A group of Oak Ridge and Clinton parents, wanting a better world for their children with disabilities, chartered the Oak Ridge Council for Retarded Children (ORCRC) and started a school for intellectually disabled children in a metal barracks building donated by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)

ORCRC raised money for a new building and the AEC gave them 3 acres of land in 1958 for a school that was completed in 1959

The AEC donated seven more acres and the Daniel Arthur Rehabilitation Center (DARC) was started. This building was adjacent to the original Emory Valley School for Retarded Children and some of their functions were merged

As many of the students at DARC and the Emory Valley School became adults, additional services were added to emphasize vocational training

A new sheltered workshop was built on land donated by the City of Oak Ridge across the street from DARC. The center for adults was known as the Community Services for Exceptional Citizens (CSEC)

Emory Valley Center began providing Residential Services

In January, the name of the agency changed from CSEC to Emory Valley Center (EVC) and began providing Early Intervention Services

Emory Valley Center opened a satellite Day Program in Morgan County called the Advantage Center

Contracted with Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) to provide CHOICES Services

Received accreditation by the Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL)

Celebrated 60 years of Support and Services

Employment and Community First Services Waiver Services began

The Caldwell-Thompson Building Opens for Services

Behavioral Health Services began

Katie Beckett Services began

Received three-year Technology First accreditation by SHIFT for Enabling Technology

Medicaid Alternative Pathways to Independence Services (MAPs) began