On July 17th, we’re inviting our community to participate in The Arc of Washington State’s 5-year Strategic Planning process for 2025-2030. As we approach our 90th year of serving as Washington state’s oldest grassroots advocacy organization fighting for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families, we are inviting our members to join […]
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On July 17th, we're inviting our community to participate in The Arc of Washington State's 5-year Strategic Planning process for 2025-2030. As we approach our 90th year of serving as Washington state'...
Last week was an historic week in Washington. Despite the news swirling around us about the federal government’s proposed catastrophic cuts to Medicaid, our team was proud to gather with dozens of l...
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June 18, 2025
CONTACT: Stacy Dym, stacy@arcwa.org, Executive Director of The Arc of Washington State
Washington State hosts first bipartisan national Developm...
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Legislative Update: Wait! Just When We Thought We Were Coming to the End!
On March 24th, both the House and Senate released their budgets, and we thought we were on the downhill slope of the legislat...
