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Greeley provider comparison, facts checked September 14, 2026

How Budding Futures compares with eight other ABA providers in Greeley

Greeley has one of the smaller ABA markets on our city list, with a few local clinics and several in-home providers that cover Weld County. This page puts Budding Futures next to eight other ABA providers that serve Greeley families, one question at a time: where therapy happens, which ages each one takes, Health First Colorado, parent training and availability. If you already know you want therapy at home, our page on in-home ABA therapy in Greeley covers how it works there.

Budding Futures ABA publishes this comparison. We list ourselves first because we can describe our own program in the most detail. The order is not a ranking, and every fact about another provider comes from that provider's own website or the state Medicaid list.

A therapist and young child playing a matching game in a living room
8 providers

on Health First Colorado's behavioral therapy list name Greeley in their service area. This page compares the ones parents are most likely to call.

The comparison at a glance

Each row is one provider and each column is one thing parents compare. Budding Futures is the first row because we publish this page. Tap a name to jump to its full write-up, or read the sections below for one question at a time.

"Not stated" means the provider's website did not say, not that the answer is no. "On the state list" means the provider appears on Health First Colorado's Pediatric Behavioral Therapies provider list. Checked September 14, 2026.
ProviderSettingAgesUnder 3Parent trainingHealth First ColoradoAvailabilityFits families who
1. Budding Futures ABA
Publisher of this guide
In-homeSchool
18 months to 18 years
From 18 months
Built into every plan, 10 to 20% of hours
On the state list
Says no waitlist
want therapy at home, starting as young as 18 months
2. Action Behavior Centers
Center
18 months to 8 years
From 18 months
BCBA family sessions twice a month
On the state list
Says no waitlist
want a center for a child 18 months to 8
3. Consultants for Children, Inc.
In-homeCenterSchoolDaycare or community
Up to 21 years
Not stated
Wraparound family support
Website says yes
Not stated
want ABA plus family support and counseling from one agency
4. Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD)
In-homeCenterSchoolDaycare or community
From 18 months
From 18 months
Online Skills for Parents program
On the state list
Says no waitlist
want a national provider with center, home and school options
5. Key Autism Services
In-homeCenterSchoolDaycare or communityTelehealth
From 6 months
From 6 months
Weekly parent and caregiver training
On the state list
Not stated
want in-home ABA that can start in the first year of life
6. The Treetop
In-home
From 18 months
From 18 months
Periodic parent training meetings
Website says yes
Not stated
want in-home ABA from 18 months with Medicaid accepted
7. Majestic Care ABA
In-homeDaycare or community
18 months to 18 years
From 18 months
Parent coaching
Not stated
Not stated
want in-home ABA across Weld County
8. New Dawn ABA
In-homeSchoolDaycare or communityTelehealth
18 months to 18 years
From 18 months
Parents coached as active partners
Website says yes
Says no waitlist
want in-home ABA from 18 months with no published waitlist
9. GreenLight ABA
In-homeSchoolDaycare or community
Not stated
Yes
Ongoing caregiver guidance
On the state list
Not stated
want one-to-one in-home ABA for a young child

Home or center: where each provider works

Eight of the nine providers here offer ABA in your home: Budding Futures ABA, Consultants for Children, Inc., Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), Key Autism Services, The Treetop, Majestic Care ABA, New Dawn ABA and GreenLight ABA. Four run a center: Action Behavior Centers, Consultants for Children, Inc., Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) and Key Autism Services. Several do both, so ask which setting has openings for your child's age.

Budding Futures ABA, The Treetop, Majestic Care ABA, New Dawn ABA and GreenLight ABA do not run a center at all. With those providers, sessions happen at home and, depending on the provider, in daycare, the community or at school. Budding Futures works in homes across Colorado and inside schools when the district allows it.

Which setting fits your child

If this sounds like your childLook atWhy
Most struggles happen at home: meals, sleep, potty training, getting dressedIn-homeThe therapist works on the routine in the place it happens.
Your child is 18 months to 3 and not in daycareIn-home or a toddler centerBoth work. Home keeps a young child in a familiar place; a center adds other kids.
You want peer play and a classroom-style dayCenter-basedCenters can run groups and practice-classroom programs a home cannot.
You need several hours of care away from home while you workCenter-basedA center schedule doubles as structured time out of the house.
A new adult at home is likely to upset your childCenter-based to startHome is some children's one safe space. Starting elsewhere can be gentler.
Your child is in preschool or school and struggles thereA provider that works with schoolsAsk whether they can support your child at school where the district allows it.

"The RBTs and BCBA came over once a week for few weeks to spend one hour with him to make him get used to them at home. They played, walked around the block, did puzzles."

a parent on r/Autism_Parenting, on Reddit

Ages each provider takes, and who starts under 3

Budding Futures ABA, Action Behavior Centers, Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), Key Autism Services, The Treetop, Majestic Care ABA, New Dawn ABA and GreenLight ABA say they work with children under 3. Some centers stop at age 5, 8 or 10, so the upper age matters too if your child is already in school. GreenLight ABA does not publish an age range, so ask on the first call.

  • Budding Futures ABA: 18 months to 18 years
  • Action Behavior Centers: 18 months to 8 years
  • Consultants for Children, Inc.: Up to 21 years
  • Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD): From 18 months
  • Key Autism Services: From 6 months
  • The Treetop: From 18 months
  • Majestic Care ABA: 18 months to 18 years
  • New Dawn ABA: 18 months to 18 years
  • GreenLight ABA: Not stated

For a child under 3, Colorado's free Early Intervention program can run alongside ABA, and with your permission the two teams share goals. Here is how that works with Budding Futures: early intervention ABA in Greeley.

Health First Colorado and insurance, provider by provider

Budding Futures ABA, Action Behavior Centers, Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), Key Autism Services and GreenLight ABA appear on Health First Colorado's Pediatric Behavioral Therapies provider list. Consultants for Children, Inc., The Treetop and New Dawn ABA say on their own websites that they take Health First Colorado. Majestic Care ABA does not say either way.

If your child has Health First Colorado, the state's behavioral therapy benefit does not require an autism diagnosis when therapy is medically necessary. Greeley is in Weld County, where Medicaid is managed regionally by Northeast Health Partners. With private insurance, ask each provider to check your exact plan before the first session, because the same carrier can cover ABA differently from one employer plan to the next.

Parent training: who builds it in

Nine of the nine providers describe parent training or parent involvement on their websites. The wording differs from site to site, so the list below uses each provider's own description.

  • Budding Futures ABA: Built into every plan, 10 to 20% of hours
  • Action Behavior Centers: BCBA family sessions twice a month
  • Consultants for Children, Inc.: Wraparound family support
  • Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD): Online Skills for Parents program
  • Key Autism Services: Weekly parent and caregiver training
  • The Treetop: Periodic parent training meetings
  • Majestic Care ABA: Parent coaching
  • New Dawn ABA: Parents coached as active partners
  • GreenLight ABA: Ongoing caregiver guidance

At Budding Futures, parent coaching takes 10 to 20% of therapy hours and is written into every plan, so the skills your child learns with the therapist keep working at dinner and bedtime.

Availability and waitlists as published

On their websites, Budding Futures ABA, Action Behavior Centers, Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) and New Dawn ABA say there is no waitlist. The other five do not publish anything about availability.

Openings change month to month, so ask two questions on the first call: is there a wait for the assessment, and is a therapist free at the hours your child needs.

What the nine providers publish, counted

Take children under 38 of 9
Offer therapy in your home8 of 9
Offer therapy at a center4 of 9
Describe parent training on their site9 of 9
Publish anything about a waitlist4 of 9
Appear on the Health First Colorado provider list5 of 9

Counts include Budding Futures. "Publish anything about a waitlist" means the site says there is, or is not, a waitlist; four say there is none. Separately, 8 providers on the state's Pediatric Behavioral Therapies list name Greeley in their service area, and 7 more name only the county.

The providers, one by one

Each write-up covers setting, ages, parent involvement, insurance and availability, using only what the provider publishes. Budding Futures comes first because this is our site and we can describe our own program in the most detail. The rest follow in no particular order.

1Budding Futures ABA

Fits families who want therapy at home, starting as young as 18 months

Budding Futures brings ABA therapy to your home. There is no clinic to drive to. A registered behavior technician comes to your house, and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) plans and supervises the work. Our therapists come to homes in Greeley, Evans and Windsor.

What therapy looks like for a young child

Our youngest clients are 18 months old, and we stay with families through age 18. With toddlers, most of the work is play. A therapist might build first words around bubbles, a snack or a favorite song, because that is where a two-year-old is paying attention. Therapy is built on play and assent. Breaks are part of the plan, and punishment-based techniques are not.

Parent coaching and the same therapist

Parent coaching is part of every plan, usually 10 to 20% of the hours. You learn the same prompts and routines the therapist uses, so progress keeps going after the session ends. The same technician works with your child session after session.

Who runs your child's plan

Clinical oversight is closer than the minimum rules require. A BCBA supervises about 20% of therapy hours, four times the BACB floor, under our Clinical Director, Rachel Blackburn, BCBA. Assessments use VB-MAPP and ABLLS-R, and session data goes into CentralReach the same day.

School, insurance and start times

For school-age kids we also work with schools. We reach out, ask for access and share goals with teachers when you say yes. Some districts let an outside therapist in and some do not. More on how that works: school-based ABA in Greeley.

Budding Futures accepts Health First Colorado (Medicaid) as Provider Types 83 and 84, plus Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Anthem BCBS and TRICARE. We check your benefits for free before therapy starts. We do not balance-bill families, and most Health First Colorado families pay $0 out of pocket. We have no waitlist. Intake usually takes a couple of weeks, and therapy starts once the insurance approval is back.

Setting
In-home, School
Ages
18 months to 18 years
Under 3
Yes
Parent involvement
Built into every plan, 10 to 20% of hours
Health First Colorado
On the state provider list
Availability
Website says no waitlist
Location
Therapists come to homes across Greeley

2Action Behavior Centers

Fits families who want a center for a child 18 months to 8

Action Behavior Centers runs center-based ABA for children 18 months to 8 years old. Its site says in-home therapy is only offered in Texas, so in Colorado this is a center program. Each child's BCBA leads Family Guidance sessions twice a month, the company offers autism diagnostic evaluations, and its site says there is no waitlist. Its center closest to Greeley is at 5400 W 11th St, Greeley, CO 80634.

Worth a call if you want a structured center with other kids, your child is under 9, and you may also need a diagnosis.

From Action Behavior Centers's website (source 1, source 2, source 3), checked September 14, 2026.

Setting
Center
Ages
18 months to 8 years
Under 3
Yes
Parent involvement
BCBA family sessions twice a month
Health First Colorado
On the state provider list
Availability
Website says no waitlist
Nearest location
5400 W 11th St, Greeley, CO 80634

3Consultants for Children, Inc.

Fits families who want ABA plus family support and counseling from one agency

Consultants for Children offers ABA at home, at its centers and at school, plus High-Fidelity Wraparound and mental health counseling. Its family support services include caregiver training. It accepts Colorado Medicaid and several commercial plans. Its center closest to Greeley is at 1610 29th Ave Place, Suite 101, Greeley, CO 80634.

Worth a call if your family needs support beyond ABA, such as counseling or care coordination.

From Consultants for Children, Inc.'s website (source 1, source 2, source 3), checked September 14, 2026.

Setting
In-home, Center, School, Daycare or community
Ages
Up to 21 years
Under 3
Not stated
Parent involvement
Wraparound family support
Health First Colorado
Website says it accepts Medicaid
Availability
Not published
Nearest location
1610 29th Ave Place, Suite 101, Greeley, CO 80634
A therapist giving a child a high five at a play table

5Key Autism Services

Fits families who want in-home ABA that can start in the first year of life

Key Autism Services works with children from 6 months old, at home and at its Centennial center, which has 14 therapy rooms, a sensory gym and a mock classroom. Parents get weekly training sessions. It accepts Medicaid and major commercial plans.

Worth a call if your child is very young and you want in-home therapy with a center option in the metro.

From Key Autism Services's website (source 1, source 2, source 3), checked September 14, 2026.

Setting
In-home, Center, School, Daycare or community, Telehealth
Ages
From 6 months
Under 3
Yes
Parent involvement
Weekly parent and caregiver training
Health First Colorado
On the state provider list
Availability
Not published

6The Treetop

Fits families who want in-home ABA from 18 months with Medicaid accepted

The Treetop provides in-home ABA in Colorado for children from 18 months, with Medicaid accepted. Parents get updates after each session and periodic training meetings. The company came under new ownership in 2025 and now operates in 13 states.

Worth a call if you want therapy at home and are comfortable with a larger multi-state company.

From The Treetop's website (source 1, source 2, source 3), checked September 14, 2026.

Setting
In-home
Ages
From 18 months
Under 3
Yes
Parent involvement
Periodic parent training meetings
Health First Colorado
Website says it accepts Medicaid
Availability
Not published

7Majestic Care ABA

Fits families who want in-home ABA across Weld County

Majestic Care ABA serves Weld County families at home, naming Evans, Windsor, Johnstown and Milliken, and has no center in Colorado. It provides one-to-one sessions with BCBA oversight and parent coaching, and publishes a five-step intake.

Worth a call if you live in or around Greeley and want therapy to come to you.

From Majestic Care ABA's website (source 1, source 2, source 3), checked September 14, 2026.

Setting
In-home, Daycare or community
Ages
18 months to 18 years
Under 3
Yes
Parent involvement
Parent coaching
Health First Colorado
Not stated
Availability
Not published

8New Dawn ABA

Fits families who want in-home ABA from 18 months with no published waitlist

New Dawn ABA provides in-home and school ABA for ages 18 months to 18 years in Colorado; its only center is in Missouri. It accepts Medicaid, says it has no waitlist, and coaches parents as active partners. Its Colorado BCBA is certified in Practical Functional Assessment and Skills-Based Treatment.

Worth a call if you want therapy at home and a fast start matters.

From New Dawn ABA's website (source 1, source 2, source 3), checked September 14, 2026.

Setting
In-home, School, Daycare or community, Telehealth
Ages
18 months to 18 years
Under 3
Yes
Parent involvement
Parents coached as active partners
Health First Colorado
Website says it accepts Medicaid
Availability
Website says no waitlist

9GreenLight ABA

Fits families who want one-to-one in-home ABA for a young child

GreenLight ABA provides one-to-one ABA at home, delivered by an RBT under BCBA supervision, and serves young children. It coordinates with outside speech and occupational therapists and has Spanish-speaking services. It operates in Arizona, Utah and Colorado.

Worth a call if you want home-based therapy that works alongside your child's other therapists.

From GreenLight ABA's website (source 1, source 2, source 3), checked September 14, 2026.

Setting
In-home, School, Daycare or community
Ages
Not stated
Under 3
Yes
Parent involvement
Ongoing caregiver guidance
Health First Colorado
On the state provider list
Availability
Not published

What Budding Futures does differently for Greeley families

  • Therapy comes to you. Budding Futures does not run a center. Sessions happen in your home and, when the district allows it, inside your child's school.
  • From 18 months to 18 years. A toddler can start with us, and the same team can stay with your child through the school years.
  • Parents are coached, not just updated. Ten to 20% of therapy hours go to parent coaching, written into the plan.
  • One therapist your child knows. We keep the same technician with your child, so sessions do not restart with a stranger.
  • A named BCBA on every plan. Rachel Blackburn, BCBA, is our Clinical Director, and about 20% of hours are supervised by a BCBA when clinically appropriate.
  • No current waitlist. We do not have a waitlist for the assessment right now, and most Health First Colorado families pay $0.

If you want a center with other kids and a classroom-style day, Action Behavior Centers, Consultants for Children, Inc., Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) and Key Autism Services are the providers on this list that run one.

Questions about comparing ABA providers in Greeley

Which providers on this Greeley list take Health First Colorado?
Budding Futures ABA, Action Behavior Centers, Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), Key Autism Services and GreenLight ABA appear on Health First Colorado's Pediatric Behavioral Therapies provider list. Consultants for Children, Inc., The Treetop and New Dawn ABA say on their own websites that they take Health First Colorado. Coverage details change, so ask each provider to confirm your child's plan before the first session.
Is Budding Futures the only provider here without a center?
No. On this list, Budding Futures ABA, The Treetop, Majestic Care ABA, New Dawn ABA and GreenLight ABA do not run a center, so sessions happen at home and, depending on the provider, in daycare, the community or at school. Budding Futures works in homes across Colorado and inside schools when the district allows it.
How do the providers compare on parent training?
Nine of the nine providers describe parent training or parent involvement on their websites, in their own words. At Budding Futures, parent coaching takes 10 to 20% of therapy hours and is part of every plan. Ask each provider how many hours a month go to parents.
Can we switch ABA providers after we start?
Yes. Coverage belongs to your child, not to the provider. A new provider usually runs its own assessment and asks your plan for its own authorization, so ask how long that takes before you end services with the old one.

How we built this comparison

We started with Health First Colorado's Pediatric Behavioral Therapies provider list and the providers Greeley parents are most likely to find and call. We kept providers with a location in or near Greeley, or a service page naming it, and read each one's website on September 14, 2026. Every fact about another provider matches text on its own site. If a site did not say something, the table says "Not stated." Providers change hours, ages and insurance often, so confirm details when you call.

  1. Action Behavior Centers: website
  2. Consultants for Children, Inc.: website
  3. Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD): website
  4. Key Autism Services: website
  5. The Treetop: website
  6. Majestic Care ABA: website
  7. New Dawn ABA: website
  8. GreenLight ABA: website
  9. Health First Colorado: Pediatric Behavioral Therapies provider list and benefit page

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