Gallia County Board of Developmental Disabilities

01/02/2026

12/22/2025

Get your crayons, pencils, markers and computers ready! This year we are hosting a design competition for the annual DD Awareness t-shirts!

Submissions can be emailed to ljohnson@galliadd.com
All designs will be posted to our social media for voting with the winner announced on 1/20.

The winning design will be the 2026 DD Awareness shirts for Gallia County!

Designs must be created by individuals that receive services from GCBDD.

12/15/2025

Guiding Hand School is on a 2-Hour Delay tomorrow, December 16th. Debbie’s bus will not run, but students can be dropped off from 11:00-11:15AM and will then need picked up by 2:45PM

GCBDD Administrative Offices will operate on normal schedule.

12/14/2025

Guiding Hand School is CLOSED tomorrow, Monday, December 15th.

GCBDD Administrative offices will operate on a 2 hour delay and open at 10:00 AM.

12/11/2025

Thank you Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library, your collaboration is appreciated!

Bossard Memorial Library recently provided adult coloring books and colored pencil sets to representatives of the Gallia County Board of Developmental Disabilities to distribute to their clients during the winter months. Pictured left to right are Emilee Neekamp, SSA, Gallia County Board of DD; Debbie Saunders, Bossard Library Director; and Valerie Reynolds, SSA Director, Gallia County Board of DD.

12/02/2025

Guiding Hand School is CLOSED today, Decmeber 2nd

GCBDD Administrative offices will be operating on a 2- hour delay and opening at 10:00 AM.

11/14/2025

FREE BOOKS
Dolly's Imagination Library provides free books to children ages 0-5 years.

For more information and to sign your child up visit: imaginationlibrary.com

11/12/2025

For more information and to register:https://files.constantcontact.com/b910fb41801/10566f39-46d3-49ef-9edd-fa54b2959f4d.pdf

11/10/2025

We wanted to send a HUGE shoutout of Thanks to Fiber Network Resources and the Boyd family for their generous donation of shelf-stable food items. Your generosity will go a long way to helping support GCBDD families!

We will continue taking donations until SNAP benefits are fully restored. Donations can be dropped off in the front office during normal business hours.

If you are in need of assistance, please reach out to a staff member you are comfortable with or give us a call at 740-446-6903.