Transitions Life Center & Community Inc

Transitions Life Center (TLC) is planning to build an all inclusive, living, vibrant residential community for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Here they will have access to residential housing, employment options, community opportunities, and be socially engaged. The Community Center will serve as a community hub for social services, available to these individuals and their families along with health care and therapy options.

We have obtained a Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $600,000.00 and a donation of 9 acres from the City of Ocala to begin building a Community Center. This is Phase 1 of a 4 phase Capital Campaign Project. Currently we have raised $1,050,000.00 toward our first phase goal of $1,300,000 dollars to complete the site work for the community and a 5,000 SF Community Center with outdoor sports area and swimming pool. Phase 2 will include a gymnasium, pavilion, and outdoor improvements, Phase 3 will include respite housing, Phase 4 will include permanent residential housing.

We have a committed Board of Directors, individual & business supporters, and public support from our community government. We have an organized capital campaign and have secured 2 CDBG grants for building and property.

To date, we have begun the building process for Phase 1, the Community Center and accompanying site work (underground, drainage, driveways, parking, activity fields). We have raised just over $1,000,000 of our $1,300,000 goal. Currently we have split Phase 1 into two parts with the expectation of completing the Community Center in the fall of 2019. Part 2 of Phase 1 will include a therapy pool expected to be complete by fall of 2020. We are a young organization, having organized in 2012 and Incorporated in 2013. Daily programs for our members began in 2016 and we have increased community awareness through social media campaigns, local media, and county/city government support.