New Leaf: Living and Learning Together Inc. is a not-for-profit organization funded by the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, and the generous support of community minded individuals and groups. New Leaf provides residential and day supports to adults with a dual diagnosis (intellectual disability accompanied by emotional, psychiatric, or behavioural difficulties) and individuals with other complex needs. New Leaf provides an alternative for those whose challenges may make it difficult to adjust to other residential options.

New Leaf is rural and intentionally so. We believe that a rural setting with minimal stress can and does contribute to emotional stability leading to the increased social development of the people we support. New Leaf is not a short term program with ultimate “graduation” to some other setting. It is a home for as long as the individual desires, or as long as New Leaf can provide the appropriate quality of care. New Leaf provides the unique opportunity to work, live and learn in the same rural community. The people we support are involved in all the duties and pleasures of daily living; working, home making, entertaining friends and participating in vairous social and cultural events in their community.

We emphasize the dignity of the individuals, and strongly accentuate the value of private space. Everyone who lives at New Leaf has their own room, which they decorate according to their own personal taste. At New Leaf we aim, in a non-threatening way, to instill habits of gentleness, courtesy, hospitality and an interest in others. We encourage participation in local events and invite the community to attend our varied functions.