Care and clinical
L'Arche USA
Washington, DC, United States
US national office of the international L'Arche federation of communities where people with and without intellectual disabilities share daily life, coordinating member communities across the country from Washington, DC.
- Focus
- Intellectual disability, Down syndrome
- Leadership
- Mixed leadership
- Where
- In person
- Languages
- English
- Since
- 1972
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Verified 2026-09-09 from larcheusa.org. Added 2026-09-09 by the editorial team.
Note: 1972 marks the first US L'Arche community (Erie, PA); the international federation was founded in France in 1964 by Jean Vanier. Christian community model in which people with intellectual disabilities are core members rather than sole governors.
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