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Employment Services

Employment Services

The Arc of Rensselaer County supports people with intellectual disabilities in becoming engaged, employed citizens of their communities. Since 1986, our employment services have focused on finding the right job to fit a person's individual skills and abilities, interests, passions, community connections and personal resources.

  • Initial employment supports include getting to know the person, assessing job skills, exploring career options, performing job development and placement as funded by ACCES-VR, a division of the New York State Education Department.

    Once stabilzed in a job, long term, follow along supports increases a person's employment sustainability and works to advance their careers. Benefits counseling is provided to insure that people are receiving the government supports to which they are entitled.

    Our employment staff strive to form a partnership with the person, their family and the employer to help develop rewarding careers that enable people with disabilities to become contributing, tax paying, valued members of their communities.

Assist individual’s with disabilities to achieve and maintain employment through a self-discovery process to identify individual skills and interest to reach career and employment goals.

  • ACCES-VR

    State-funded agency that assists individuals with vocational rehabilitation services and opportunities to work in jobs integrated within their communities.

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  • OPWDD

    Many programs available to explore types of employment or volunteer opportunities best suited for each individual.

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Supports & Services

Brunswick Center Services

Career and Employment Supports

Family and Community Supports

Accessing Supports

Day Program Services

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Contact Us

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For more information, please call, email, or send us a message using the contact form. Be sure to provide your name, email address, phone number, and home address.
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  • (518) 274-3110

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Become a Member

You can offer support just by filling out a Membershp Form!

Great news! Membership is now FREE! In addition, after 5 years of signing up for membership you will be a LIFETIME MEMBER! 

Membership is vital to support our efforts to advocate for and support hundreds of children and adults who have intellectual and developmental disabilities.

  • Increased membership results in more votes and a stronger voice to influence state legislators and national policy makers.
  • Membership helps provide more support! If helps us have a larger group of people to ask for help when we need it. It can lead to us finding more volunteers, which helpsus expand and grow our programs.
  • Your membership increases awareness leading to a better informed public. This helps us spread a message of acceptance for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
  • Membership is the basic foundation on which The Arc of Rensselaer County, our State Organization (NYSARC, Inc.) and the National Association (The Arc) were established.

YOU can make a difference in someone’s life simply by signing up for Membership.

Please support us through your annual membership, and encourage a friend or a neighbor to join as well! 

Become a Member Today

Make a Donation

Please consider making a donation. Every contribution matters and makes a difference

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Sponsorship Opportunities

Purchase Platinum Sponsorship($5000)

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Community Partners Breakfast

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The Arc Gala 2024 Sponsorship

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Direct Support Professional Fund

Direct Support Professional Fund

Join us in supporting the Direct Support Professional (DSP) Fund

Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) are individuals who are a vital component in someone with a disability’s life. Direct Support Professionals are people who perform many tasks such as teaching, counseling, nursing, assisting with meal preparation, exercising, driving individuals around, connecting individuals to the community, and companionship. These are not entry-level tasks. The responsibilities of a Direct Support Professional are substantial, and the job is increasingly complex. The position requires good communication skills, ability to analyze a problem and determine corrective measures on the fly, excellent organizational skills, and ability to teach. All of this delivered compassionately and respectfully.
We are not able to pay staff the value they deserve. Most of the staff members who work in these critical roles need to work several jobs to provide for their families. Let's help them out by providing them with some funds in recognition of the work they do.
At The Arc of Rensselaer County, we are starting a new initiative called the Direct Support Professional Fund. Any fundraised dollars from now thru December 15th will be given to the Direct Support Professionals, in the form of a lump sum payment. We will not take any dollars out for administrative costs. The more we raise, the more impact we can have on the Direct Support Professional’s life. We ask you to join us and donate to the Direct Support Professional Fund. Donate online at www.renarc.org, or send donations to the DSP Fund at The Arc of Rensselaer County c/o DSP Fund 79 102nd St Troy NY 12180, or call us at 518-274-3110 x3028.
We thank you in advance for your help.

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