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Overview

Since its establishment by the Ohio General Assembly in 1967, the Lorain County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (LCBMR/DD) has expanded from servicing mentally retarded children in a school. It now offers a broader range of services that includes adults, individuals with other developmental disabilities, residential programs, and help to the families of students and clients.

 

 

sumbul1a.gif (370 bytes) Best known for its school, workshops, and group homes, the organization offers services ranging from early intervention with the families of infants to leisure programs for seniors
sumbul1a.gif (370 bytes) A seven-member board directs the agency’s operation
sumbul2a.gif (226 bytes)  Five appointed by the Lorain County Commissioners
sumbul2a.gif (226 bytes)  Two by the Judge of the Lorain County Probate Court
sumbul2a.gif (226 bytes)  At least three must be family members of individuals with mental retardation or other developmental disabilities.
sumbul1a.gif (370 bytes) Murray Ridge Center, as the LCBMR/DD is more popularly known, is funded primarily from property tax levies approved by Lorain County voters
sumbul2a.gif (226 bytes)  State and federal funds supplement levies.
sumbul1a.gif (370 bytes) By focusing on helping clients and students to become less dependent on others and by encouraging them to reach their maximum potential, Murray Ridge Center staff works to help people who have mental retardation and developmental disabilities achieve lives of increasing capability.
 

 

Contact Information

Lorain County Board of Mental Retardation

and Developmental Disabilities
    
1091 Infirmary Road

Elyria, Ohio 44035-4805
   

Telephone: 

440-329-3734

Fax: 

440-322-2683
 
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