The True Impact of Service
When Katie Shaneyfelt began volunteering with The Arc Jacksonville in October 2014 she had no idea it would be life changing. She started as [...]
Innovation Grant Awarded to The Arc Jacksonville
Continued from March’s E-Newsletter link: The Riverside Hospital Foundation Innovation Grant will help launch a pilot project between The Arc Jacksonville and area educational [...]
Mission Moment: A.S.K at The Arc Jacksonville
The Arc Jacksonville?s Advocacy department, better known as A.S.K. (Advocacy, Support and Knowledge), is a rich resource in providing assistance and outreach to the disability [...]
Mission Moment: Employment Services
In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness month, October’s mission moment features individuals with I/DD who have recently received community employment through The Arc Jacksonville’s [...]
Employment News & Updates
For the second year The Arc Jacksonville received a Public Service Grant from the City of Jacksonville to underwrite work by Arc’s Employment Services department.? [...]
Mission Moment: SOAR
This month?s mission moment focuses on participants from our SOAR ( Social Opportunities and Adult Recreation) program. The SOAR program began in 1985 as [...]
Mission Moment: Summer LIFE
Summer LIFE ( Living Independently Finding Enrichment) is a ?crash course? for young adults (ages 18-26) with intellectual and developmental disabilities, in learning how to [...]
Multi-Sensory Room for Discover Life
Arc Jacksonville employee, Ina Martin?created a multi-sensory room to help increase cognitive and physical stimulation for participants?in the?Discover Life program?at the Westside. Sensory rooms are [...]
Employment Updates
Congratulations to Ashley, Kim, Patricia and James on their new jobs! Throughout May and June they have been starting their new jobs at Jax [...]
Mission Moment: Life Skills
This month?s mission moment focuses on participants from the?Life Skills program. Offered at both Westside and Downtown locations, the program assists adults with I/DD in [...]
Mission Moment: PSR
In honor of Mental Health Awareness month, this mission moment feature includes participants from our PSR program. Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) is a Medicaid funded program [...]
Mission Moment: On Campus Transition
Students from The Arc Jacksonville’s?On Campus Transition Program (OCT) at The University of North Florida are interviewed for this month’s Mission Moment. Our OCT program [...]
March Mission Moment
This month?s?Mission Moment?focuses on three residents in The Arc Jacksonville group homes. Group homes are perfect for individuals looking to live independently with some [...]
Mission Moment
As part of our 50th Anniversary celebration, we will be highlighting individuals served by The Arc Jacksonville.?This month we are spotlighting Bert and Slyvia who [...]
Advocacy: Community Voice
When families find it hard to locate services needed for their loved ones with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), they can turn to The [...]
Employment Stars
In honor of Disability Employment Awareness, ?we showcased individuals with I/DD who have found community employment on our Facebook page. Below are the individuals [...]
A Community of Social Opportunities
?Their joy is contagious,? said Reesa Stanley describing what it?s like to work with The Arc Jacksonville?s Social Opportunities and Adult Recreation (SOAR) program.? Stanley [...]
Life Skills: Learning and Growing Together
The Arc Jacksonville?s Life Skills program provides assistance for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in navigating through daily living routines. Offered at both [...]
OCT Class of 2014
Eleven students from the On Campus Transition students graduated on April 22nd. Over the past four years they participated in campus life, took classes, lived [...]
Meet A.R.T. Tracker Jeff Walker
Jeff Walker first learned of the A.R.T. Program in 2010 through an employee event while working at Citi Bank. However, it was years later before [...]
OCT: A Complete College Experience
Hosted at the University of North Florida (UNF), On Campus Transition (OCT) is a program that provides students with intelle ctual and developmental disabilities the [...]