Community Support Service history

In 1991, the agency was renamed ARC Community Support Systems.

In January of 1992, CSP of Bucks County became a reality with it’s first official committee meeting.

In 1993, the first annual Golf Tournament was held at the Effingham Country Club and the agency was awarded the Excel Award by the Greater Effingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

In 1994, Illinois TASH presented ARC Community Support Systems for two awards for its community inclusion work and public awareness efforts.

First employed with Mecklenburg County in November 1998, Lowry later left the County for 11 months in another position, then returned.

On September 1, 2000, the Opportunity Center of Southeastern Illinois merged with ARC Community Support Systems.

In 2002, the Agape Center, a small HIV/AIDS support organization, merged with FRCA. The integration of programs and services created seamless access to support for a multiplicity of needs.

In 2004, ARC-CSS built a new 16-bed group home called Oakview.

She became director of CSS at the department's creation in 2006.

Also, in 2007, ARC Community Support Systems sold the Opportunity Center in Olney and moved the Children’s Programs and Community Employment Services to the newly leased Magura building.

In late 2010, FRCA reached out to NRICS, in their role as the local community mental health center, to run the agency’s outpatient services.

In her most recent role as CSS Business Manager since January 2013, her responsibilities expanded beyond budget development and oversight and day-to-day operations to also include leading work to expand supportive housing and diversion through the housing stability funds.

In January 2016, ARC Community Support Systems Board of Directors voted to change the name of its not-for-profit corporation to Community Support Systems.

Devine is the Community Support Services department's first Assistant Director, a new position created in 2018.

Garlow assumed his role in March 2021.