Summit County kicked off Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in record-breaking style! Over 25,000 people united to celebrate Inclusion Day…showing that our great community is strongest when everyone is included! Read More ›
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2024 Summit DD Action Plan
The Summit DD Action Plan features Agency priorities in 2024, the final year of our 2022 – 2024 Long Range Plan.
We continue to look forward to the next chapter. You are a part of our community, and we will spend the next year listening to you as we outline the priorities of our story together with the creation of the 2025 – 2030 Long Range Plan.
Summit County Launches the Accessibility Library
The Accessibility Library is a strategy identified in the Akron/Summit Cultural Plan (2020) which originated with artist and advocate Alicia Hopkins. The thoughtful implementation of a process by which nonprofit community groups could access assistive technology and support items for events has been carried forward by the Akron-Summit County Public Library, Advancing Independence Network, Arts Now, Direction Home and Summit DD. Read More ›
Summit County Voters Pass Issue 17: A Message from the Superintendent
I am delighted to announce that the voters of Summit County passed Issue 17 with over a 60% passage rate (unofficial results). The replacement of Summit DD’s operating levy ensures that the agency can support more than 5,000 adults and children with developmental disabilities from 2025 – 2030. Read More ›