Category Archives: Agency Updates

Group of Summit DD Staff celebrating Inclusion Day.

Inclusion Day 2024

Monday, March 4, 2024 is Inclusion Day! Grab your orange attire and join Summit DD in painting the county ORANGE to kick off DD Awareness Month and promote community inclusion.

Inclusion is about sharing experiences. So remember to share pics of you and your school, co-workers or friends wearing orange. Add #IncludeME and tag us – @SummitDD on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. We want to see your inclusion pride!

Add some SWAGger to your Inclusion Day Read More ›

Summit County Sheriff MUI Detective Joseph Black.

A Holistic Approach to MUI

Summit DD’s MUI Department and Community Supports & Development Department presented best practices about the power of collaboration to improve health and safety at the 2023 OACB Winter Conference .

The training included:

  • Discuss ways Summit DD’s MUI Team utilizes data and other agency resources for MUI prevention
  • Discuss the partnership between Summit DD and The Summit County Sheriff’s Dept.
  • Describe Summit DD’s Eat Safe Campaign aimed at choking prevention
  • Provide suggestions on how other counties can replicate some aspects of Summit DD’s outreach

Download

Download the PowerPoint presentation here.

Tablet laying on a desk with the words Action Plan and blank to dos under it

We want your input: Summit DD 2024 Action Plan Draft

Each year, Summit DD creates an Annual Action Plan that outlines specific action items that help the Agency and our team members achieve the priorities identified in our Long-Range Plan. 2024 marks the final year of the current Long-Range Plan and its objectives: Read More ›

Image of Summit DD's Cuyahoga Fall building with signage

News from the Community: Former Tallmadge Campus Update

On May 13, 2022, Summit DD officially moved into its new administrative building in Cuyahoga Falls. This completed a two-year plan that moved the organization’s operations from Tallmadge to its existing buildings in Barberton and Cuyahoga Falls. The move came after careful planning and assessments that helped make Summit DD’s offices more accessible to all residents within Summit County.

There has been a lot of activity at this former property over the past year. We’re happy to report that this campus that has helped so many of our fellow community members and families throughout the past 50 years, continues to support our Summit County communities, just new ways. Here’s the latest about how the former campus continues to evolve. Read More ›

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