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2009
Annual Action Plan Summary
"LCBMRDD:
Celebrating Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
-- This slideshow presentation was part of the March 12,
2009 "MRDD Awareness Day in Licking County"
program. It highlights the agency's rich history in our
community and its vision for the future. (Please note
that this slideshow was developed before the name change
took effect).
A WELCOME LETTER
FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT
Welcome to the brand new, stand-alone Website of the Licking
County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
We are Licking County's most comprehensive provider of
services and supports for people with developmental
disabilities. We serve more than 1,300 people with
mental retardation and other developmental disabilities
throughout the county.
Some of these people are beautiful
babies and playful toddlers, some are working adults,
and some are young people in school who learn more
slowly. They all seek to lead their lives to the best of
their abilities, and be successful community
partners.
Our agency was created under Ohio law in
1967 as the Licking County Board of Mental Retardation
and Developmental Disabilities. On August 24, 2009, our
name changed to the Licking County Board of
Developmental Disabilities (LCBDD).
At the LCBDD, we make the most of our
funding. We measure our success by the sounds of
children learning to speak, the smile from an adult
getting his first job or apartment in the community, and
the thanks received from a family getting the help
needed to keep an older family member with disabilities
living at home.
Our staff takes very seriously the
stewardship of your tax dollars, and we take great care
to provide quality services to the more than 1,300
children and adults we serve. Like other agencies, the
LCBDD continues to receive significant cuts in state
funding. In 2002, state funding was 20 percent of our
budget. Last year, it was just 10 percent. In response,
we have become very good at working with families to
determine what their priorities are, and putting our
resources where they are needed most. A broad network of
community service organizations is tapped to assist in
providing needed services in the most cost-efficient
manner. We appreciate our many community partners,
especially in the provision of residential services --
an area of growing need and interest to people with
disabilities in Licking County and throughout Ohio.
HIGHLIGHTS OF
THE PAST YEAR
In 2008, we served 1,366
people -- the largest population of service recipients
in our history. This represents a 37-percent increase
over ten years ago when we served 997 individuals.
Last year, 290 infants
and toddlers received Early Intervention services
(occupational, physical and speech therapy, along with
service coordination and playgroup participation) at the
E.S. Weiant and Ann Davino centers. Also in 2008, there
were 300 families who received support services such as
respite care and adaptive equipment.
This past January, we celebrated six years of operating the Ann Davino Center
in the Pataskala area. More than 25 percent of the
babies and toddlers we serve live in western Licking
County. The Ann Davino Center is located at 12202 Morse
Road in the former Jersey Elementary School.
In 2008, there were 238 adults employed
in the LICCO Inc. workshop, operated by the LCBDD Adult
Services staff. LICCO partners with area
businesses to provide meaningful work experiences to
people with developmental disabilities, therefore
increasing independence. Last year, another 168 adults
worked at subcontracted sites and in the community with
ongoing support from LICCO's Community Employment
Services.
In 2008, our Transportation Services
department achieved a 100-percent score on its annual
inspection by the Ohio Highway Patrol, and traveled
430,230 miles in Board-owned vehicles. Another nearly
20,000 trips were made by the Licking County Transit
Board through a contractual partnership with the LCBDD.
Also last year, there were 538 preschool
and school age children (age 3 to 22) who received
Service Coordination. That same number of adults also
received similar services from the LCBDD's Service
Coordination component.
Very recently, the E. S. Weiant Center,
operated by the LCBDD, graduated 40 preschool students
-- those with developmental disabilities and their
typically-developing peers. Next school year, they will
attend kindergarten classes in their home
districts.
The LCBDD Early Childhood/Preschool
program was merged with the Newark City Schools and
Flying Colors preschool programs at the close of the
2008-2009 school year.
In July 2009, our Administration offices
moved from 65 W. Church St., in downtown Newark, to our
flagship building -- the Eleanor S. Weiant Center -- at
116 N. 22nd St.
To view our 2008 Annual Report,
published in May 2009, please click
here.
Year after year, we thank
our community for its kind support -- particularly our
partners in service delivery, Board members, local
employers, and especially the citizens of Licking County
who provide the means necessary to meet the needs of the
individuals we serve.
Please continue to
check back to this Web site for updates. We would like to
know what you think and to solicit your suggestions for
how we can improve your online experience. Please forward your comments to our Webmaster:
heather.odendahl@LCountyDD.org
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