Providing Information on Supports, Resources, Alternatives to Guardianship, & Tools for Decision Making
The following packet contains information to help families become better informed about tools and local resources available in the community to assist people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in making independent decisions and avoiding limiting a person’s rights, choices, dignity and personal freedoms. The Arc New York's policy is to accept referrals for guardianship and initiate or participate in a guardianship proceeding only after other less restrictive alternatives have been evaluated and determined not to be appropriate to meet the decision- making needs of an individual. The Arc New York will serve only as a Guardian of Last Resort when family members/relatives or others are unable, unwilling, or otherwise unavailable or incapable of serving in this capacity.
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