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Individuals with MR/DD who can
no longer live with their families receive the assistance they
need to find new homes with the help of the
Board of MR/DD's Community & Residential Services. Often,
their parents are elderly or in poor health and simply can
not care for them any longer.
We offer a range of options for people to live in the least
restrictive environment. These include supported living, community
group
homes, foster care, home and community-based waivers and various
resources that allow individuals to continue to live in their
family's home.
Our 58 community group homes serve
more than 400 residents in 39 different communities and more
than 900 individuals live in homes of
their own choosing through supported living and community waivers.
The development and operation of community living options is
a unique public-private venture among the Board of MR/DD, North
Coast Community Homes, a nonprofit housing development and
management corporation, and more than two dozen community agencies
that provide staffing and handle day-to-day operations.
Our Family
Resources Program helps families in their efforts
to care for a relative with MR/DD at home, avoiding the need
for residential placement. Individuals do not have to enroll
in any other Board of MR/DD to take part. Families
can receive respite care, special equipment, home modifications,
special diets
and counseling, training and education. A sliding scale based
on taxable income determines the family's financial participation
in the costs.
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Want to Know about a Provider?
If you are looking for a provider of home- and community-based waiver services, you can read the results of the "My Voice, My Choice" consumer satisfaction survey completed in 2004. Go to this announcement.
If You're Interested
in Opening
a Group Home
The Cuyahoga County Board of MR/DD does not license group
homes. Ohio no longer licenses new group homes for people with
MR/DD. We do not expect any new development of group
homes in the foreseeable future.
People with MR/DD now get the residential services and supports
they need in their own homes. They typically live with family
members or roommates or by themselves. An individual chooses
a home - apartment, condo, duplex or house - where he or she
wants to live and the people with whom he or she will live.
An individual
also selects a service provider from a list of certified providers.
If you are interested in supporting
people in their own homes, you can call Aggie Girt at (216)
736-2728 for more information on how to become a certified
provider.
If you are interested in starting a group home in your home,
you can contact the Ohio Department
of Health, which licenses
adult care facilities and adult care homes, at (614) 466-7713.
Such homes provide personal care services and supervision to
all vulnerable adults, not just those with MR/DD.
You can also call the Western Reserve
Area Agency on Aging at (216) 621-8010 about adult care foster homes or B. J. Brown
at Services to Adult Care Homes at (216) 621-8322 for more
information about starting an adult care group home.
If you already have a licensed home and would like to receive
referrals, please send written information about the home,
its location, its license capacity, services provided, cost
and a copy of the license to Aggie Girt at CCBMR/DD, 1275
Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114.
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