Vision: Adult Well-Being Services is the premier resource for empowering people of all ages and capabilities to create healthy and livable communities.

Mission: Adult Well-Being Services promotes well-being and independence of adults through advocacy, services, family and community supports.

Description:
To provide quality services to older adults and adults with mental or developmental disabilities in southeastern Michigan. We serve more than 4,500 people each year.

Staff: AWBS employs approximately 110 people at seven locations and more than 350 people donate their time each year as volunteers.

Funding: City of Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment and Recovery, Detroit Area Agency on Aging, Synergy Partners, LLC, Gateway Community Health, Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan Department of Human Services, Neighborhood Opportunity Fund, Medicare, The Senior Alliance, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Southeast Michigan Community Alliance, United Way for Southeastern Michigan and many individual donors.

History:
Adult Well-Being Services began in 1953 as a volunteer project of the Junior League of Detroit when they opened one of the country's first senior citizen centers on Detroit's east side. The Senior Center was established to meet the needs of low-income senior adults living in the community and was incorporated as an agency in 1955.

The Senior Center grew and changed in response to changing community needs. In the 70's there was a new trend in the mental health arena. Persons with mental illness began to be served in the community rather that in hospitals. Former recipients of mental health hospitals were welcomed into the Senior Center. Soon we started a "senior center-like" program for those persons who were not old enough to participate in the senior center. The agency's name was changed to Adult Service Centers, Inc. to reflect this broadened services.

In 1986 the organization merged with Well-Being Services for Aging to become Adult Well-Being Services(AWBS), adding in-home services to the agency's services. Social workers visited older adults in their homes to do assessments and help them remain in their homes.

Today the agency continues to provide an array of essential services to seniors and adults with mental and/or physical disabilities. We now have 55 years experience serving older adults in a variety of community-based programs. Nearly 5,000 people were served last year through our comprehensive service units:
*Healthy Aging
*Mental Health & Substance Abuse Treatment
*Developmental Disability Services
*Guardianship Services
*Assertive Community Treatment

Contact people:

Nakia Maye, Communications Coordinator, (313) 924-7860, (email) Karen Schrock, President & CEO, (313) 924-7860, (email)

Office fax number: (313) 924-0350

Address:

1423 Field Avenue Detroit, MI 48214 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.awbs.org

Directions:

Adult Well-Being Services is located at 1423 Field Avenue (in the Belle Isle area). Our organization is 1 block east of East Grand Blvd. and 2 blocks south of Kercheval.