Butler County Board of Developmental Disabilities history

In 1973, Fair Acres Center opened.

In addition to adult services at Fair Acres, the Board opened Middletown Center in June 1974.

The Board began programming for young children from birth up to age three through an Early Intervention Program in 1975.

In 1976, the DD agency started its first preschool age classes.

On the home front, the Board entered into residential services when it opened the first group home in Seven Mile in 1978.

The Arc of Butler County’s Family Living Program also began in 1988.

The Supportive Employment Program (COD) was expanded in 1991 with the help of grant funds from the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR). Program offerings have expanded to provide job coaching and transition services to students leaving high school and entering the community.

In 1997, the Board renamed the Fair Acres Center the Janet Clemmons Center for Young Children and Families.

In 2000, Butler County voters approved a two-mill continuing replacement levy.

In 2002, the Middletown program was expanded with an additional site and renamed The Middletown Enrichment Center.

Also in 2003, the Level One Waiver Program began.

In 2004, Butler County voters approved a one mill continuing replacement levy which gave the Board 3 total continuing mils as local revenue.

In the spring of 2006, after 30 years of providing specialized preschool classrooms, the Butler County Board of DD began to transfer the operation of the specialized preschool classrooms back to the local school districts.

In 2010, the Butler County Board adopted a plan to consolidate facilities in order to maximize revenue and to move toward more community based programs for more individuals.

As of 2015, the non-profit Board owns 57 homes which individuals can live in using their income for rent and residential Medicaid waivers to fund in-home supports.