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Summit County DD warns of $12 million first-year levy deficit, announces 29 layoffs to curb Medicaid cost spike
Summary
Summit County Developmental Disabilities Board presented a $93 million 2026 operating budget and warned that Medicaid service-cost increases and permanent COVID-era enhancements have driven a funding gap; the board has issued layoff notices for 29 positions and plans program reductions to generate roughly $3 million in annual savings.
The Summit County Developmental Disabilities (DD) Board told the county council on Nov. 4 that the local DD system faces large, statewide-driven cost increases that have pushed the board toward an unsustainable deficit in the first year of its current levy cycle.
"The $93,000,000 operating budget that you have before you is about an 8% total increase from our current budget," Lisa Kamlowski, Summit DD executive director, told council. Kamlowski said the bulk of the growth stems from higher payment rates for…
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