How Montgomery County Employees Are Helping the Community Recover
On Memorial Day, 15 tornadoes ranging from EF-1 to EF-4 in intensity struck Montgomery County, Ohio, leaving destruction and chaos in their wake, and thousands of people with damage to homes and property. These tornadoes caused severe damage to Brookville, Butler Township, Clay Township, Clayton, Dayton, Harrison Township, Perry Township, Riverside, Trotwood and Vandalia. The largest tornado was rated an EF-4, with winds up to 170 miles per hour.
As tornadoes bore down on the region, staff from the Montgomery County Board of Developmental Disabilities realized that many people with developmental disabilities were in danger. That's why, in the hours immediately following, MCBDDS staff acted quickly to determine the safety and whereabouts of every person with developmental disabilities who receives services from the County, doing into stricken communities, and searching for individuals who did not have family supports. They physically relocated some of the individuals whose homes were damaged, and coordinated an array of services for those affected.
To learn more about these services AND the services other county agencies provided, please check out the County's "Serving the County as One" newsletter, "Weathering the Storm" edition
https://www.mcohio.org/County%20Collaborative%20Newsletter%20TORNADO%20SPECIAL%20SECTION%202019.pdf. Details about MCBDDS can be found on page 10.