Stark County, Ohio Board Of DD To Transition All Adult Services To Private Providers 

On April 20, 2016, the Stark County, Ohio, Board of Developmental Disabilities (DD) Conflict-Free Case Management Task Force recommended that the board transition all adult program services to private provider organizations effective January 1, 2018. After receiving community input through a series of focus groups in May and June, the board will vote on a privatization timetable.

Graph 2 - Currently, the Stark County Board of DD serves 325 people at the Lester Higgins and West Stark facilities where The Workshops, Inc. (TWi) currently provides adult programs. TWi is legally separate non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization incorporated in 1968 . . .