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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

02/06/07

HB HM 16

SHORT TITLE ARCA Day

SB

ANALYST Hanika Ortiz

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Memorial 16 proclaims Thursday, February 8, 2007, as “ARCA DAY" at the New

Mexico House of Representatives and requests that recognition and appreciation be extended to

ARCA in honor of its fiftieth anniversary.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The memorial provides the following:

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ARCA began providing community-based support services with its child study center and

its preschool and recreational programs in 1957; and

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ARCA was founded by a group of caring families seeking community-based

opportunities for their developmentally disabled children; and

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ARCA continues to honor the preference of people with developmental disabilities to

live, work and play in their local communities through its encouragement and support of

families and the greater Albuquerque community; and

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ARCA is the state's largest not-for-profit provider of services to the developmentally

disabled, offering an array of critical support services to over five hundred children and

adults each year; and

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ARCA offers its recipients many options, including community living, family living,

employment, community-inclusion services and a statewide prader willi: project; and

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ARCA's compassionate work force of over six hundred employees helps individuals with

disabilities fulfill their daily needs, make meaningful choices, connect with the

community and achieve their dreams.

The Memorial resolves that the New Mexico legislature has been a longtime supporter of ARCA

and of New Mexico residents with developmental disabilities, and it continues to support them

and encourage their involvement with the legislature and society

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

Copies of this Memorial will be transmitted to the members of ARCA.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

ARCA provides an array of community-based services at more than 100 locations and has an

operating budget exceeding $23 million. Services include community and family living,

supported employment, and highly specialized supports for people with developmental

disabilities. Services are provided chiefly in the greater Albuquerque area, with specialized

services reaching throughout the state, including rural and tribal areas.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

February 8, 2007 will not be recognized as “ARCA DAY" at the House of Representatives in

recognition of ARCA’s fiftieth anniversary.

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