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Epilepsy; Metal Retardation and other related conditions. Arc is a nationwide disability rights organization with the major focus at the local or grassroots level. There are approximately 1600 local chapters generally organized by county. The Arc Anoka and Arc Ramsey Boards voted to pursue a merger of the two agencies. After further study and communication with members, the Boards and members approved a merger February 27, 1995. After a similar process the Boards and members voted to merge Arc Suburban into the Arc of Anoka and Ramsey Counties effective J~.nuary 1, 2000. A key component of the merger agreement was to ~]a~.ntain offices in each county or area and continue to provide ,~ality services for me~ers in each community° provides ~ variety of services for people in Ramsey and Anoka ~unties incli, ading: F~. ~ily Services - The goal of this ~rogram is ~© empower parents ei~d guardia~~- by providing them wit~. opportunities to network w~h other p rents to reduce feelir~gs of stres~--~ and isolation, and to gair~ ~kills and ~nformation needed to ~rent their child w~th a disab~!ity. Thi~' is'accomplished through: support groups; P~!ot Paren~ ~.etwork lf~-~[zing parents "who have been there with .... rents experiencing crf~is or emotional stress; informa~ion and r~ ferral; i..~3ividual c~nsultation; individual ~dvocacy an~ ~3nflict re. 31ution. · ~nunity Awareness an~ Planning - The goal of this program is to ~i~crease the awareness ~f community members regarding ~isabilities and the lives of people with disabilities and to i~elp communities welcome and include people with disabilities and )~revent discrimination. Services include: consultation with ~chools and other community agencies on including people with developmental disabilities; presentations to school children and community groups on developmental disabilities; membership on local and state advisory and planning committees to insure policies are supportive of families and people with disabilities; public awareness events; volunteer speaker's bureau; monitoring public policy. Toy and Adaptive Equipment Lending Library - The library, located in the Blaine office, is for children birth through age seven. This unique library includes a variety of toys designed to stimulate child development, adaptive equipment and other resources available to the general public and families who have children with disabilities. The goals for this program are: 1. Through the use of toys and equipment, children will learn new strategies or skills to help them increase motor, speech/language, and cognitive development; and 2. Families will increase their knowledge of adaptive equipment designed to increase child development.