Five Minutes to Help Us Serve You Better
 
Thanks for keeping in touch with The Arc - Jefferson, Clear Creek & Gilpin Counties! As our office expands, we’re looking to share more stories, photos and social media posts about The Arc's community. 
 
If you have time, please fill out a 5 minute survey to help us learn more about you, your connection to The Arc and the types of communications you read. We will take the information from this survey to make our communications more relevant and helpful to our community. 
 
The survey is anonymous. We will not share any of your information with a third party. 
 
You may complete and submit the survey through Tuesday, October 15, 2019.  
 
Thank you for your time. We are so grateful to have you as a part of The Arc's community! 
Your Contributions Change Lives — I nvest in Advocacy
 
Our advocates have spent the past year helping 1,100 individuals and 2,300 family members navigate complex systems and solve problems.

Read how advocacy helped Sarah and her family. And be a part of this life-changing work by making a donation today!
Register Now for DDRC’s FREE Navigating the World of I/DD Services Information Sessions

UPDATE - This event is open to DDRC individuals, families and educators.

Save the date and register now for Navigating the World of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Services!

When: Thursday, September 26 from 3:30 – 7:30 PM 
Where: DDRC, 11177 W. 8th. Ave, Lakewood, CO 80215

Visit DDRC's many support stations with information for all ages. Stations are staffed by specialists who can help individuals and families understand options relating to their needs. Visit the stations from 3:30 - 6:30 PM. 

Learn the basic aspects of waivers and services for children and adults with I/DD. Sessions for children and adults run concurrently from 4:30 - 5:30 PM. 

Attend a session on employment services for adults and transition-aged youth with I/DD and see how this can be a path to greater self-determination and fulfillment. This session will include speakers and panelists from the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), Colorado Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE), Ability Connection Colorado, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR), Stepping Stone Support Center, Jeffco Transition Services, DDRC and a self-advocate currently using employment support services. This session runs from 6:15- 7:30 PM.

Hear updates on DDRC and give your input during our community conversation session which runs from 5:45 - 6:10 PM.

Register before Wednesday, September 25 at noon.
This is a FREE event. Space limited.
 Again, this event is open to DDRC individuals, families and educators.
A Night of Inspiration

You are invited to an evening of hope, inspiration and comedy! As a sponsor and supporter of an exciting community event called A Night of Inspiration, our chapter of The Arc invites you to come and watch national speaker, Benjamin Tarasewicz, as he shares his wit and talent on stage. Benjamin is a young man living with autism, and he is an award-winning public speaker, musician and actor. He was honored with the national Temple Grandin Award and is the subject of a prize-winning book titled, Benjamin Breaking Barriers: Autism—A Journey of Hope . Benjamin has given a TED talk titled, "The Power of Kindness and Friendship". Please click here for further information. 

When: Thursday, October 10 (Doors open at 5:00 PM)
  • 5:30 – 6:30 PM, Benjamin’s presentation
  • 6:30 – 7:30 PM, Refreshments & Resource Tables
Where: Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80226

This one-of-a-kind event is free and open to the public, and it is coordinated by Wheat Ridge Regional Center. To RSVP or obtain additional information, please call (303) 463-2508.
We Need Your Input: Revisions to Existing Position Statements

The Arc’s Policy and Positions Committee, with members from both The Arc and the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), have begun work to make recommendations to the Boards of Directors of The Arc and AAIDD regarding revisions to four of our current position statements:


While the Committee is working on the revisions, they would like to hear from you about what ideas or concepts you believe should be kept in the statements and what should be changed. Word versions of the current position statements can be found above. Your comments will be considered in developing drafts for the Boards of Directors of The Arc and AAIDD. 

Later, close-to-final statements will be available for comment by the chapters online from mid-December through mid-January, before the two Boards of Directors vote on them.

Please click here to make your comments and please respond by Friday, October 25. If you have any questions, contact Mike Nagel at [email protected] . 
Hey Lucky's Market Shoppers!

Are you looking for a simple way to support The Arc? Next time you grocery shop, go to Lucky's Market on Wadsworth!

From now through November 9th, we’re one of three Lucky's Market Bags for Change partners.

All you need to do is bring your reusable grocery bags and at checkout the cashier will give you a wooden dime for each. Before leaving the store you’ll see the Bags for Change display (pictured). Just drop your dimes in the slot with our name. Then, in November, Lucky’s Market will add up what the community has donated, and make a donation to us for double the amount!

Be sure to stop by Lucky's Market, and don't forget to bring your bags!
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