051-24 (DevelopmentalDisabilitiesAwarenessMonth) RESOLUTION
Action:
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS February 28, 2024
RECOGNIZING MARCH AS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
AWARENESS MONTH
WHEREAS, NW Works is the employment service provider for adults living with developmental
disabilities in Frederick County and has provided outstanding services to the citizens of the County,and
WHEREAS, people with a developmental disability are of all racial, ethnic, educational, social, and
economic backgrounds and are valued members of society who find fulfillment in living everyday lives,
and
WHEREAS,we value what is important to people with disabilities and their families who are striving
for everyday lives no different than those of all other citizens; and
WHEREAS,we recognize that intervention, education,employment,and home and community-based
services continue to be vital to enabling citizens with a developmental disability to enjoy the rights of
citizenship and to participate in our Frederick County colnmw-iity;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Frederick County Board of Supervisors
recognizes March 2024 as DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH and
encourages all citizens to support their fellow citizens who have a developmental disability, as well as
their families, in all aspects of our community life.
Passed on this 28'h day of February 2024 by the following recorded vote:
Josh E. Ludwig, Chairman Aye John F. Jewell Aye
Robert W. Wells Aye Judith McCann-Slaughter Aye
Heather H. Lockridge Aye Blaine P. Dunn Aye
Robert T. Liero Aye
A COPY ATTEST
Michael L7Coity
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Frederick Administrator
Res, No. 051-24