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The Arc of Illinois

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The Arc of Illinois is committed to empowering persons with disabilities to achieve full participation in community life through informed choices.

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๐ŸŽค ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—Ÿ๐— ๐—ฆ๐—ช โ€” ๐—œ๐——๐—— & ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ! Nov 6, 2025 | 9 AM โ€“ 4 PM Register: qr.link/0yXMzb โ€” Don't waitโ€”register now! #IDDandMentalHealthSummit #IDD #MentalHealth #CrisisResponse #YouthMentalHealth

๐ŸŽค ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—Ÿ๐— ๐—ฆ๐—ช โ€” ๐—œ๐——๐—— & ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ!
Nov 6, 2025 | 9 AM โ€“ 4 PM
Register: qr.link/0yXMzb โ€” Don't waitโ€”register now!
#IDDandMentalHealthSummit #IDD #MentalHealth  #CrisisResponse #YouthMentalHealth
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โœจ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐”๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฌ!โœจ Guardianship: qr.link/XsYPvI Assistive Tech: qr.link/tsBRpu ๐ŸŒ Electronic captioning in Spanish will be available. #TheArcofIllinois #FamilySupport #Guardianship #DecisionMaking #AssistiveTech

โœจ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐”๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฌ!โœจ
Guardianship: qr.link/XsYPvI
Assistive Tech: qr.link/tsBRpu
๐ŸŒ Electronic captioning in Spanish will be available.
#TheArcofIllinois #FamilySupport #Guardianship #DecisionMaking #AssistiveTech
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9th District Candidate Forum Oct 21, 2025 | 6:00 PM CST Oakton Community College 7701 Lincoln Ave | Skokie, IL 60077 Register: mobilize.us/citizenactioniโ€ฆ All Forums: mobilize.us/citizenactioniโ€ฆ #IllinoisElections #CandidateForum #Primary2026 #TheArcofIllinois #CitizensActionIllinois

9th District Candidate Forum
Oct 21, 2025 | 6:00 PM CST
Oakton Community College
7701 Lincoln Ave | Skokie, IL 60077
Register: mobilize.us/citizenactioniโ€ฆ
All Forums: mobilize.us/citizenactioniโ€ฆ
#IllinoisElections #CandidateForum #Primary2026 #TheArcofIllinois #CitizensActionIllinois
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Virtual Webinar TODAY at 2 PM CST! Immigration & the Disability Community: Know Your Rights Overview and Training Hosted by The Arc Massachusetts ๐Ÿ‘‰ Register now qr.link/Wk0wB4 #KnowYourRights #DisabilityCommunity #ImmigrationRights #TheArcMassachuetts #TheArcofIllinois

Virtual Webinar TODAY at 2 PM CST!
Immigration & the Disability Community: Know Your Rights Overview and Training
Hosted by The Arc Massachusetts
๐Ÿ‘‰ Register now qr.link/Wk0wB4
#KnowYourRights #DisabilityCommunity #ImmigrationRights #TheArcMassachuetts #TheArcofIllinois
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Feeling overwhelmed caring for a loved one with disabilities? Oct 28, 2025 | 4:30-6 PM for our Virtual Family Support Group with Amanda Griffith-Atkins, LMFT Register: ๐Ÿ‘‰ qr.link/8pT5yk #FamilySupport #YouAreNotAlone #CaregiverSupport #TheArcofIllinois

Feeling overwhelmed caring for a loved one with disabilities?
Oct 28, 2025 | 4:30-6 PM for our Virtual Family Support Group with Amanda Griffith-Atkins, LMFT
Register: ๐Ÿ‘‰ qr.link/8pT5yk
#FamilySupport #YouAreNotAlone #CaregiverSupport #TheArcofIllinois
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โš ๏ธ๐…๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ Read Full Article: qr.link/Ta5gGH The Arc of the United States has created a Shutdown Fact Sheet: qr.link/ktW1dz

โš ๏ธ๐…๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ
Read Full Article: qr.link/Ta5gGH
The Arc of the United States has created a Shutdown Fact Sheet: qr.link/ktW1dz
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๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐จ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ณ, ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง! ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿ“ธRio and their dog, Selma Full Article: qr.link/VQuRkZ #GoingHomeCoalition #DisabilityRights #Leadership #Welcome #TheArcofIllinois

๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐จ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ณ, ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง! ๐ŸŽ‰
๐Ÿ“ธRio and their dog, Selma
Full Article: qr.link/VQuRkZ
#GoingHomeCoalition #DisabilityRights #Leadership #Welcome #TheArcofIllinois
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โœจJoin two virtual webinars TODAY! Guardianship (English/Spanish captioning) & DRS (Spanish) Guardianship Register: qr.link/XsYPvI The Programs of DRS Register: qr.link/D9IUzu #TheArcofIllinois #FamilySupport #Guardianship #DecisionMaking #DRS

โœจJoin two virtual webinars TODAY!
Guardianship (English/Spanish captioning) & DRS (Spanish)
Guardianship
Register: qr.link/XsYPvI
The Programs of DRS
Register: qr.link/D9IUzu
#TheArcofIllinois #FamilySupport #Guardianship #DecisionMaking #DRS
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โœจStop Running on Emptyโ€”Join Gloria Cotton at the IDD & Mental Health Summit! Nov 6, 2025 | 9 AM - 4 PM Virtual Webinar Register: qr.link/0yXMzb โ€” Don't waitโ€”secure your spot NOW! #IDDandMentalHealthSummit #SelfCareMatters #SupportWithoutBurnout #TheArcofIllinois

โœจStop Running on Emptyโ€”Join Gloria Cotton at the IDD & Mental Health Summit!
Nov 6, 2025 | 9 AM - 4 PM
Virtual Webinar
Register: qr.link/0yXMzb โ€” Don't waitโ€”secure your spot NOW!
#IDDandMentalHealthSummit #SelfCareMatters #SupportWithoutBurnout #TheArcofIllinois
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๐ŸŒŸ Join us TOMORROW for the Weekly WOW Meeting! ๐Ÿ—“ Friday, October 24, 2025 ๐Ÿ•™ 10:00 AM โ€“ 12:00 PM ๐Ÿ’ป Join virtually: Meeting ID: 708 698 1579 ๐Ÿ‘‰ Click here below to join tomorrow at 10:00 AM! qr.link/FE5Ux7

๐ŸŒŸ Join us TOMORROW for the Weekly WOW Meeting!

๐Ÿ—“ Friday, October 24, 2025
๐Ÿ•™ 10:00 AM โ€“ 12:00 PM

๐Ÿ’ป Join virtually:
Meeting ID: 708 698 1579
๐Ÿ‘‰ Click here below to join tomorrow at 10:00 AM! qr.link/FE5Ux7
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Take Action to Pass HB1843! ๐Ÿ“„ HB1843 Fact Sheet (from Envision Unlimited): qr.link/8wZgCV ๐Ÿ“ž Take action: qr.link/1xfUKD Call & email your Senator TODAY! #TakeAction #SupportHB1843 #DisabilityRights #HousingForAll #AdvocateForChange #TheArcofIllinois

Take Action to Pass HB1843!
๐Ÿ“„ HB1843 Fact Sheet (from Envision Unlimited): qr.link/8wZgCV
๐Ÿ“ž Take action: qr.link/1xfUKD
Call & email your Senator TODAY!
#TakeAction #SupportHB1843 #DisabilityRights #HousingForAll #AdvocateForChange #TheArcofIllinois
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Barb Pritchard shares details about next weekโ€™s Going Home Coalition Meetings on Zoom. See you there! Monday, Oct 27 at 5 PM โ†’ qr.link/0UzmJj Wed, Oct 29 at 10 AMโ†’ qr.link/AMcBJm Find Your Voice: Storytelling Presented by Gary Arnold Hosted by Taravus Wesley

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๐ŸšจTake Action to Support HJR44! Protect funding for disability services in Illinois. Hearings: โ€ข Tue, Oct 28 โ€“ 4 PM โ€ข Wed, Oct 29 โ€“ 9 AM Fill out witness slip here: qr.link/uoPWqT #HJR44 #DisabilityRights #StopTheCuts #TakeAction #DisabilityCommunity #TheArcofIllinois

๐ŸšจTake Action to Support HJR44!
Protect funding for disability services in Illinois.
Hearings:
โ€ข Tue, Oct 28 โ€“ 4 PM
โ€ข Wed, Oct 29 โ€“ 9 AM
Fill out witness slip here: qr.link/uoPWqT
#HJR44 #DisabilityRights #StopTheCuts #TakeAction #DisabilityCommunity #TheArcofIllinois
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Illinois Families Are at Risk - Take Action to Protect SNAP & WIC! ๐Ÿ“– Read Article: qr.link/fPXUk3 ๐Ÿ‘‰ Tell Congress: No one should go hungry โ†’ qr.link/meqh9i โœ… IDHS SNAP One-pager: qr.link/MqxHt6 #ProtectSNAP #SNAPMatters #TheArcofIllinois #IDHS

Illinois Families Are at Risk - Take Action to Protect SNAP & WIC!
๐Ÿ“– Read Article: qr.link/fPXUk3
๐Ÿ‘‰ Tell Congress: No one should go hungry โ†’ qr.link/meqh9i
โœ… IDHS SNAP One-pager: qr.link/MqxHt6
#ProtectSNAP #SNAPMatters #TheArcofIllinois #IDHS
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โœจWe're thrilled to welcome Kim Shontz, LCSW, back to the IDD & Mental Health Summit! Nov 6, 2025 | 9:00 - 4:00 PM Virtual Webinar Register: qr.link/0yXMzb โ€” Don't waitโ€”secure your spot NOW! #IDDandMentalHealthSummit #DualDiagnosis #MentalHealth #TheArcofIllinois

โœจWe're thrilled to welcome Kim Shontz, LCSW, back to the IDD & Mental Health Summit!
Nov 6, 2025 | 9:00 - 4:00 PM
Virtual Webinar
Register: qr.link/0yXMzb โ€” Don't waitโ€”secure your spot NOW!
#IDDandMentalHealthSummit #DualDiagnosis #MentalHealth #TheArcofIllinois
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The Arc of Illinois is now accepting proposals for the 2026 Annual Convention! Details: Apr 29โ€“30, 2026 | Marriott Bloomington-Normal & Zoom Theme: "Together, We Rise: The Need for Collective Action" Deadline: Dec 5, 2025 Submit your proposal today! ๐Ÿ‘‰ qr.link/X69ubW

The Arc of Illinois is now accepting proposals for the 2026 Annual Convention!
Details: Apr 29โ€“30, 2026 | Marriott Bloomington-Normal & Zoom
Theme: "Together, We Rise: The Need for Collective Action"
Deadline: Dec 5, 2025
Submit your proposal today! ๐Ÿ‘‰ qr.link/X69ubW
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7th District Candidate Forum Nov 3, 2025 | 6:00 PM Malcolm X College 1900 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago 60612 Register: qr.link/hI1C4c Register for All Forums: qr.link/e8kdKs #IllinoisElections #CandidateForum #Primary2026 #TheArcofIllinois #CitizensActionIllinois

7th District Candidate Forum
Nov 3, 2025 | 6:00 PM
Malcolm X College
1900 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago 60612
Register: qr.link/hI1C4c
Register for All Forums: qr.link/e8kdKs
#IllinoisElections #CandidateForum #Primary2026 #TheArcofIllinois #CitizensActionIllinois
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๐Ÿ“ฃVirtual Town Hall: Protect Children with Disabilities & Protect IDEA Nov 4, 2025 | 4:00 PM ET ๐Ÿ”— Register here: qr.link/74MZa6 Join The Arc of the United States and leading disability advocacy organizations next tomorrow for an important virtual Town Hall.

๐Ÿ“ฃVirtual Town Hall: Protect Children with Disabilities & Protect IDEA
Nov 4, 2025 | 4:00 PM ET
๐Ÿ”— Register here: qr.link/74MZa6
Join The Arc of the United States and leading disability advocacy organizations next tomorrow for an important virtual Town Hall.
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Take Action & Find Support! Tell Congress to fund SNAP now and protect essential programs. qr.link/meqh9i ๐Ÿ’ก Learn about SNAP & WIC during the government shutdown from The Arc of the United States: qr.link/wdu2VM

Take Action & Find Support!
Tell Congress to fund SNAP now and protect essential programs. qr.link/meqh9i
๐Ÿ’ก Learn about SNAP & WIC during the government shutdown from The Arc of the United States: qr.link/wdu2VM
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Register NOW for the IDD & Mental Health Summit this Thursday! Nov 6, 2025 | 9AM - 4PM Register: qr.link/0yXMzb โ€” Don't wait! Brochure: qr.link/E0A2NH All Events: qr.link/cvjwLx #IDDandMentalHealthSummit #DualDiagnosis #MentalHealth #TheArcofIllinois

Register NOW for the IDD & Mental Health Summit this Thursday!
Nov 6, 2025 | 9AM - 4PM
Register: qr.link/0yXMzb โ€” Don't wait!
Brochure: qr.link/E0A2NH
All Events: qr.link/cvjwLx
#IDDandMentalHealthSummit #DualDiagnosis #MentalHealth #TheArcofIllinois