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<br />social/leisure opportunities; and increase leadership skills and <br />involvement in the community. <br /> <br />Typical services provided by Arc include: helping a family find <br />an appropriate group home for their adult child; helping an adult <br />living on their own resolve problems on the job so they are not <br />fired; helping an individual living on their own apply for <br />medical assistance to help cover extensive medical bills due to a <br />prolonged illness or surgery. Adults with developmental <br />disabilities living and working in the community are under- <br />employed in lower paying jobs, most often working part-time <br />without benefits. <br /> <br />Without the assistance of an Arc advocate to help resolve <br />problems, many of these people would lose jobs, become homeless, <br />or face financial crisis. <br /> <br />Adaptive Equipment and Toy Lending Library: A second component <br />of this proposal is to provide families with children birth <br />through age seven with resources to borrow a variety of toys and <br />adaptive equipment designed to stimulate child development. <br />Funds are specifically being requested to maintain the library <br />and enhance the adaptive equipment and computer section of the <br />library. <br /> <br />The Toy and Adaptive Equipment Lending Library allows families to <br />borrow a variety of toys, costly child development materials, and <br />adaptive equipment thus enabling participants to use limited <br />financial resources on other family concerns such as housing, <br />food, and clothing. <br /> <br />Families are charged an annual fee which is based on income and <br />can check out up to four toys for one month or adaptive equipment <br />for us to four months. <br /> <br />Over the years Arc has been successful in building an inventory <br />of moderate priced toys that are not only fund for children but <br />also promote child development and learning. Due to the high <br />cost of adaptive equipment, we have not been able to purchase <br />items in demand by families. Because these items require <br />technical expertise to research and purchase, they are not <br />donated by the many companies and community groups that sponsor <br />toy drives for us each year. <br /> <br />B. Applicant: Arc Anoka,Ramsey, and Suburban Inc. <br />_1201 89th Ave. N. E., Suite 305 <br />Blaine, MN. 55434 Phone: 783-4958 <br /> <br />Contact: Marianne Reich <br />Executive Director <br />(612) 783-4958 Fax: (612) 783-4900 <br /> <br />2 <br />