Spring Annual Appeal

May 2025

Dear Donor,

While the world around us continues to shift, one thing remains true: individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) deserve every opportunity to live, learn, work, and thrive.

With your support, we’re:

Partnering with senior communities to offer fully inclusive, intergenerational programming—because we’re a lifetime service organization.
Relaunching office skills education to help individuals with IDD build confidence and career-readiness.
Piloting a “Growing the Good Life” program, using accessible gardening as a tool for health, learning, and joy.

And this is just the beginning. But we can’t do it without you.

This year has brought more challenges than expected, and next year may be even more difficult. While we don’t yet know the full impact of proposed funding cuts, we know this: we need you — our Arc family — now more than ever.

Here’s why:

If Medicaid is cut, the impact will fall hardest on individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
(IDD) We serve nearly all of those who rely on it.
If The Arc’s funding is reduced by millions, we may be forced to make heartbreaking decisions that could include cutting vital services.

We are working hard to prevent that future. But we can’t do it alone.

Your support is more essential than ever to sustain the critical programs that help individuals with IDD and their families live fuller, healthier lives. These include: