Although the community knows the Board of
MR/DD best
for early childhood centers, schools, adult activities centers
and group homes, we offer a full range of services, everything
from in-home early intervention programs for very young children
and their families to leisure programs for seniors and specialized
therapies (speech-language, occupational and physical), psychological
services, support administration, quality
assurance, family
resources and respite care, supported living, vocational training,
community
employment,
rehabilitation engineering and crisis intervention.
The Ohio General Assembly established boards of mental retardation in
all of Ohio's counties in 1967 as a result of the strong lobbying efforts
of parents whose local school districts refused to enroll their children.
(Developmental disabilities was added to the name and responsibilities
several years later.) Early on, services centered on school-age programs,
but since then, services have expanded far beyond that. Today, enrollment
among very young children and adults far surpasses the school enrollment.
A seven-member unpaid board oversees our overall operations. The Cuyahoga
County Commissioners appoint five members; the presiding judge of Probate
Court appoints two. At least three of the board members must be the parents
of enrollees.
Funding for our operations comes from three sources, a countywide property
tax and state and federal funds. The local tax, which accounts for more
than 60 percent of our primary support, is a 3.9-mill continuing levy that
Cuyahoga County voters last approved with a 69 percent 'yes' vote in 2005.
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