Hocking County Board of Developmental Disabilities

10/29/2025

10/29/2025

Do you employ people with disabilities? Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities is hosting a webinar on November 20 to help businesses strengthen their disability inclusion efforts from the inside out. “Disability-Inclusive Workplaces: Retaining Diverse Talent” will focus on what happens after hiring — ensuring employees with disabilities have the support, opportunities, and workplace culture they need to grow and stay.
By investing in strong retention strategies, businesses not only build more inclusive environments, they also become better at attracting new, diverse talent!

Do you employ people with disabilities? Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities is hosting a webinar on November 20 to help businesses strengthen their disability inclusion efforts from the inside out. “Disability-Inclusive Workplaces: Retaining Diverse Talent” will focus on what happens after hiring — ensuring employees with disabilities have the support, opportunities, and workplace culture they need to grow and stay.

By investing in strong retention strategies, businesses not only build more inclusive environments, they also become better at attracting new, diverse talent!

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10/28/2025

10/23/2025

The Market Wellness Fest is today until 2pm!

TOMORROW! Join us at the HAPCAP for Health Market at Hocking Drive for a day of wellness! 💚

📅 Wednesday, October 23
⏰ 9 AM – 2 PM
📍 35222 Hocking Drive, Logan, OH 43138

✅ Yearly screenings with OhioHealth’s Mobile Mammography Unit
✅ Free flu shots from Hocking County Health Department *Bring your Health Insurance Card*
✅ Resources from HAPCAP for Health, managed care providers & more
✅ Eligible neighbors can shop The Market for free fresh & shelf-stable foods

Let’s come together for health, wellness, and community!

📞 For more info, call 740-767-1080 or email themarket@hapcap.org

10/22/2025

Visit Box 37 at trunk or treat tonight for some coffee and hot chocolate.

6 - 7:30 at the Hocking County Fairgrounds

10/17/2025

You can pick up your envelope at our office during normal business hours. You do NOT have to be enrolled in our services to access the Blue Envelope Program.

Seventy-four counties across Ohio are now participating in the Blue Envelope Program — an initiative designed to make traffic stops and other encounters between law enforcement and drivers with disabilities safer and less stressful.
The program helps people with conditions that may affect communication or the ability to follow verbal instructions during a traffic stop. Inside the blue envelope, drivers can include key information such as medical details or requests for accommodations, like needing extra time to respond to questions.
For new driver Aidan White of Hilliard, who has autism and a service dog named Crispi, the program provides freedom and peace of mind. “It feels pretty easy that I can just hand this to the officer,” Aidan said. “You don’t have to talk too much. Just hand it to him. He can go over it, and it’ll take less time out of his day and mine.”
Thanks to support from the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council, the Southern Ohio Council of Governments, and the Southern Ohio Advocacy Group, blue envelopes are now available at many County Board of Developmental Disabilities offices and law enforcement agencies across the state!
Together, Ohio’s DD system and law enforcement are helping build trust, understanding, and independence — one driver at a time.
Watch the news story here:

Ohio's Blue Envelope Program focuses on making traffic stops and other encounters between law enforcement and drivers with disabilities safer and less stressful.

10/17/2025

10/13/2025

Is it too early to start planning for trunk-or-treat? We don't think so!

Be sure to mark your calendars for October 22nd from 6 to 7:30 at the fairgrounds.

Please email Brianne Chambers at bchambers@hockingdd.org if your business wants to participate this year.

10/08/2025

10/08/2025

Congratulations to HVI! You all are incredible, and we appreciate your dedication to beautifying downtown Logan along with Logan in Bloom. We’re so happy you were recognized for your hard work.

Today Hocking SWCD celebrated Logan's Community Involvement Award with Hocking Valley Industries participants . HVI always brings a great group of individuals down for all the plantings, mulching and litter pickups Logan In Bloom does downtown. Pizza, chips, dessert and fun was had by everyone! Look for the award to be displayed each month at a different partner location. Currently it is at Hocking SWCD!