Wood Lane Residential Services

What Wood Lane Residential Services does

Wood Lane Residential Services (WLRS, Inc.) is a private nonprofit organization founded in 1979 and headquartered in Bowling Green, Ohio, providing a continuum of residential, day, employment, transportation, and shared-living services to adults with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities in Wood County, Ohio. The organization operates 26+ residential or shared-living locations and serves 250+ individuals daily, with 65+ enrolled in adult day programming and employment services. WLRS runs a non-medical transportation program that logged 258,652 passenger miles in 2025 and offers Ohio Shared Living arrangements that match clients with host families or caregivers.

The organization employs 51-100 staff with a combined 1,570 years of service tenure, reflecting above-average retention for the direct-care sector. Its five core service lines — Residential Homes, Supported Living, Ohio Shared Living, Day Programming & Employment Services, and Transportation — are delivered as an integrated continuum rather than standalone products, enabling cross-program coordination for clients and families. Revenue is generated primarily through fee-for-service billing to Ohio Medicaid waiver programs (IO and Level One) for individuals with developmental disabilities, supplemented by foundation grants and corporate charitable gifts (notably from the City of Bowling Green ARPA allocation, O-I Charities Foundation, Starbucks Foundation, CSX, and BG Community Foundation).

The business model is a typical human-services nonprofit structure: government-program reimbursement as the primary revenue stream, philanthropic fundraising as a secondary stream, and a board-governed organization led by CEO Jessica Miller-Blakely and Chief Development Officer Sara Zulch-Smith. WLRS's service area is restricted to a single county, and no geographic expansion signals are present. The organization contracted materially during COVID-19, closing six residential homes, and has since stabilized but has not regained pre-2020 service capacity.

Name

Wood Lane Residential Services

Legal name

WLRS, Inc.

Website

https://wlrs.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Residential and Support Services

NAICS

Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (623210)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Homemaking & Light Housekeeping Services (HLADAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Home Health Aide (HHA) Services (Medically Directed) (HSABACAB)

Keywords

• Disability residential services
• Supported living services
• Adult day programming
• Non-medical transportation
• Developmental disability care

Headquarters

HQ city

Bowling Green

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Nonprofit Service Revenue: Wood Lane Residential Services is a nonprofit organization that generates revenue through providing residential services, day programming, employment services, transportation, and Ohio shared living to adults with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Wood Lane Residential Services (WLRS) is a private nonprofit organization that provides a continuum of services for adults with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities in Wood County, Ohio. The organization operates residential homes, supported living arrangements, Ohio Shared Living placements, adult day programming, employment services, and non-medical transportation across 26+ locations, serving 250+ individuals on a daily basis.

Product overview

Wood Lane Residential Services (WLRS) is a private nonprofit organization providing a continuum of services for individuals with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities in Wood County, Ohio. The organization operates across 26+ locations offering five interconnected service programs: Transportation Services (non-medical transport with 258,652 passenger miles in 2025), Day Programming & Employment Services (serving 65+ adults), Supported Living, Ohio Shared Living, and Residential Homes. These services work together to provide comprehensive life enhancement opportunities, helping over 250 individuals daily achieve the highest quality of life through community integration, family support, and residential services. The organization has served the community for 46 years as a private, nonprofit.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transportation Services Non-medical passenger transportation services for individuals with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities served by WLRS, providing mobility and community access across Wood County, Ohio.
• Day Programming & Employment Services Adult day programming and employment support services for individuals with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities, including vocational training and community-based employment placements.
• Supported Living Residential support services that help individuals with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities live as independently as possible in community-based settings throughout Wood County.
• Ohio Shared Living Shared living arrangement service in Ohio that matches individuals with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities with host families or caregivers to provide residential support in a family setting.
• Residential Homes Physical residential homes operated across 26+ locations in Wood County that provide housing and 24/7 care for individuals with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 250+ individuals receive services daily
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sevita Health: National provider (formerly The MENTOR Network) of home- and community-based IDD, behavioral health, and autism services with a large residential and supported living footprint. Comparable to WLRS in service mix, but operates at far greater scale across many states.
• BrightSpring Health Services: Publicly traded, diversified home and community-based provider of IDD, behavioral health, and pharmacy services. Comparable to WLRS in IDD residential and day services, with overlapping home health, pharmacy, and employment service lines.

Direct peers

• RHA Health Services: Multi-state nonprofit operator of residential, supported living, and day programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Closely comparable in mission, population served, and service continuum, though at significantly larger geographic scale.
• Dungarvin: National provider of residential, supported living, and employment services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Direct peer in service model and population, operating group homes and shared living arrangements across multiple states.
• Penn-Mar Human Services: Pennsylvania-based nonprofit providing residential, day, employment, and supported living services for adults with IDD. Closely comparable in mission, nonprofit structure, and integrated service continuum.
• Help at Home: Leading national provider of in-home personal care services, with a major focus on serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through Medicaid HCBS waivers. Comparable to WLRS's supported living and personal care service lines.
• Lifeworks Services: Minnesota-based nonprofit providing residential, supported living, day, and employment services for individuals with developmental disabilities. Highly comparable in mission, nonprofit structure, and continuum of services, though in a different state.

Regional players

• Sunshine Inc. Northwest Ohio nonprofit providing residential, vocational, and community-based services for people with developmental disabilities. Direct regional peer, operating in the same Ohio market as WLRS.
• Capabilities (Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities): County board of developmental disabilities serving Lucas County (adjacent to Wood County) in Northwest Ohio, providing residential, day, and case management services. Comparable in service model and regional market dynamics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/woodlaneresidential

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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