Who We Are

Mission

To provide gap funding to any individual living with disabilities and special needs for services, support and other opportunities through the Disabilities Board of Charleston County.

vision

We hope to redefine abilities by meeting needs, providing a path to pursue dreams, achieving goals, and maximizing independence and contributions to the community.

Meet Our Board

Ben Rogers

Chairman

Erick Lemon

Vice-Chairman

Sarah Nielsen

Secretary of the Board

Blaine Ewing

Board Member

Victoria Drohan

Board Member

Dorothy White

Board Member

Leo McLaughlin

Board Member

Melanie Cason

Board Member

Disabilities Board of Charleston County

The Disabilities Board of Charleston County (DBCC) is the leading provider of services and supportive programs for children and adults with specials needs in Charleston County. The Board offers case management, a developmental child center, adult day programs, and residential supports to individuals with severe, lifelong disabilities, such as intellectual disability, autism, traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury. Extensive services and supportive programs are provided both in the form of in-home care as well as through dozens of facilities in Charleston County and neighboring counties.

Functioning as the sole provider of care and resources for those with special needs in Charleston County, the Board relies heavily on The Disabilities Foundation of Charleston County for gap funding. These monies assist with everything from maintenance of the Board’s many facilities and homes to basic household and education supplies.

History of the Disabilities Board of Charleston County

Originally founded as the Hope Center for the Retarded, Inc., services began in 1958 through efforts of the Charleston Civitans and The Council for the Retarded Children of Charleston. In 1974, the SC General Assembly created the Mental Retardation Board of Charleston County to coordinate and administer services to people with mental retardation and related disabilities. In 1988, The Mental Retardation Board of Charleston County assumed operation of the Hope Center for the Retarded, Inc., a sheltered workshop for persons with developmental disabilities which had 35 employees and 10 vehicles.

In 1993, the agency was renamed the Disabilities Board of Charleston County, and assumed the operations of the Charles Webb Center, a non-profit organization providing supports for children with disabilities and special needs that was founded in 1919. The agency moved its administrative offices to the current location in 1997. Today, with an annual budget of over 24 million dollars, this community-based agency serves nearly 2000 individuals and has 450 employees.

Meet Our Partners

R U Running?
www.RURunning.com

R U Running? promotes the health and wellness of the disabled and special needs community as well as able bodied individuals and was formed to create awareness of the Able Life Foundation.