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Local Arc gets recreation grant

TUPPER LAKE — The Adirondack Arc, the Franklin-Hamilton Chapter of NYSARC Inc., has been awarded $12,000 in grants from the Trustee Management Board of NYSARC Trust Services to provide recreational opportunities for people receiving its services.

The funds are used to send people with developmental disabilities to concerts, county fairs, physical fitness programs, art lessons and therapeutic massages.

NYSARC Trust Services administers supplemental needs trusts that can make improvements to the lives of people with disabilities while enabling individuals to maintain eligibility for public benefits programs such as Medicaid and Social Security. For 2020, NYSARC Trust Services is awarding a total of $2,636,000 in grants to The Arc chapters around New York.

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