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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:
ARCA began providing community-based support services with its child study center and
its preschool and recreational programs in 1957; and
ARCA was founded by a group of caring families seeking community-based
opportunities for their developmentally disabled children; and
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
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
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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