(Fargo, ND) – Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation has helped fund therapy-on-the-go services for Beyond Boundaries Therapy Services. This funding has helped to provide screenings and evaluations and/or therapy services for 110 children in southeastern North Dakota, including Gwinner, Lisbon and Milnor. The first of its kind in the state, the Beyond Boundaries Mobile Therapy Unit, a fully renovated school bus, is the home of a state-of-the art sensory motor gym which provides both occupational and physical therapy care capabilities. Free screenings are conducted, medically based therapy evaluations are completed and individualized plans of care are determined for those who qualify.
LaDonna Bannach, president and CEO of Beyond Boundaries Therapy Services stated, “There is such an urgent need for therapy programs in our surrounding rural communities, and with COVID-19 it brought an even greater interest of bringing our services to rural clients. Most of these families know that their child(ren) need therapy services but don’t have a way to travel to receive them without taking time off from work. With this project, we hope we can serve more communities to bring children the services they need.”
Pam Gulleson, executive director of the BCBSND Caring Foundation stated, “We were so pleased to be able to help Beyond Boundaries with the launch of their therapy-on-the-go services to help bridge the transportation and work barriers that may be keeping children from reaching needed medically based therapy services. By meeting families directly in their community, it provides a much needed and convenient therapy experience.”