The Arc Lane County

11/12/2025

Join the Center for Family Development!

Positive Solutions for Families

Looking for tools to support your 3–6-year-old’s growth and behavior?

Our friends at Center for Family Development are offering a free 7-week Positive Solutions for Families group, funded by the Early Childhood Hub of Lane County.

Participants will learn strategies for:
• Managing challenging behaviors
• Building positive relationships
• Creating successful family routines
• Teaching emotional regulation and self-control
• Using positive, evidence-based discipline

When: Tuesdays, November 18 – December 30, 2025, from 12–2 p.m.
Where: Center for Family Development (in person)

Parents who complete the group may receive a certificate of completion.

To enroll or learn more, contact the Perinatal Group Coordinator at 541-735-1635 or visit c-f-d.org and click “Enroll Now.”

Center for Family Development

11/11/2025

To all the great people who have served and continue to serve our country, we say thank you today and every day for your service!

11/11/2025

Looking for a way to make a difference this holiday season? The Arc is raising funds to provide 300 people/families a holiday meal.

Please help if you can. No donation is too small. Even a one-dollar donation will help us purchase a canned vegetable to complete a food box. And, when we have several one-dollar donations, The Arc will be able to fill several boxes with vegetables.

Please help us make the holidays merry and bright for families who are struggling.

11/10/2025

This Thursday at Tsunami Books!

Thursday, November 13, 7 PM: Authors Melissa Hart and Brian Trapp, Reading, Conversation and Q&A about Growing Up in Special Needs Families This

11/07/2025

Many thanks to the wonderful people in our community who have donated to the Food Drive to help The Arc Lane County's food pantry, the CARES Center.

In one week, the CARES Center has received pasta, rice, canned green beans, canned beans, dried figs, wide rice noodles, canned corn, rolled oats, bread, ramen, canned tuna, canned salmon, canned tomato sauce, maple syrup, ketchup, mustard, salad dressing, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, instant mashed potatoes, package of mac and cheese, oat milk, apple sauce, oatmeal, crackers, string cheese, pancake mix, shredded cheese, flour tortillas, margarine, corn bread mix, salt, grape jelly, peanut butter, cans of soup, canned refried beans, microwaveable meals, spaghetti sauce, canned ravioli, canned chili, cereal bars, boxes of cereal, cocoa mix, raisins, hamburger helper mix, boxes of rice pilaf, boxes of au gratin potatoes, granola bars, milk, eggs, chicken, canned fruit, spices, lentils, cans of spam and Rice Krispie treats.

What an incredible outpouring of support! Please keep the donations coming. The Arc Lane County staff and the CARES Center staff are incredible grateful!!

11/05/2025

The rights of children with disabilities are under threat - jeopardizing decades of progress.

Call or email your elected officials to tell them to stand up for the rights and protections for students with disabilities and demand the Senate and House conduct an oversight hearing about the threats to special education.

Watch a National Town Hall where parents, educators & advocates discussed actions to protect children with disabilities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU18odnhesY&feature=youtu.be

Virtual Town Hall - To Protect Children with Disabilities & Protect IDEAIn light of recent events in the U.S. Department of Education and actions that threa...

11/05/2025

In addition to the food drive for the CARES Center, The Arc is collecting funds to provide 300 families with a holiday box in December.

Please help us make the holidays merry and bright for local families.

Thank you!

11/04/2025

🚨 IMPORTANT FOOD RESOURCE UPDATE!

A federal judge ruled Friday that SNAP benefits must continue during the government shutdown. But the reality is EBT card reloads can take 1-2 weeks. Don't wait — get food support today.

✅ Oregon Food Bank: 503-282-0555 or oregonfoodbank.org
✅ Dial 211 for local food pantries & meal programs

No one should go hungry. ❤️

11/04/2025

The Springfield Eugene Tenant Association compiled this helpful list of Lane County food resources.

Nonprofits, Community Resources, and Government Agency Information Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) Food Resources in Oregon / Recursos de Alimentos Specific Programs for People 60+ or living with a disability Community Meal Programs Home Delivered Meals Senior Farm Direct Nutrition ...

11/03/2025

TOMORROW: Virtual Town Hall to Protect Children with Disabilities & Learning Ideas

The Arc of the US, along with several other disability advocacy organizations, is co-hosting a virtual town hall on education tomorrow, November 4, at 4:00 pm ET. The Arc’s Robyn Linscott will be one of the speakers who will provide the latest information on activities at the US Department of Education and what they mean for students with disabilities. This event is open to all chapters and advocates.

Co-Hosted by COPAA, Center for Learner Equity, The Arc, Council for Exceptional Children, National Center for Learning Disabilities, National Down Syndrome Congress

11/01/2025