The “Take Me Home” project announced on Monday, is a special registry for families who have members of any age who have any type of developmental or cognitive disability.

“I really can’t take the credit for the program,” Sheriff Alex Pruismann said, ” My chief deputy, Gary Johnson has a daughter who lives in Texas and when visiting her, he saw a flyer for this type of program and thought we should look into it.”

The purpose of the program is to create a safe situation for residents who would have different challenges during an emergency.

“It’s been really well received,” Sheriff Alex Pruisman said Wednesday. “We had a handful sign up for it already.”

The program creates a registry, which allows the sheriffs department to establish an alert for addresses where special communication needs might be necessary.The paperwork asks for information that will assist emergency responders to locate and communicate better with the individuals if needed.

The flyer states, the “Take Me Home” program is a free service available for all residents of Hamilton County for adults and children who may have difficulty communicating due to a developmental or cognitive disability.

But the project opened another important layer of protection.

“One individual who signed up had a child who had more physical disabilities and they wanted to let us know what room the child would be in, in the event of an emergency.” said Pruismann.

The registry form includes personal information, type of disability, emergency contacts, communication needs, and various information such as likes and dislikes, which might help emergency personnel and calm those at risk. A database will be created, linked to the address and family names and also give other emergency contacts.

“I thought it was needed and could be well used, because I have been personally involved with individuals who just cannot communicate what they need to communicate.” Pruismann said.

“My job is to serve the citizens, whatever bridge we need to make, I want to do that.” he continued.

The forms are available through the Hamilton County Sheriff Departments Facebook page or through their app.