# Toolkit Home

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Are you looking to improve meaningful community life engagement for the people you support? Our Community Life Engagement Toolkit can help service providers develop and improve high-quality supports for community life engagement (CLE).&#x20;

### What is community life engagement and why is it important to consider?&#x20;

* [Engage Brief 1: Introduction To Community Life Engagement](https://files.gitbook.com/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fz5xPyhcyJi6Ol6La8wDc%2Fuploads%2FZGrg6LLcmHQAmI52hW3M%2FEngage_ECLE_issue1_update_D1_R.pdf?alt=media\&token=1b60714f-41df-4341-98b9-fc2ee93978d4)
* [Easy Read Brief: What is Community Life Engagement?](https://files.gitbook.com/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fz5xPyhcyJi6Ol6La8wDc%2Fuploads%2FSEFsksPBPtxZojAukB1Q%2FCLE_engage1_plainlanguage_2024_R.pdf?alt=media\&token=a9f43130-b0a8-40d7-85cd-6072a34adaef)

### **Get started with CLE by exploring these resources:**

* The [CLE Fidelity Scale](https://cletoolkit.communityinclusion.org/fidelity-scale), a tool for providers to assess how their agency’s day services align with the four guideposts of CLE. If you're new to CLE, [this is a great place to start!](https://cletoolkit.communityinclusion.org/fidelity-scale)
* [CLE Engage Briefs](https://cletoolkit.communityinclusion.org/resources/engage-briefs) and [Service Provider Promising Practices](https://cletoolkit.communityinclusion.org/resources/service-provider-promising-practices): real-world examples of service providers making CLE happen
* [CLE data and findings from national public data sources](https://files.gitbook.com/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fz5xPyhcyJi6Ol6La8wDc%2Fuploads%2FQrtUFR9X2b0Bz1qHq7B9%2FECLE_engage_2.pdf?alt=media\&token=53ccbe50-99b5-440b-9f41-6ac713dc3d3f)
* An [introduction to the four research-based CLE Guideposts](https://files.gitbook.com/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fz5xPyhcyJi6Ol6La8wDc%2Fuploads%2FHcVObflflajjvxiMeszj%2FECLE_engage_3.pdf?alt=media\&token=cd4bad68-4ae1-4445-804e-08079b40c759) that provide the framework for this toolkit
* CLE Guideposts ([One](https://cletoolkit.communityinclusion.org/guidepost-1-individualize-supports), [Two](https://cletoolkit.communityinclusion.org/guidepost-2-promote-community-membership), [Three](https://cletoolkit.communityinclusion.org/guidepost-3-develop-relationships-and-build-skills-to-decrease-reliance-on-paid-supports), [Four](https://cletoolkit.communityinclusion.org/guidepost-4-provide-outcome-oriented-and-regularly-monitored-supports)): research-based principles to guide your services and supports

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