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1949
- New York State Association of Retarded Children (ARC) established
1950
- National Association for Retarded Children (ARC) established
1961
- The Arc of Livingston-Wyoming is organized by parents as Livingston-Wyoming Association for Retarded Children (ARC)
1976
- The Arc of Livingston-Wyoming announces it will enter the Residential Services arena with housing to serve developmentally disabled adults in both counties
1977
- First community residence (CR) opens at 62 Center Street, Geneseo
1979
- Second CR opens at 41 Second Street, Geneseo
- Third CR opens at 35 Genesee Street, Warsaw
1982
- Letchworth Park CR opens on Rt. 408 between Mt. Morris and Nunda
1983
- Fifth CR opens at 81 North Center Street, Perry
1999
- The first IRA (Individualized
Residential Alternative) is approved in Avon, NY through Governor Pataki’s New York CARES Program
2000
- First IRA opens at 50 Reed Street, Avon
- IRA opens at 253 South Main Street, Perry
2001
- IRA opens at 13 Tuscarora Avenue, Geneseo
- Sahrle IRA opens at 121 Ossian Street, Dansville
2004
- Agency begins process to convert five CRs to IRAs, “right-size” the
Letchworth CR into two IRAs, and build two more IRAs
2005
- Floor plan unveiled for Groveland Road IRA in
Geneseo, the first IRA to be built from the
ground-up by The Arc of Livingston-Wyoming
- IRA opens at 11 Pineview Heights, Avon
2006
- IRA opens at 14 North Main Street, Warsaw
- Eric Grammas IRA opens on Groveland Road in Geneseo
- Turtle Rock IRA in Lakeville is cleared for 2007
- North Main St. IRA in Mt. Morris is cleared for 2008
2007
- Turtle Rock IRA opens in Lakeville
- "Karrie's Castle" IRA opens in Dansville |
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