ALERT:Stark DD is HIRING!
Join us for our JOB FAIR on Thursday, June 30, 2022, from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. at Whipple-Dale Centre, 2950 Whipple Ave. N.W., Canton, Ohio 44709
Read more about our open positions in here: Employment Opportunities

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    Get know a person with disabilities, community providers, and our Stark DD employees through their stories.  See that together we are working towards our vision that People with disabilities will be fully included in the Stark County community.

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    Portia Adams

    Calliope Allen

    Ben Arbuckle

    Mark Baker

    Tim Baley

    Kylan Barnes

    Zaren Berry

    Max, Cameron, Tristan Broom

    Ben Cain

    Robert Covington

    Dixie Crum

    Nehemiah Culver

    Culver’s Restaurant: Robin Threats and Adam Parramore

    Dainesha Driskill

    Heather Dunlap

    Weston Eberhardt

    Liam and Mark Enold

    Jeff Fallot

    Shayna Garrott

    Seth Geiselman

    Greg Gonzalez

    Cheni Gutierrez-Quixan

    Jennifer Hale

    Amelia Hartong

    Shaun Higgins

    Jordan Hutchison

    Julie James

    Hudson Jones

    Tay’A Jones

    Mary Jones

    Ayleah Keen

    Eleanor Kidder

    Matt Luther

    Declan Majors

    Gabriel Ovidiu Marginean

    Heather McElroy

    Shawn McElroy

    Melissa Meister

    Kai Merry

    Zoey Mick

    Alyssa Miles

    Blake Moore

    Lucas Murphy

    Shawn Neubauer

    Outback Steakhouse: Javier, Andrew and Matt

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    Aiden Perkins

    Brian Puntenney

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    Lucy Rose

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    Isaiah Wade

    James Waller

    Tyler Wilson

    Fateemh Wright

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    Jason Bussey

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    Christian Manns

    Timothy Rey

    Jenae Stephens

    Know Me – Stark DD Employees

    Ed Cannane

    Kate Chaney

    Stacy Edwards

    Shellee Hoover

    Katie Tritt

    Jeff Weber

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    Check back often to keep up with Stark DD news.

  • Stark County Board of DD mobilizes to support families, providers during COVID-19 crisisRead More
  • Stark DD Receives Three-Year AccreditationRead More
  • Stark DD gets approval to launch Gold Star provider initiativeRead More
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    About Stark DD

    The first hints of community based services in Stark County began with parents of school age children who opened two classrooms in 1953. In 1967, the Ohio legislature passed a law establishing a Board of Developmental Disabilities in every county to provide schools, workshops, training centers and other services for children and adults with disabilities.

    Today, Stark DD is run by a seven-member board leveraging federal, state and local funds, and is responsible to the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities.

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