A state grant is heading to the Medina County Board of Developmental Disabilities from the American Rescue Plan Act.
The agency will be getting $133,000, with some of the money to be used for installing adult changing tables in more community spaces.
Making adult changing tables more available means families and caretakers of people with disabilities can have the choice to go out and enjoy community spaces, if they know where resources are located.
“When people know there’s accessible things for their family member with a disability or chronic health issue, that makes life just a little bit better,” advocates explain.
Medina is one of 67 counties in Ohio to receive funding.
President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (HR 1319) into law on March 11. The vote was 220 to 211.
