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Board of Developmental Disabilities

1275 Lakeside Avenue East
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1132

Kathy Schneider
Telephone: 216-241-8230
FAX: 216-861-0253
Website: www.ccbmrdd.org

Contact Person: President David L. Deming (Ann)
ddeming@gate.cia.edu
Cleveland Institute of Art
11141 East Blvd.
Cleveland OH 44106
Telephone: 216-421-7408
FAX: 216-754-3224

Responsibility:
To assist children and adults with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities in choosing and achieving a life of increasing capability such that they can live, learn, work and play in the community and to assist and support their families in achieving this objective.  

Qualifications:
Seven members - Five appointed by Cuyahoga County, two appointed by Probate Court. All members must be County residents and U.S. citizens, and familiar with the MR/DD and other allied fields.

Of the five Cuyahoga County-appointed positions, at least two shall be relatives of persons eligible for services provided by the County Board of Menal Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, and, whenever possible, one shall be a relative of a person eligible for adult services and the other shall be a relative of a person eligible for early intervention services or services for pre-school or school-age children.

Of the two Probate Court appointments, one shall be the relative of a person eligible for residential services or supported living.  

Appointing Authority		Length of Term
Cuyahoga County	5	4 years
Probate Court	2

Public Meetings:  
Regular Board meetings are conducted at 5:30 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month. The location of meetings is announced in advance.

Authorization:
Ohio Revised Code §5126.