Barron County Developmental Services, Inc. - BCDSI

10/16/2025

Day Services had a wonderful fall outing at Auburn Homestead Pumpkin Patch in New Auburn, WI. We got to see and feed many animals, have our lunch, ride the wagon ride, and shop in their small country store! Everyone enjoyed their time and all agreed we need to go again!

09/25/2025

Hello neighbor! What a bright spot in our day hearing these young voices singing to us!

08/13/2025

Wonderful time spent with the cats! Thank you for accommodating us!

07/31/2025

Summer program fun!

06/10/2025

Gardening season is in full swing here at BCDSI in the community garden! 🪴 🪏

This year we had a gracious donation of veggies and flowers to our plot by Bergmann's Greenhouses in Clayton. All of us here at BCDSI thank you so much and will put them to good use for our cooking classes or donation to our local food pantry as the season progresses!

What are you growing this year? 🌱we would love to hear!

05/12/2025

On Friday we got to make some Mother’s Day cards using real plants to give to the special people in our lives 🌱 Got to make a few extra today.

Team BCDSI hopes that everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day!

05/08/2025

For over 10 years Miss Amanda has been dedicated to supporting the clients of BCDSI, we thank you ma'am for your continued loyalty!

04/30/2025

Very late post, but these guys had a blast with the babies!!! Thank you so much, Govin's Farm, for letting us come out! What an experience!

04/25/2025

04/22/2025

Happy Earth Day! 🌱 🌎 Had a wonderful time volunteering in Rice Lake this morning cleaning up one of our local parks. Thank you to our awesome volunteers who braved the rain for a wonderful cause! You all did a great job 💪🏻

04/09/2025

On Tuesday April 8th, the state legislature introduced AB 163, which would:

--Make people prove they are eligible to be in Medicaid (low enough income, assets, meet the functional screen etc.) two times every year instead of once a year.
--Make people apply every time (no automatic renewals, even if there have been no changes).
--Make people fill out the same information on forms even if the information is already recorded and has not changed (forms would not be pre-populated except for name and address), which increases the risk of administrative mistakes.
--Would take away Medicaid health and/or long term care coverage for 6 months if the Medicaid participant does not report any change that could affect their eligibility for Medicaid.
--Make DHS do an eligibility redetermination for all 1.2 Million people in Medicaid by January 1, 2026.

A public hearing has been scheduled on AB 163 for April 10th at 10:30 AM (State Capitol, Rm 330 Northeast).

Wisconsin already has a rigorous process to ensure all people who apply or renew their Medicaid coverage prove they are eligible for the program. Many state legislators are not aware of what families and people with disabilities must do every year to make sure they can get or stay in Medicaid programs like Family Care, IRIS, CLTS, MAPP, BadgerCare, the ForwardHealth card, etc.

Many people with disabilities and families find the current requirements to prove and re-prove they meet eligibility criteria time-consuming and complex. More paperwork, steps that are hard for people to understand or do, and time-sensitive deadlines can increase the risk for mistakes, which could mean loss of Medicaid coverage. People who do not have technology, don’t drive, who are ill or alone, or need plain language and clear steps to follow to complete tasks correctly could be more at risk of losing health care.

This bill is like a bill that passed in the 2021-2023 legislative session, and which was vetoed by the Governor.

You can contact your state legislators to tell them what you think of AB 163 even if you can't testify. Find your state legislators by typing address at top of this page: https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/?lat=43.08744480560932&lon=-89.39789283492895