Please welcome Spencer Miller-Payne to the team as the new Director of Communications & Marketing. In this role, Spencer cultivates relationships and shares information about The Arc of Texas and provides Texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), their families, and their supporters with updates on the relevant issues.
The Arc of Texas is excited to announce Mason Whitehead as the newest member of the Public Policy & Advocacy team. As the Deputy Director of Public Policy & Advocacy, Mason works to develop legislation related to the Arc’s policy priorities, engage with legislators, and organize grassroots advocacy efforts.
The Arc of Texas Board member Ali Gentry wrote a letter to the editor of the Dallas Morning News that suggested spending some of the state’s budget surplus on IDD services: “My answer on how
to spend Texas’ $40 billion surplus is to alleviate Texas’ chronically overlooked and underfunded Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities services system. Texas’ system of care for the IDD community is failing.”
The Arc of Texas has been prominently featured in a Houston Chronicle investigative series related to home and community based services (HCBS) Medicaid waiver access. All the articles have
featured commentary from Ashley Ford, Director of Public Policy & Advocacy for The Arc of Texas:
The updated 2022-2023 IDEA Manual is now available on the Disability Rights Texas website. The manual, created in
partnership with The Arc of Texas, is designed to help you understand the requirements of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Texas law so you can act as an equal partner in planning your child’s education.
