Provides Medical Childcare for children and young adults with special medical health care needs. The center is accredited by CARF (Commission for the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities). Children are grouped according to their age and level of needs with staff/child ratio of no more than 1:3. Services include: skilled nursing, on-site therapy services, care coordination, Individual Care Plans, before and after school care, meals.

Criteria for admission at Woodland Center:
- Medicaid eligible.
- Age 6 weeks to 21 years.
- Diagnoses associated with significant medical needs requiring specialized medical care (g-tube feeding, seizure disorders, breathing treatments, oral feeding difficult, personal care, catherization, and other conditions requiring nursing).


Criteria for admission at ChildServe - Ames:
- Medicaid eligible.
- Age 6 weeks to 5 years.
- Diagnoses associated with significant medical needs requiring specialized medical care (g-tube feeding, seizure disorders, breathing treatments, oral feeding difficult, personal care, catherization, and other conditions requiring nursing).

Before School, After School, and Full Day programs for elementary-age students.

Provides a safe and positive learning environment by taking at risk youth off the streets on the weekends, when acts of mischief, crime, or violence occur. Each week, young people gather together to learn and develop evidence-based, positive skills and traits to sustain them throughout their lives. Healthy kids movement for coping skills. Free meals.

Provides students with academic enrichment opportunities and other enrichment activities. This program operates during out-of-school hours (before, after, and school-out days) and is designed to complement the students' school day. The program also offers the opportunity for students and their families to learn new skills and discover new abilities after the school day has ended.

Summer day camps at various locations for youth in grades K-7.

Pool, gym, track, wellness center, and sports park.

Youth services include preschool programs, school-age child care through 3rd grade, aquatics, gymnastics, weight training, teen programs, summer day camp, skill classes, softball, basketball, volleyball, soccer, and flag football.

Adult services include fitness, aquatics, classes for seniors, skill classes, aerobics, weight training, and basketball leagues.

Before/after school care and summer programming for students in grades K-5.

Child care, pre-K experiences, before/after-school care, and school-age summer program.

After school programs available Mon-Fri 3 pm-6 pm (fall, winter, and spring).
Summer day camp offered Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm.

**Construction has begun at 210 S. 5th St. location in Ames. All Ames Club services will resume at the Ames Center Gymnasium at 1323 Northwestern Avenue (the north side of campus) starting Monday April 1, 2024.

Provides after school club program. To be added to the Summer club waitlist in Ames ask for Becky Lundy. To be added to the Summer club waitlist in Nevada ask for Krek Chavez.

Provides Before and After School Care for elementary age children at seven locations in Ames. Provides care full days when there is no school during the 9 month school year. Summer day camps during the summer.

Enrichment programs provide the foundation of self-sufficiency and self-awareness to become leaders in the community. These workshops enrich youth with leadership, life and social skills enabling them to becoming valuable assets and effective leaders in society. BLA Leadership in Action 101 curriculum also enriches the lives of their families with community connections, resources and additional services. BLA's Leadership in Action 101 aims to extend academic successes through character learning that ensures the participants successfully plan, manage and implement leadership skills in a community, as well as in an academic setting.

The Teen Empowerment initiatives take youth off the streets after school and on the weekends when acts of mischief, crime, or violence can occur. Younger youth, who are eager to grow up, are especially vulnerable. Banister's Teen Empowerment projects, the Youth Advocacy Leadership Boards, The Night L.I.F.E.(Leadership in Fun Environment) and the Levels of Leadership Support provide strong role models and guidance as youth develop. Staff foster individual leadership styles to help youth understand human relations issues and to discover their role and responsibilities in the classroom, community and workplace.

Throughout their journey, youth will examine and share their personal values, traditions and beliefs while working together to create a healthy community. Youth will learn about themselves and each other to create a deeper understanding, awareness, and knowledge of how to articulate issues of difference such as, race, culture, faith, gender, age, ability, sexual orientation and class. In addition to these valuable life skills, youth also earn a renewed sense of confidence, and will be able to identify and confront the biases, prejudices, and deep-rooted issues that may emerge in their student, personal and professional lives.

Small fry basketball is a competitive youth basketball league with teams being sponsored by local business and tryouts held seasonally.

Provides quality, licensed child care and preschool services to children ages six weeks to 12 years old. KidsPoint School Age program includes before and after school care, as well-as all-day care during school breaks, unscheduled school closings, and summer vacation.

Provides childcare and preschool programs for children ages 6 weeks-5 years of age.

Preschool and special needs education for children age 3-4 years and for children 5 years old, if their birthday falls after July 31st. After school program for children, K-2nd grade.

Before School, After School, and Full Day programs for elementary-age students.

Neighborhood based services that include family focused educational and recreational services for all ages.

Licensed preschool for 3-4 year olds at the Center, 1245 Folsom Street and Pre-K Program for 4-5 years olds Mon-Fri 6:30 am-5:30 pm, 1030 West Q Street.

Before and after school licensed childcare at Roper and Lakeview Elementary Schools.

Full time and part time summer childcare for preschool and elementary school children.

Licensed Bingo.