06-03-2025
Local agency supports developmental disability programs
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — The month of March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, and Thursday, the Mahoning County Commissioners heard from one of the many clients who receive services from the local Board of Developmental Disabilities.
The agency cares for about 2,000 individuals each year and roughly 600 of them are children.
Directors say the state recently increased what are called the 'waiver rates' for Medicaid to cover the 'DD's' different services.
'Those Medicaid services – which could be residential day programs, employment assistance, transportation, home modifications to hope people live in their homes – equates to roughly $100 million worth of services in this county for individuals served,' said board member Bill Whitacre.
Whitacre thanked the commissioners for their ongoing support for the DD programs in the Valley.
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