The Arc Minnesota

The Arc Minnesota's mission is to promote and protect the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). We do this by supporting people with IDD and their families to navigate a complex and fragmented disability service system. At the same time, we challenge the reliance on this system by empowering program participants to explore all of their available options for support, including supports that arise organically within their communities. We gather our community together to advocate for systems change that will promote inclusion and end discrimination. 

This Give to the Max Day, we are highlighting programs and strategies we are emphasizing and implementing in order to provide accurate, timely, and accessible resources to people with IDD and their families.  

Read below to learn more about what your support can help us build upon.   

Guiding our work with our core values

Through our commitment to progress, we are dedicated to our four core values which influence our work statewide. Those guiding values are as follows:

1. Human and Civil Rights - fighting for everyone's equal rights
2. Self-Advocacy and Self-Direction - advocating for everyone's ability to have control in their lives
3. Equity and Belonging - establishing a trusted and accessible community
4. Disability and Racial Justice - focusing on the freedom of people with disabilities and ending discrimination

For more information on what our mission is founded upon, visit our website. 

This Give to the Max Day, will you support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as they advocate for themselves and their communities in Minnesota? Whatever amount, your gift makes a difference!