Since its inception in 1971, WCDC has served as a lifeline for adults with developmental disabilities - a bridge to friendship, work and independence. Our educational, social, vocational, and residential prorams are designed to encourage self-reliance, achievement, and economic independence. Services are based on an individual directed approach. Each program participant, with assistance from their team, chooses the serves and supports they receive. 

Friday, June 5, was one of the biggest days in the history of the WCDC, when ground was finally broken on the Center’s new 35,000 square-foot facility in Newark, MD. WCDC staff, clients, board members, community officials and state dignitaries came to the site to celebrate the special day, which came less than two years after a horrific fire destroyed the original Center.

WCDC Ground Breaking Ceremony For the new Center, June 5, 2009

State of Maryland Delegates Norm Conway and the late Bennett Bozman played a major role in helping to raise the initial state funds needed to construct a new facility. Delegates Norm Conway and Jim Mathias were at the groundbreaking to witness the big moment.