Advocacy promotes and protects the civil rights of children and adults with IDD. The Arc's professional advocates provide assistance and information sharing to individuals and families on such matters as available supports, public education, employment and housing. Information is shared with local, state and federal legislators to ensure policies promote the best interest of individuals with IDD.

In Home Respite/Family Aide service is provided to supervise and support individuals with intellectual disabilities/autism living in private homes on a short-term basis during times when their primary caretaker is absent or needs relief.

Provides advocacy on behalf of individuals and their families to ensure that they receive the benefits and services for which they are eligible and that organizations within the established service delivery system meet the collective needs of the client. Provides advocacy in schools and in the community. Service provided on case by case basis.

Offer a Kindergarten Program that features two classes: one classroom that serves both typically developing children and those with special needs and one classroom dedicated to teaching children with an autism diagnosis.

Transportation service is offered to qualified individuals with intellectual disabilities/autism needing non-medical transportation. Service provided on case by case situational basis.

Provides services that assist individuals in meeting personal needs, performing basic daily activities, and getting out into the community.

Providing a safe and non-threatening way to process emotions, thoughts, and experiences. Also, helps individuals learn to regulate their emotions, develop coping skills, and improve self-control, Play therapy is often used with children with developmental delays, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or other special needs. Beneficial for children experiencing major life changes such as parental divorce, relocation, loss of a loved one, or changes in family structure.

Provides supports uniquely designed to meet individual desire and need. Both facility based, community integrated and virtual opportunities for personal growth and social interaction are offered. In addition, the Adult Day Service offers support to promote the continued development of communication and job readiness skills.

Offers comprehensive routine and restorative dental care for patients with intellectual disabilities, autism, and behavioral health needs. Along with scheduled appointments, also accommodates emergency appointments and referrals for patients. Provides both non-sedation and intravenous (IV) sedation dental treatments, based upon each patient’s needs.

Offers comprehensive routine and restorative dental care for patients with intellectual disabilities, autism, and behavioral health needs. Along with scheduled appointments, also accommodates emergency appointments and referrals for patients. Provides both non-sedation and intravenous (IV) sedation dental treatments, based upon each patient’s needs.

Supported Employment Services assists adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities gain and maintain employment. Particular to individual needs, an Arc Job Coach will assist with the application process, skill development, and any area related to acquiring and keeping a job including transportation and social skill awareness.

Home and Community-Based Autism services are provided to children ranging in age from early childhood to twenty-one, using a tiered approach. For pre-school children, Friendship House offers an intensive behavioral intervention home-based program that focuses on increasing basic learning and language skills. For school-aged children, interventions may include Direct Service Professional support in school, to help the individual learn appropriate adaptive behaviors and decrease behavioral symptoms that may impede learning. In addition, home programming may also be a component of a childâs treatment plan. Home programming for school-aged children typically involves increasing daily living, and socialization while also decreasing maladaptive behaviors. Other individuals on the Spectrum may benefit from interventions that are based in the community in which they live to encourage and utilize services/resources available to all of members of our society.

Regularly scheduled leisure choices are offered each week throughout the year. Programs are varied and include dinners, dances, swimming, bingo, arts/crafts, special events and much more. Also provides a Fun and Friendship Bowling League, which meets regularly. For children, the Arc offers a five-week summer camp program. In addition "Arc Tracks" presents travel prospects for those who enjoy excursions to destinations such as New York City, Philadelphia, and Lancaster for shows and shopping. We also experience amusement parks, and sporting events.

Companion program service is provided to individuals living in private homes for the limited purpose of providing supervision and assistance directed towards the health and safety of an adult with intellectual disabilities/autism.

Providing specialized designed space to help an individual with sensory issues learn to regulate their brain’s negative reactions to external stimuli by developing coping skills for these experiences.

Offers comprehensive routine and restorative dental care for patients with intellectual disabilities, autism, and behavioral health needs. Along with scheduled appointments, also accommodates emergency appointments and referrals for patients. Provides both non-sedation and intravenous (IV) sedation dental treatments, based upon each patient’s needs.

Assists individuals to fully function as members of our community with-out twenty-four hour staff supervision. A Supported Living Coach provides supports to individuals in one or more of the following areas: scheduling appointments, budgeting, shopping, transportation, etc. Family Living/Life Sharing offers an opportunity for an individual with intellectual and developmental disabilities and a family or individual to share their lives. Family Living/Life Sharing is based on the importance of enduring and permanent relationships as the foundation for learning life skills, developing self-esteem and learning to exist in interdependence with others.

Provides services to individuals with Autism who have deficiencies in adaptive behavior and need assistance with some of the basic tasks of daily living. Coordinates with other state programs that provide similar services for consumers without these deficiencies.

Provides trained staff in each home to assist individuals in various aspects of household routines such as shopping, laundry, cooking, budgeting and entertaining.

Provides caregivers an opportunity to enjoy a night off, or some quiet time to spend with their other children while their child with autism is safely cared for. Respite Care is open to all families affected by autism, regardless of their affiliation with Friendship House.

Provides in home and community settings to assist individuals with Intellectual Disabilities/Autism in acquiring, maintaining, and improving self-help, domestic, socialization, and adaptive skills needed to reside successfully in home and community-based settings.

The Adult Autism Waiver (AAW) is a 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid waiver designed to provide long-term services and supports for community living, tailored to the specific needs of adults aged 21 or older with ASD. The program is designed to help adults with autism spectrum disorder participate in their communities in the way they want to, based on their identified needs.

Helps children with autism achieve the next level of independence based on their unique needs and strengths.

Offers monitoring of waiver services, eligibility determination for intellectual disabilities and autism, and monitoring of provider compliance with state and federal regulations.

Providing a safe and non-threatening way to process emotions, thoughts, and experiences. Also, helps individuals learn to regulate their emotions, develop coping skills, and improve self-control, Play therapy is often used with children with developmental delays, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or other special needs. Beneficial for children experiencing major life changes such as parental divorce, relocation, loss of a loved one, or changes in family structure.