Buckeye Hills Hocking Valley Region

Buckeye Hills Hocking Valley Region, doing business as Area Agency On Aging, is a U.S. local government entity and council of governments based in Marietta, Ohio that acts as a federal grant recipient focused on aging services, regional economic development, infrastructure planning, and brownfields assessment across an eight-county service area in Southeast Ohio (Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry, and Washington counties). The organization is a child entity of Appalachian Development Corporation, a non-profit parent, and receives the vast majority of its federal funding (76% of 135 awards) as a sub-recipient under pass-through grants from state intermediaries and federal agencies rather than as a prime grant recipient (24% of awards).

The organization's federal work concentrates heavily in aging and caregiver services delivered as a sub-recipient of the Ohio Department of Aging. Recent sub-awards include congregate meals, home-delivered meals, caregiver support, elder abuse prevention, ombudsman services, support services, preventive health, and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) administration and coupons. Buckeye Hills also receives sub-awards from the Ohio Department of Transportation for pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure planning and statewide/regional planning, and from the Ohio Department of Medicaid for software development and training programs. As a prime recipient, the organization holds a $320 thousand Safe Streets and Roads for All planning grant from the Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.939) awarded in June 2026 for "Vision Zero Southeast Ohio: A Road Safety Action Plan," running through June 2029, which will develop comprehensive safety action plans and engage stakeholders across the eight-county region. Prime work also includes Appalachian Regional Commission grants for local development district administrative support, research and evaluation, and a $100 thousand project grant under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) for community infrastructure; a Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration $700 thousand project grant (CFDA 11.302) for comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS) development running through June 2025; and an Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 brownfields cooperative agreement running through September 2026 that supports Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, cleanup planning, and community involvement across the eight-county jurisdiction.

Award activity increased sharply in 2024 (46 awards) and 2025 (36 awards) compared to prior years, driven by recurring sub-awards from the Ohio Department of Aging for Title III aging services and SFMNP programs. The organization served nine distinct federal agencies in its award portfolio. Combined obligated dollars total $15.4 million across all awards, though the combined potential value shown in the source is nominal ($21 thousand) and does not reflect the scope of aging-services sub-awards flowing through state intermediaries. Customer concentration centers on the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (74 awards), the Appalachian Regional Commission (17 awards), the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (13 awards), the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (12 awards), and the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (6 awards), representing 90% of recent awards. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure.