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THE most important disability advocacy group in Northern Virginia

The Arc of Northern Virginia needs your membership so we can continue to represent individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in state and local issues. Currently, The Arc of Northern Virginia has a membership of over 1,500. However, it is estimated that there are over 7,000 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities alone that live in the Northern Virginia region and there are 5,000 individuals who have a family member with a disability in the area. We need your help to keep our membership numbers growing so that the voice for community-based services will continue to grow stronger.

Build a better tomorrow for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by becoming a member of The Arc of Northern Virginia TODAY!

There are many different topics that come up during the General Assembly session. For every issue there is a group or organization that tends to “work” that issue. WE are YOUR group! The Arc is “THE” organization that works to educate our legislators on issues and shape the policy that is important to people with intellectual/ developmental disabilities and their families. Our focus is to advocate for increases in community-based funding to bring Virginia up from near last in state rankings for services available to individuals with cognitive, intellectual and developmental disabilities.

- Be a part of an organization that advocates for the creation of “A Life Like Yours” (a home, a job, a life) for Virginians of all ages who have intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Join over 1,500 other people from the region in speaking with a united voice for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Virginia’s General Assembly as well as in Fairfax, Falls Church, Arlington, and Alexandria.
- WE can provide representation for YOU in hundreds of meetings concerning disability policy that take place across the Commonwealth each year.
- Receive updates on how state and local legislation/policies affect people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Learn ways that you can make a difference in your state and local communities.
- Attend our educational or informational meetings to help you as a parent, advocate, or to develop new skills.

Be a part of a national grassroots movement …

Providing all of these services and more requires staff time, technology upgrades and maintenance, rent, postage, etc. PLEASE JOIN The Arc TODAY and make a contribution to help build communities for citizens with disabilities.

When you become a member of The Arc of Northern Virginia, you become a part of something even bigger. You are helping to build a nationwide “grassroots” movement which seeks to promote a better life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. As a local chapter, we serve as one of 22 chapters who are affiliated with The Arc of Virginia and one of over 1,000 chapters who are affiliated with The Arc of the United States.