• Participation in the largest not-for-profit organization in the nation serving families and individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.
• Participation in the national organization, The Arc US.
• Participation in the affairs of the local and state organization.
• Opportunities to contribute time and talent through volunteerism.
• Access to NYSARC's Guardianship and Trust programs.
  

Your membership support enables NYSARC, Inc. through our chapters to:

• Provide advocacy for people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities in our local communities.
• Support distribution of publications that can inform, inspire, engender support for programs and services.
• Provide funding for information, education, advocacy, support for parents and family members.
• Influence policy and funding decisions of county legislators, boards of education, community services boards, village and city administration.
• Allow for participation of people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities in planning services for themselves.
• Provide base of volunteers to plan, insure, implement and evaluate policy and services in local community.
• Bring together people who share our commitments.
• Provide an opportunity for individuals to become involved in community services for youth and adults of all ages.
• Provide publications - white papers on various aspects of policy affecting the lives of people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities and their families.
• Develop legislative agenda that reflects the needs of people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.
• Provide leadership and training opportunities for membership at the state level.
• Give members the opportunity to affect public policy and implementation at the state level.
• Build coalitions with parents and professional organizations in planning and implementing public policy on a statewide level.
• Inform and educate the public at large about intellectual and other developmental disabilities and its prevention or ways to reduce the incidence of intellectual and other developmental disabilities in future generations.
• Provide advocacy to protect the rights of people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities and their families through state legislation and policy.