 40 individuals served in Lawrence, Kansas. Federal Housing and Urban Development‘s CDBG program provides communities with resources to address a range of development needs. Each year, nonprofit and for-profit organizations submit… read more
Happy Valentines Day
We LOVE Valentines Day! Some of our folks enjoyed a pizza party, cake walk, games & charades, while others enjoyed decorating cookies, making valentine cards for our friends, smooth moves on the dance floor, and spreading the love! We had the best day celebrating love & friendship!
Tax Credit Update
Thank you to our amazing donors! Your support of the tax credit initiative has allowed us to expand and improve our programs and services. Because of your generosity we have exceeded our goal by $32,000! But that’s not all. We have great news! For a limited time your donation to CLO may qualify for a 50% tax credit in 2022.… read more
