GentleBrook expands Holmes County day services for residents with disabilities
Holmes County families now have a local adult day option in Holmesville, with GentleBrook accepting Medicaid waivers, county funding and private pay.
GentleBrook has expanded day services in Holmes County, giving adults with developmental disabilities and their families a local option in Holmesville for daytime support, activities and respite that previously often meant travel or patchwork arrangements. County and Millersburg officials toured the Holmesville facility on June 26.
The Holmesville Adult Day Services program is built around person-centered care in a safe, family-oriented setting. The program includes church services, daily devotions, crafts and clubs, with attention to physical health, social engagement and emotional well-being.
Residents who qualify are adults with developmental disabilities, and GentleBrook works with county boards and Service and Support Administrators in Stark, Coshocton and Holmes counties to connect people to needed resources. The nonprofit’s funding mix includes Medicaid waivers, local county board funding and private pay. Its broader adult day services model also includes waiver services, adult day support, vocational habilitation and non-medical transportation.
The Holmes County Board of Developmental Disabilities, based in Holmesville at 8001 Township Road 574, continues to be part of that local network. The board provides early intervention, family support, school-age services, transportation, service and support administration, waiver services, health and welfare, and advocacy. In 2024, Holmes County DD provided transportation for 77 adults.
GentleBrook’s role in Holmes County dates back to May 2022, when Holmes DD selected the nonprofit through a competitive request-for-proposal process to take over adult day services at the Holmesville facility. The transition was set for July 5, 2022. The 2026 calendar includes an adapted pickleball clinic on June 2, school summer program dates in June and a board meeting on June 24.
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