Overview
The Arc of Madison County has provided residential services to persons served since 1998. Five homes are located in the Huntsville area, providing a safe, comfortable living environment for the resident adults. Each resident has their own bedroom decorated to reflect his or her personality and interests to make it truly home.
Creating an Environment for Success
The goal of The Arc’s residential services program is to assist each resident in reaching as optimal a level of independence as possible. The residential services program offers training in a home-based setting to adults with intellectual and physical disabilities. This training includes personal care, community education, independent living and communication skills, self direction and money management. Independent living skills and training are provided to help each persons served transition from a state residential institution or a family home to independent living in community settings. The residents become active members of the Huntsville community through community activities to various events and service projects to benefit others.
Disability Awareness and Bias Training
Our team of disability experts provide a wide range of corporate disability awareness trainings to our clients, including managing and working with individuals with I/DD, effective hiring practices for people with I/DD, accommodations for people with I/DD, and more. Tell us what your training needs are, and we will create a customized plan based on your preferences.
Connecting Employers to the Untapped Disability Labor Market
Many local agencies, schools, social and religious groups, and other organizations serve people with disabilities. The Arc@Work helps our corporate clients forge connections and vet these organizations as sources for qualified and talented job seekers.
Securing Supports for New Hires
The Arc@Work partners with our corporate clients, local talent sourcing organizations, and state governments to ensure that each individual in need of workplace accommodations is accounted for and that their needs are met.
Achieving Cultural and Financial ROI
As with all business decisions, the success and sustainability of a disability hiring project can be measured in part by its return on investment. The Arc@Work supports our corporate clients in creating strategies to achieve and measure financial ROI as well as creating branding and external messaging strategies to promote our clients’ disability inclusive work culture.
TalentScout
TalentScout gives you the tools and insight to create a culture of inclusion – and build higher levels of productivity in the workplace. The toolkit content has been vetted by people with autism, and it includes their first-hand accounts and insights as job applicants and employees.
The Arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and
developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community
throughout their lifetimes.