Services of the Ability Alliance Of West Alabama

The key contracts that the Ability Alliance Of West Alabama currently has are as follows:

-Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (DMH/MR)
to provide Medicaid waiver services
-The Arc of Tuscaloosa
-Easter Seals of West Alabama
-United Cerebral Palsy of West Alabama
-Resources for Independence
-Volunteers of America
-Indian Rivers Mental Health Center works directly with DMH to provide services for mental health
AAWA also provides various services that are not funded by the Medicaid waiver which its value proposition
such as:
- Hourly services
Case Management
-Day habilitation and respite services to a limited number of individuals not eligible for such services through the Medicaid waiver
-The agency also covers the cost of a variety of living expenses
-Utilities, transportation, food, clothing, medical and dental care, etc.---for individuals with intellectual disabilities who are in great need of these services but would not receive them without AAWA’s intervention. In addition, the agency provides financial and staff support to promote self-advocacy in the local community.