Our History

Purchase & Opening of Roxbury Respite Group Home

Randolph property is named Paradise Farm, dedicated after Gail Paradise, former Asistant Executive Director who served ArcMorris for 42 years

Summer camp opens at new Randolph property

Opening of newly-constructed Whippany Group Home, serving those with higher behavioral needs

Opening of completely renovated Washington Group Home, serving those with higher behavioral needs

Project College program opens, offering an inclusive collegiate experience for individuals with I/DD

Day Hab Without Walls program opens, aiming to provide real-world skill-building experiences for individuals with I/DD

70th Anniversary Celebration at Annual Gala

Purchase of a farm property at 54 Park Avenue in Randolph to use as a multi-purpose space including a summer camp

In memory of his Uncle James Krauklis, Matt Dinday rode his bicycle cross county from San Francisco to Portland, ME to raise awareness and funds for the agency

Agency-wide Family Picnic held at the Loretta & Julius Krauklis Center in Flanders with over 250 in attendance

Re-opening of former Chatham Respite Home as Chatham Group Home

Opened the Rubenstein Respite Home

25th Annual ArcMorris Foundation Golf Outing Held

Completed Expansion of the Hanover and Dover Adult Training Centers

The newly renovated and re-named central office, The ArcMorris Chapter’s F.M. Kirby Administrative Center, is dedicated.

The opening and dedication of the new Loretta & Julius Krauklis Center takes place.

Purchase of Flanders School

Secured long-term, 25 year lease for Central Administrative Headquarters

Initiated first Capital Campaign to raise $3,000,000

Parsippany Access I Group Home opened (#18)

50th Anniversary celebrated

Walkathon held for the first time

Dover Adult Training Center opened, serving Medical and Senior Special Needs

Saturday Respite Program established

Hanover Township Mountain Avenue Group Home opened (#16), our first donated home

Aftercare Respite Program established

Morris Township Ketch Road Supervised Apartment Program opened, dedicated as The Harry F. Wilkinson Arc House for Independent Living

Agency name changed to The ArcMorris County Chapter, New Jersey, Inc.

First Annual Radiocast held

Supportive Living Program established

Special Needs Adaptive Preschool (SNAP) opened

Randolph Township Group Home dedicated (#12), our first newly constructed home funded by HUD

In-Home Respite Program established

Morristown Behavioral Special Needs Group Home opened (#11)

Hanover Adult Training Center opened

St. Elizabeth's Adult Training Center opened

Developmental Day Care program established at the St. Elizabeth location

Supported Employment Program started

First residents move into the Lake Hiawatha group home

First group home opened in Lake Hiawatha within Parsippany-Troy Hills Township

Flanders Adult Training Center opened

Administrative Office moved to Central Avenue on the Greystone Psychiatric Hospital Campus

Morris County Adaptive Recreational Program (McARP) established

Purchased the Garland School, relocated offices to this Chester site and renamed it Deerhaven

Early Intervention Program established

Two new school buses were purchased to transport Day Training pupils

Day Time Care Training Center started

"Happy Day" Camp begins with 14 campers

Boy Scout Group & Girl Scout Troop started

First office opened in Morristown

Nursery class established

Sheltered Workshop Program established

Formally incorporated as the New Jersey Association for Retarded Children, Morris Unit and joined the National Association for Retarded Children

The Morris Unit of the New Jersey Parent's Group for Retarded* Children was formed and held its first meeting in September of 1952.