About Us
CEAL was created as an outgrowth of a national initiative known as the Assisted Living Workgroup (ALW). The ALW was formed at the request of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging in 2001. Nearly 40 organizations representing a broad range of stakeholders came together over the course of 18 months to develop consensus recommendations to assure quality in assisted living. The 110 approved recommendations were presented to the Aging Committee in April 2003.
The first ALW recommendation was to form and fund an entity to continue the work of the ALW and to serve as an ongoing information clearinghouse. Eleven of the key stakeholder organizations involved in the ALW formalized this recommendation to create CEAL. CEAL was incorporated in the District of Columbia in November 2004 and subsequently granted 501(c) (3) nonprofit status by the IRS.
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