1957 The Mesa Association for Retarded Citizens (Mesa ARC) was established by nine families having children with special needs. |
| 1962 Purchase of first permanent location at 525 South Wilbur, Mesa. Mamie Eisenhower visited the school in 1966. |
| 1967 Mesa School District agreed to provide educational programs and classroom space for the trainable mentally retarded at Washington School. Ineligible trainable mentally handicapped continued at Marc School. |
| 1972 Infant and preschool programs established. |
| Marc accepted physically as well as mentally handicapped children and began providing a day care and training program for the convenience of working parents. Summer program started. Name changed to Marc School for the Handicapped. |
| 1974 Marc Center establishes first vocation program |
| 1976 Marc Center establishes it's first group home on Mesa Drive |
| 1978 Mesa ARC moved to its current facility at 924 North Country Club Drive, which was acquired through a City of Mesa Community Development Block Grant. |
| 1980 Marc Center establishes satellite program in Apache Junction |
| 1981 Marc Center awarded a three year accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). |
1987 Marc Center purchased an existing group home and purchased property and built another home. Number of group homes operated was 12. |
1991 Marc Center establishes BHS subsidiary |
| 1995 Marc Center develops HCBS Program |
| 2001 Marc Center begins tremendous growth period |
| Marc Center is approved by ValueOptions to own and operate permanent housing programs for people with serious mental illness. |
| 2003
Marc
Center
of Mesa, Inc. ends its 45 year affiliation with the ARC of the United States.
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| 2004 Marc Center opens it's new facility at 924 N. Country Club Drive |
| 2005 Marc Center receives its 10th consecutive three-year national accreditation, the highest level of certification issued by CARF. |
2006 Marc Center completed the build-out of the floor of the Dustin D. Wolfswinkel Rehabilitation Center which accommodates all of the accounting offices and centralizes administration.
Marc Center’s Employment Related Services relocated temporarily to a rented facility and the prefabricated metal buildings were demolished in preparation for the construction of the new vocational training facility.
Marc Center ’s Behavioral Health Services has acquired three new homes for residential services and established two Village programs to assist consumers in their personal recovery process by providing an integrated service package that makes use of natural community support systems. |