The Arc of New Mexico

The Arc of New Mexico is the New Mexico affiliate of The Arc, a nationwide nonprofit organization in the United States dedicated to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families. As a state-level chapter, it operates within the broader Arc network, which was founded in the 1950s by parents and advocates seeking community-based services, education, and civil rights for people with disabilities. The Arc of New Mexico carries out this mission locally, providing advocacy, family support, information and referral, and connections to services across the state. The organization is part of a federated structure: The Arc of the United States serves as the national umbrella, while individual state and local chapters deliver programs tailored to their communities. Chapters like The Arc of New Mexico typically engage in public policy advocacy at the state legislature, work to protect the rights of people with disabilities, and help families navigate disability service systems, special education, and Medicaid-funded supports. They may also offer recreational, social, and transition programs. Because The Arc of New Mexico is a nonprofit advocacy and service organization rather than a commercial enterprise, it does not sell products or operate for profit. Its "offerings" are mission-driven services: advocacy, education, family support, and community inclusion. Its positioning is as a trusted, grassroots, disability-rights and family-support organization rooted in the self-advocacy and parent-advocacy movements. Specific details such as its exact founding date, current executive director, annual budget, and program list are not established by the available evidence and should be verified with the organization directly. The entry is therefore marked for review, and the description above is limited to what is well established about The Arc network and its state chapters.

The Arc of New Mexico is a state-level chapter of The Arc, a U.S. nonprofit movement founded in the mid-20th century by parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities who sought alternatives to institutionalization and demanded education and community inclusion. The national organization, originally known as the Association for Retarded Children and later renamed The Arc, grew into a federation of state and local chapters. The Arc of New Mexico emerged as the New Mexico affiliate within that federation, serving families and self-advocates across the state. Like other Arc chapters, The Arc of New Mexico has historically focused on advocacy at the state level, including special education, Medicaid home- and community-based services, employment, and guardianship and rights protections. Chapters also provide direct family support, information and referral, and community programs. The exact founding date of The Arc of New Mexico and its specific historical milestones are not documented in the available evidence and would require verification from the organization or state records. Because the available evidence is limited to a generic news-aggregation page and does not contain chapter-specific facts, this history is necessarily general and should be treated as provisional. The entry is flagged for review so that authoritative details can be added later.

Nonprofit disability advocacy and family support organization; state chapter of The Arc network.

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  The Moran Company recruits CEO for The Arc of New Mexico[2]The Moran Company 为 The Arc of New Mexico 招聘首席执行官news.google.com

  Reported: 2026-09-25

  Executive search firm The Moran Company has recruited a chief executive officer for The Arc of New Mexico, as reported by Hunt Scanlon Media.

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2. 2The Moran Company 为 The Arc of New Mexico 招聘首席执行官news.google.com