Welcome to the Board of Developmental Disabilities Website!
Each year, the Board of DD provides services and supports to more than 10,000 boys and girls and men and women in Cuyahoga County. The community knows us best for our early childhood centers, schools, adult activities centers and group homes, but we’re much more than that.
Our full range of services includes everything from in-home early intervention programs for very young children and their families to leisure programs for seniors. Much of what we do goes beyond the walls of our own centers and homes and takes place in the community, where we encourage individuals with developmental disabilities to live, learn, work and play.
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May board agenda
The May board meeting will be Thursday, May 24, 2012, at 5:30 p.m. at the Michael A. Donzella Administration Building, 1275 Lakeside Avenue East, in downtown Cleveland. Board meetings are open to the public.
Doggie Day Care & Boarding opens
Hattie Larlham has opened Hattie’s Doggie Day Care & Boarding at 18200 Brookpark Road in Cleveland. The award-winning social enterprise provides vocational training and meaningful employment to people with developmental disabilities. The new location, just two miles from Hopkins International Airport and within walking distance of the Brookpark RTA station, will create 40 jobs for people with developmental disabilities. The cage-free facility offers day care, overnight boarding and grooming services for dogs. The 5,300-square-foot facility featuring 26 individual dog rooms, two 2,000-square-foot outdoor play areas and four indoor activity areas was made possible through the support and financial commitment of the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
[Cuyahoga County Councilman Jack Schron (right) visits with one of the Doggie Day Care guests and Renee, who works at the new location.]
Dr. Ryan receives ADAMHS award
Superintendent Terry Ryan received a Community Partner Collaboration award from the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County. The award is based on our efforts to ensure that the city of Strongsville carefully considered appropriate language in an ordinance regarding community-based residential care facilities; our financial support for the Seasons of Hope Safe House for women who have developmental disabilities and alcohol and other drug addictions and our recent Community-Based Care Conference, which explored ways to divert individuals with developmental disabilities and/or mental illness and addiction issues from jail and emergency rooms and into community programs. We are proud that these contributions to Cuyahoga County's behavioral health system are making a difference in the lives of people we serve.
[Presenting the award to Dr. Ryan (second from left) were (left to right) Dr. Pythias D. Jones and Rev. Iris Lynn Bailey, of the ADAMHS board and William M. Dennihan, its CEO.]
Visit our Assistive Technology Department's wiki
The Cuyahoga County Board of DD's Assistive Technology Department has launched a wiki . Go there to find links, vendors, stories, and virtually anything else that relates to assistive technology.
Put me in, coach!
Plan now to take in a game or two or three at Progressive Field this baseball season.
Want to be an urban farmer?
May calendar
For those who prefer an electronic version of the monthly calendar sent home with all children and adults enrolled at our sites
Annual Ken Mantkowski Fishing Derby
Sign up in advance to take part in this annual event!
Sports Challenge Unlimited
Sign up by Friday, May 25, to take part in the Howard Zucker Sports Challenge Unlimited, which takes place Saturday, June 2, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at our Green Road Developmental Center in Highland Hills. The Chagrin Highlands Rotary sponsors this event specially designed for those with multiple disabilities.
Cuyahoga Board of DD earms five-year accreditation
The Cuyahoga County Board of DD has earned a five-year accreditation from the Ohio Department of DD for the quality services and supports we provide to people with developmental disabilities. The comprehensive state review took place late in 2011 and involved several surveyors who spent three days reviewing all areas of our operations, including personnel administration, services and supports and the general efficiency and effectiveness of the Cuyahoga County Board of DD. Very few county boards of developmental disabilities receive a five-year accreditation, so the award is a real tribute to the preparation that led up to the review and to the ongoing quality of the services and supports we provide.
[John Martin (right), director of the Ohio Department of DD, presents Superintendent Terry Ryan with the certification award.]
Spring's here; think GOLF
The 21st Annual Friends of DD golf outing will be Friday, July 13, 2012, at Grey Hawk. The shotgun start will be at 8:30 am. Mark your calendars! More details to come!