The United Arc, Inc.
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Family & Youth Support Services
The United Arc Family Support Centers serve families with a family member who has intellectual or developmental disabilities and lives at their family home. We offer workshops, support groups, and service navigation to support these families.
Positive Parenting
Positive Parenting supports parents with learning differences or intellectual and developmental disabilities in their right to parent their own children. We offer Supervised Visitation, In-Home Supports, Transitional Living, and Educational Workshops to support these parents
Residential Group Homes
The United Arc offers group residential supports to adults who need 24 hour support at all stages and conditions of life. We are proud to support positive relationships, community membership, respect, and dignity. Individualized person-centered plans and services empower each person to be avidly involved in making decisions about their schedules, community involvements and relationships.
Community Support Programs
The Community Support Program provides community-based services to adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
We strive to assist individuals to live as independently as possible, supporting the people we serve to make choices about their lives. Dedicated weekly supports are highly personalized, flexible, and responsive, based on each individual's needs and preferences. Supports focus on effectively recognizing and promoting each individual's autonomy and independence.
The Community Support Program staff pride themselves on their abilities to be highly customized and responsive to the changing needs and preferences of each individual we serve. Furthermore, the program strives to assist each person in creating and enhancing meaningful relationships and friendships, and to be a full member of their community.
Frontier Club
The United Arc sponsors self-advocacy groups which offer peer support, leadership development, social events and learning opportunities for adults with intellectual or other developmental disabilities.
Frontier Club is for members from the North Quabbin area. Meetings are held on Tuesday evenings, 5:45-7:30 PM at 100 Main Street, Athol, MA. Occasional events are held on weekends.
Pioneer Club
The United Arc sponsors self-advocacy groups which offer peer support, leadership development, social events and learning opportunities for adults with intellectual or other developmental disabilities.
The Pioneer Club draws its membership from central Franklin County. Meetings are held Thursday evenings, 6-8pm at The Arc Common, 294 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA. Occasional events are held on weekends.
Where we work
External reviews
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
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The United Arc, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 02/22/2022
Bruce Biagi
Mary Fernsebner
The United Arc
Janice Herlihy
DDS - Retired
Jessica Howard
Greenfield Savings Bank
Francis Campbell
Big Y
Doreen Gallien
The United Arc
Diane Gumaer
The United Arc
Norma Mackey-Bovat
LifePath
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.