Advocacy & Resources for Citizens
with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Our local Arc is first and foremost an advocacy organization. Employees and volunteers represent our constituency at intellectual and developmental service meetings throughout the year. We also advocate 1 on 1 for individuals and their families upon request.
- The Arc offers an evening drop in program called AMPES which meets weekly in Milton, Sunbury, Shamokin, Bloomsburg, Selinsgrove and Berwick.
- The Arc also offers an evenign drop in program called STEPS for school age students. Please call our office at 570-286-1008 for further details on this program.
- We also provide many other social and community activities throughout the year through our Social Recreational Program including bowling, Secret Pal Club and bus trips.
- A volunteer Board of Directors governs The Arc. Funding comes from memberships, government contracts, United Way funds, fund raising events, and gifts from foundations.
The Arc Monthly Newsletters
REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE SERVICE
The Arc, Susquehanna Valley is now offering a Representative Payee Service to individuals that are receiving social security benefits from the SSA and need help managing their financial resources. Dependent on an individuals’ needs, the Arc works with the individual and his or her circle of support to develop an approach agreeable to all of the parties. The focus is to establish a budget to meet the individuals’ monthly needs for food, clothing, and shelter, as well as to look at their hopes, wishes, and desires for future expenditures. To be eligible to receive our Representative Payee services, the individual must be receiving services from Northumberland County BH/IDS or the CMSU and have a regular Supports Coordinator.
