Handbooks & Manuals

Family Resource Guide

A guide to benefits, supports & services for families raising children with cognitive, intellectual or developmental disabilities. 
North Dakota Guide
Minnesota Guide

EPSDT:
Supporting Children with Disabilities

HSR recently completed a 50-page booklet entitled, "EPSDT: Supporting Children with Disabilities", which was developed as a user-friendly resource to help families, advocates and others better understand EPSDT services. This booklet describes EPSDT, its components, eligibility, access, services, immigration issues, grievance and appeals procedures, and more.

Fact Sheets

Social Security

The CCD Task Force on Social Security has prepared a set of seven fact sheets on Social Security and people with disabilities. The fact sheets are intended to assist people in understanding what benefits people with disabilities receive from Social Security and the potential impact of privatization.

Social Security Facts

How is Social Security Funded?

How are the Social Security and SSI Disability Programs different?

How does Social Security help people with disabilities and their families?

What benefits do people with disabilities get from Social Security?

How does Social Security protect young workers and their families?

How will individual private accounts affect Social Security?

Checklist: Effect of prposed changes on people with disabilities and their families.

Videos Produced by The Arc, Upper Valley

Abolition of Shame:
A North Dakota Homecoming

Produced in 1993, Abolition of Shame illustrates the progress made in North Dakota in the decade since de-institutionalization began and how community integration provided social and economic benefits to the state of North Dakota.  Available in VHS and DVD formats for $39.95.  To order, call The Arc, Upper Valley at 772-6191.

Pursuing the Promise:
The Arc’s Struggle for Equailty

The historical documentary “Pursuing the Promise is the story of the conditions that led to the 1982 lawsuit against the state of North Dakota and how the lawsuit’s legacy fares today. Available in VHS and DVD formats for $39.95. To order, call The Arc, Upper Valley at 772-6191.

The Arc, Upper Valley
2500 DeMers Avenue   PO Box 12420
Grand Forks ND 58208
(701) 772-6191 Phone
(701) 772-2195 Fax