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My ARC Marion Story…Why I Know My Stuff

How I came to work daily with and for the developmentally disabled didn’t happen overnight.  It isn’t just a job, and it wasn’t my first career of choice.  However, it is something that actually started in me when I was just a child living with a developmentally disabled sister of my own.  She made me [...]

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May we now introduce you to our blog…

ARC Marion in Ocala, Florida is not only a great place with great people, we have great stories!  We would like to introduce the world to what we know, and how we came to know it.  While our acronym stands for Advocacy Resource Center, we want to be just that.  We advocate for the developmentally [...]

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About Us

ARC Marion, established in 1959, is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization with the mission: to create opportunities for persons with disabilities to live, work and play to the fullest of their capabilities in Marion County.  ARC stands for Advocacy Resource Center.  We serve over 250 clients annually and are governed by a volunteer Board of [...]

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