The Arc Of Litchfield County Inc

Vocational day program: approximately 75 individuals are working through larc's vocational program which provides individualized employment programs, job development, placement, on-the-job training and continuous supports to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Larc is providing group supported employment at 6 sites employing 50 individuals. An indicator of the program's success is the longevity of our clients' employment.

Day support program: the day support program provides experiences and activities that are stimulating and value based to 45 individuals, many of which have significant medical or aging issues. Larc also offers community experiences through volunteering, participating in the local senior center, and enjoying leisure time activities to over approximately 50 individuals at over 10 locations. We have held workshops in visual arts, complete with professional gallery events, at five points art and movement classes at warner theatre. We have also held cultural events on native american dance, latin dance, and african american cultural traditions and foods, thanks in large part to generous area donors.

Larc also offers recreation, guardianship, advocacy and transportation services. Larc's social enrichment program has resumed after being paused due to covid. The program is funded solely by private donations, providing critical respite and recreational opportunities such as group outings, social gatherings, and special olympics. Larc's autism resource center has become known in the region for providing innovative supports to area youth. We are working to align our programming with available funding, to help ensure fiscal stability and the ability to provide asd supports that are billable and in accordance with state and federal requirements. It is our intention to move the center from grant and donor-funded to official asd provider funded in the next year or two. Larc's board of directors made the decision to suspend camp operations in 2021, and further, to sell the camp property, which had become a drain on agency operations and finances. We closed on the sale of the property in may 2023. This will help us focus more fully on our core mission, and will be beneficial to the agency in many ways.while we have suspended the grant-funded operations of our autism resource center, we continue to explore ways in which we can engage with community partners and resources to better support individuals with autism at our agency and who may seek out our services and supports.