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Thank you for your interest in The Arc Jacksonville’s On Campus Transition at ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ×ÊÁÏ (OCT). Our application is housed through ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ×ÊÁÏ's application portal as a non-degree seeking, undergraduate application. The deadline for all applications is June 1. Applications are only accepted for the fall semester. Please note that incomplete applications will not be reviewed or considered. The application, along with all supporting documentation, must be submitted to the OCT office. The office is located on the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ×ÊÁÏ campus in Building 57 on the second floor.

To access the OCT application, please click here. 

If you have questions regarding the application or the program, please contact the OCT office at (904) 620-3890 or oct@arcjacksonville.org.

If your student is interested in living residentially while attending the OCT Program, please email oct@arcjacksonville.org to request more information regarding our residential program.

Qualifications Requirements

Candidates for OCT are eligible upon meeting the following criteria:

• Have an intellectual or developmental disability

• Have completed high school coursework

• Students who received a standard diploma  must provide additional documentation that they received ESE services due to having an intellectual disability

• Be eligible for or receiving SSDI or SSI

• Have a desire to receive transition services in a college setting

• Have exhibited a need and a desire for greater independence

• Be able to travel independently while on the college campus

• Have exhibited socially adaptive and responsible behavior when left unsupervised

• Be able to communicate with others

• Be at least 18 years of age

• Have satisfactory school attendance from previous schools

• Have a health insurance plan (Medicaid, Medicare, Private)

• Must consent to being photographed, filmed, interviewed, and/or quoted in media and publications

• Have own cell phone before entering the program (this is not provided by OCT)