For the past three years, Summit DD has partnered with Summit County Jobs and Family Services to provide essential employment opportunities for local teens. In 2016, the program impacted 35 people and then in 2017 it grew to 40. This summer, Summit DD nearly doubled the impact—benefiting 79 teens. Read More ›
Tag Archives: Jobs and family services

Community Partnership Helps Nearly 100 Local Teens
- News
- Date: Aug 08, 2018
- Author: Eric Bailey
- Comments: ( 0 )

Food Assistance for Those with Disabilities
More than ever before adults with developmental disabilities are living and participating in their communities with support from Summit DD. Supports can provide important services like transportation, home-care, or day programs, to name a few. Individuals who live in congregate settings, or in other words individuals with disabilities who share a residence as roommates in their community, have many of the same expenses as other citizens. However, many don’t earn as much as their typically developing peers. Sometimes income doesn’t cover all of the monthly costs for an individual with a disability and there is a need to help subsidize cost of living expenses, like groceries, through local funding.
Read More ›
- News
- Date: Apr 18, 2014
- Author: Tricia Perduk
- Comments: ( 0 )