Always There Ohio

Thanks to the Monroe and Noble county boards of developmental disabilities, Lisa has received support, while working to achieve her goals.

Lisa's Story - Always There for Ohio Lisa Love resides in Noble County — where resources can be scarce, but resourcefulness is abundant. And resourceful is what her mother, Faye, has been from the start, crossing county lines to find meaningful supports for her daughter. Faye describes a time when no one could tell her what type of dis...

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After the Great Depression, a grassroots movement led by parents of children with developmental disabilities began to take hold.

Local Parent Groups Form - Always There for Ohio The earliest stages of a grass-roots movement, led by parents of children with developmental disabilities, began to take hold in the years following the Great Depression. In 1933, the Cuyahoga County Council for the Re****ed Child was established in Ohio. This group was founded to assist the childre...