8740 Joseph Compau Hamtramck, MI 48212 Tel: (313) 873-1955 ACC is a special populations Work First provider for SEMCA. The Council’s phenomenal growth from a single office to 20 outreach centers serving the tri-county area is guided by our commitment to “growth through service” -- a commitment which energizes the multifaceted programs which have accessed more than 200,000 community members to the full spectrum of health, education, employment and human services.

Employment

• Job Training and Placement
• Collaborative efforts with the Michigan Jobs Commission (MJC)
• Work First (Detroit-Wayne and Oakland Counties)
• Displaced Homemakers Program

Social Services

• Information, Referral and Advocacy
• Protective Services for Children
• Family and Individual Counseling
• Family Preservation Services
• Refugee Resettlement Services
• Senior Citizens Services
• Social Security Services Coordination
• Certified Translation and Interpretation Services

Health Services

• Mental Health Psychological and Psychiatric Services
• Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention
• Teen Health Clinical and Screening Services
• Prenatal Outreach Services
• Substance Abuse Prevention and Detection
• Primary Health Care Services
• Smoking Prevention and Cessation
• Drug Prevention and Stress Management

Cross Cultural Awareness

• Cross Cultural Workshops and Technical Assistance

 

ACC
(Arab-American Chaldean Council)
Since its inception 18 years ago as a one-room office operation, the ACC has grown to a comprehensive agency with 16 outreach centers located throughout the Tri-county area (Wayne, Oakland and Macomb). Over 120,000 Arab and Chaldean Americans have benefited from the ACC’s health, human, social and educational services, described in the following narrative.

Beginning in 1979 and continuing through to the present, the ACC has worked collaboratively with the Family Independence Agency (FIA), providing support counseling and casework staff. Over the past 12 years, the ACC has implemented the Comprehensive Mental Health Needs and Prevention Program in collaboration with the Detroit Wayne County Mental Health Board. This program offers in-home and out-patient psychological-counseling, testing, evaluation, individual, group and family therapy, crises intervention, aftercare and case management. Additionally, the ACC has provided successful community-wide mental health awareness seminars to over several thousand of the target community since the program’s inception.

In a similar vein, the ACC provides a Constellation of these services through its Oakland and Macomb Counties Mental Health Programs.

The ACC’s Substance Abuse Prevention Education Program brought the ACC’s bilingual multicultural expertise to the fore in educational outreach to Arab and Chaldean-American youth to inform them of the danger of drug abuse. They program also provided direct counseling services to the at-risk or addicted youth and their families. (State of Michigan and local county Drug and Substance Abuse Prevention Programs and Office of Drug Control Policy)

The ACC’s Teen Health Center offers comprehensive screening and diagnostic testing, immunization and inoculation, individual and family counseling and preventive health education for the youth of the target community. (Michigan Department of Public Health) The Pre-Natal and Postpartum Care Education Project offers the expectant mother a full complement of health care referral and training in child development, nutrition and postpartum aftercare.

Our Protective Services Project provides counseling and assistance to youth and minor children and their families who are experiencing difficulties in adjustment at home or school.

The ACC’s Job Training and Employment Project, initiated during the Winter of 1988, and the successful Michigan Opportunities Skills Training Project, provide English as a second language, employability skills, technical training, on-the-job training and job placement services for the unemployed and or dislocated members of our community.

The ACC’s interface with human services agencies, health care providers, schools (public and private), universities, community-based organizations, law enforcement and government agencies, business and industry has benefited over the years through our Cross-Cultural Awareness Seminars, designed to share the unique aspects of our culture and the wealth of our proud heritage. We are committed to building a bridge of understanding, grounded in respect and admiration.

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