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History
 Breaking
New Ground . . . . . Building New Opportunities
In August 1979, a one person office was opened in the International
Institute in Detroit to serve a unique population of immigrants.
In its first year, 421 clients sought ACC’s services and
within ten years ACC opened an additional 12 outreach centers
throughout Metropolitan Detroit, serving over 5,000 clients. As
ACC expands so did its services, providing counseling, healthcare,
employment training and job placement, translation, interpretation,
immigration and youth services.
In 1991, ACC received accolades
as the first Arab American organization to receive national recognition
by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Services
(CARF) for services provided by its behavioral health program.
In 1992, ACC’s clients nearly doubled from 19,000 to 38,000
as refugees and asylum seekers of the Gulf War crisis continued
to escape and settle in Michigan.
In 1995 ACC committed itself to
the revitalization of the 7 Mile neighborhood and community as
we launched the 7 Mile Project; by 1997 we had built a brand new
facility that not only provided ACC’s general services,
but we also provided a facility that the public could use to host
meetings, as well as a community health clinic that serves the
local neighborhoods’ uninsured and under-insured population.
Less than 10 years later, the 7 Mile project has become a stimulus
for an entire neighborhood and indeed the City of Detroit too,
as we have become part of the City’s Community & Neighborhood
Development Initiative.
Today, ACC serves over 80,000
clients and renders over 500,000 services. There is no doubt that
ACC is “Making a Difference” and will continue to
do so in the years to come.
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