Buckeye Hills Hocking Valley Region

Buckeye Hills Hocking Valley Region, doing business as Area Agency On Aging, is a local government council of governments based in Marietta, Ohio that acts as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient delivering aging services, economic development planning, and infrastructure readiness support across an eight-county region in Southeast Ohio (Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry, and Washington counties). The entity is a child organization under parent Appalachian Development Corporation, a non-profit organization, and competes entirely under federal grant programs rather than federal contracts.

The organization's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in aging services and related support delivered as a sub-recipient. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living accounts for 80 of the 142 total awards, with sub-awards spanning congregate meals (T3-C1), home-delivered meals (T3-C2), supportive services (T3-B), caregiver support (T3-E), preventive health (T3-D), ombudsman services (T7-Ombudsman), and elder abuse prevention (T7-Elder Abuse Prevention) flowing from the Ohio Department of Aging as the prime grantee. Additional federal sub-awards include Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-funded senior farmers' market nutrition (SFMNP), Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) initiatives, and Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP) awards. The Appalachian Regional Commission accounts for 17 awards, primarily for local development district (LDD) administrative grants and regional economic development work. The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration, Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, and Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration combined account for 31 awards.

As a prime recipient, Buckeye Hills Hocking Valley Region holds nine federal grants. Recent prime awards include a $1.1 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Transportation under the Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program (CFDA 20.943) awarded August 24, 2026, to support legal, technical, and financial advisors advancing the Belpre Campus connectivity loop project through August 2029; a $320,000 project grant from the Federal Highway Administration under the Safe Streets and Roads for All program (CFDA 20.939) awarded June 4, 2026, to develop a comprehensive safety action plan for Vision Zero Southeast Ohio through June 2029; a $700,000 project grant from the Economic Development Administration (CFDA 11.302) awarded July 1, 2022, supporting comprehensive economic development strategy development through June 2025; and a $100,000 Appalachian Regional Commission project grant (CFDA 23.002) for community infrastructure awarded July 1, 2023. The organization also received a cooperative agreement from EPA Region 5 starting October 1, 2022, running through September 30, 2026, for brownfields assessment and cleanup planning across the eight-county jurisdiction under CERCLA 104(k)(2), with activities including phase I and phase II environmental site assessments, community involvement, and cleanup plan development.

Activity has grown substantially, from seven awards in 2022 to 46 in 2024 and 36 in 2025, driven primarily by the multiplicity of annual aging-services sub-awards flowing through the Ohio Department of Aging. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The combined potential value across all 142 awards is $21,000, but obligated dollars stand at $16.5 million, reflecting the concentration of flow-through sub-award activity where federal funds pass through the state aging agency to the regional area agency on aging for direct service delivery. The organization operates as a service delivery and regional planning entity serving rural and aging populations across Southeast Ohio, with no federal contract vehicles or contract prime awards in the source data.