Welcome to The Arc of Vigo County
The Arc of Vigo County is committed to providing advocacy, parent support and training, respite services for families who have a family member at home with a developmental disability, a supported employment service for persons with developmental disabilities / diagnosis, and habilitation and personal assistance services for persons with developmental disabilities in order to facilitate the integration of all persons with developmental disabilities into all aspects of community living.
The purpose of The Arc Community Work Services Program is to provide whatever level of training, assistance and support that is necessary for persons with developmental disabilities to obtain and maintain paid, competitive work in an integrated community setting.
The purpose of The Arc Respite Program is to provide relief to families/primary caregivers who have a family member with a developmental disability and thus, enabling the person to stay in their home and community, keeping the family together by giving them time apart.
The purpose of The Arc Habilitation Program is to assist persons with developmental disabilities in acquiring, retaining and improving self-help, social, and adaptive skills necessary to continue residing in their home and community, while maximizing their presence in the community and enhancing the global quality of their lives.
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A Message to Arc Consumers & Staff - Office Closed due to Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Concerns
03/20/2020
Office Closure update.
In accordance with government directives, The Arc offices will remain closed to the public through April 1st. We will continue daily management operations remotely and continue our client supports. We will make a re-assessment on or before April 1st and provide additional updates at that time. We greatly appreciate the dedication of our direct care staff during this difficult time.
03/19/19 - Update
After consulting with our internal team this morning, we have decided to continue the office closure through the remainder of the week. This includes Friday 03/20/2020. A decision regarding potential continued office closure extending into next week will be made on or before Sunday 03/22/20. No changes in service delivery beyond those outlined in the Arc's staff and consumer statement dated, 03/18/2020 are expected during this time. Please stay tuned to this website and our Facebook page for additional notifications.
03/18/2020
Arc consumers & staff:
I want to provide you with an update regarding our response and planning in the midst of the expanding novel Coronavirus pandemic. We have been working to implement an action plan to ensure continued operations as we prepare for increased efforts by state, local, and federal authorities to flatten the infection curve across Indiana and the US. We have been working to address the needs of our clients, potential direct care staff and consumer infections, office closure(s), and the logistics of potentially transitioning into a remote work environment.
Our industry operates in a direct person to person environment in which we serve individuals who, in some cases, face a variety of potential health other high risk issues. The task of protecting both our consumers and staff from this rapidly spreading virus can be very stressful to everyone involved. I want to thank consumers, their families and our dedicated staff for their patience, persistence, and willingness to step up and work together as we proceed forward. Working together, we can get through these stressful times.
It is important that we consider all of our consumers as we continue to develop contingencies to address potential interruptions in services. We have a multi-level plan in place to address the needs of our most at risk consumers who require 24 hour services.
After much discussion, we have made the tough decision to temporarily suspend all non-critical vocational rehabilitation community follow along activities. This is in accordance with government recommended social distancing recommendations. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Angel Erst, Programs Coordinator to discuss.
As most of you are aware, in order to limit human interaction, many agencies throughout the state are transitioning to a remote work environment. This is being done in order to limit human interaction to slow the spread of Coronavirus. The current guidance from state and federal authorities is to limit interactions of groups of 10 or more people. It is anticipated that this recommendation will continue to advance to recommend lower numbers as the infection rate increases.
In order to gauge our technical ability to successfully provide services while working remotely, we have closed the Arc of Vigo County business office on Wednesday 03/18 & Thursday 03/19. Office staff will be checking their office phone messages throughout the day and our emergency phone is maintained by the Service Coordinator on rotation.
Although the physical office will be closed, all staff are actively working remotely. We will re-open at 8:00 am on Friday 03/20 and will conduct and internal meeting to determine our next steps.
I appreciate the work that each of our staff do for the individuals we serve and I am confident that we will prevail through this national emergency.
David Ofsansky
Executive Director
News and Events
Announcement
The Arc is excited to announce that we will be implementing a new web based time reporting and scheduling system. The implementation is on track and we expect to go live in early January!! Please check this website for system training information. We expect to have availabe training dates posted within the week or two.