About Putnam County Board of DD

Since the mid-1950’s, the Putnam County Board of Developmental Disabilities, formerly known as Brookhill Center, has provided a full range of services to both children and adults who have developmental disabilities.

The Ohio General Assembly established boards of mental retardation (as they were then known) in all of Ohio’s counties in 1967 as a result of the strong lobbying efforts of parents whose local school districts refused to enroll their children. It was not until 1975 that federal law mandated that children with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education. (The legislature added ‘developmental disabilities’ to the name and responsibilities in the early 1980s, and in 2009 it removed the term ‘mental retardation’ from our name.)

Putnam County Board of Developmental Disabilities is proud to collaborate with a number of community entities to improve cost and more efficiently serve individuals within our community. With these entities we can better stretch our resources and tax dollars while we improve the lives of those we serve.

In 2018, we were again awarded the highest accreditation from the State of Ohio.