Available Services

This service provides you with information about disabilities and independent living issues. If we are unable to to assist you with your need, we will provide you with additional information about other services that are available to you.

Facilitates the transition of people with disabilities from nursing homes and other institutions to home and community based living; provides assistance to those at risk of entering an institution; and facilitates the transition of youth with disabilities into higher education, the workforce, and the community.

The library at BAILS contains videos, books, magazines, and newsletters, all in which you can learn about disabilities and other organizations for people with disabilities. The internet is also available to persons with disabilities.

BAILS technology department includes adaptive devices, such as TAPS program, which provides telephones for the visually and hearing impaired. BAILS also offers TAPS for the internet to aide individuals with disabilities in the use of the internet and computer. We also provide the Eye 2 Eye service for the hearing impaired which allows the individual to communicate through the television.

BAILS currently has a bus and van with wheelchair lift as well as a van without a lift. Transportation can be provided to and from shopping, the beauty shop and other daily activities for a minimal fee. The transportation service also provides Medicaid transportation to medical facilities. This is on a first come first serve basis. 

Consumers, organizations, and the general public are provided with training to advocate for their needs. In addition, we education legislators on a local, state, and national level regarding issues confronting people with disabilities.

Individuals are matched with others having the same problems either in a group or one-on-one setting. They can share common methods of coping and problem solving faced by others with the same problems.

Some of the in-home services BAILS offers include: Homemaker Chore: Meal planning, cleaning, making and changing of beds, laundry,errands,correspondence, lawn care, snow removal and shopping. Personal Care: Dressing and grooming, bathing, feeding and personal hygiene, toileting, assistance with transfer and mobility. Advance Personal Care: Catheter hygiene, ostomy hygiene, bowel programs, aseptic dressing changes, assistance operating transfer devices and passive range of motion. Nursing: Medication set-up, diabetic monitoring and nail care, monitoring of skin conditions, routine monitoring of health status Respite: Companionship, supervision, and relief for the primary caregiver

All persons within our service area with any disability may qualify for our services. BAILS does not discriminate on basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, or disability.

Individuals are given assistance to learn or re-learn any aspect of life activities that could increase their independence and control over life. This includes, but is not limited to, cooking, budgeting, and shopping.

This program, previously known as Personal Attendant Services, allows the Consumer to choose who works for them and to function as their employer. The Consumer Directed Services Program or CDS Program is for persons with disabilities who need help with personal and daily activities including bathing, toileting, shopping, grooming and meals. The CDS Program helps individuals with disabilities live an independent lifestyle. The program pays for eligible Consumers to hire their own personal care attendant. The attendant can be a family member or friend. A spouse is not eligible to be an attendant. Each attendant is required to have a clean background check and register with the Family Care Registry. The CDS program is based on the independent living philosophy. Consumers in the program have control over hiring their own attendants and all other aspects of being an employer. Assistance and training is provided by the CDS Case Manager as needed.

This service is offered through public speaking done by our Executive Director, Staff, or Board of Directors to local clubs, organizations, and churches. Also, we have booths at Health Fairs and County Fairs.

Those who have significant disability that prevents them from leaving the home can participate in this program to receive professional hair care for a nominal fee.