About AOBB, Inc.

Array of Brighter Beginnings, Inc. is a Joint Commission accredited behavior health non-profit organization geared toward helping at-risk children, adolescent youth, and adults in the community. Our team is here to educate and empower individuals while focusing on self-imaging for a better tomorrow. AOBB, Inc. have two locations. AOBB, Inc.'s central office is located in Gastonia, NC, and provides service to members in the Mecklenburg County, York County, Union County, and Iredell County. AOBB, Inc. also has a second office in Statesville, NC.

With over 40 years of combined experience, the founders Carlos Webb and Janet Barnett provided service to children, adolescent teens, and adults in the social and human services profession. Array of Brighter Beginnings Inc. is Nationally accredited by the Joint Commission for Behavioral Health Care Services.

Our Mission

Array of Brighter Beginnings is a culturally diverse organization with a mission to provide youth, adolescents, and adults with an array of opportunities and support for improved quality of life and interpersonal connections.

Our Philosophy

Array of Brighter Beginnings, Inc.’s philosophy recognizes that everyone has basic human rights and promotes the treatment of all persons with dignity and respect. The underlying premise is that no person shall be subjected to discrimination based on disability (physical, developmental, or mental), gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, marital status, socio-economic status, or political affiliation. Services will center on individual needs and encompass each person’s social, physical, spiritual, and psychological uniqueness.

Array of Brighter Beginnings ,Inc. is committed to safeguarding intrinsic human rights and dignity; decision-making processes that are client centered; self-determination; community inclusion; personal growth through individually relevant and measurable goals; behavior change through the creation of “environments for success and competence”; proactive intervention; support for the involvement of family and significant others; staff with a value base and personality factors consistent with Array of Brighter Beginnings Inc.’s core values.

Statement of Values

Array of Brighter Beginnings has a system of values that reflects commitment to individuals with and without disabilities. As a service provider agency, we value our responsibility to provide individuals and community members an array of services. Our values foster a set of standards aimed to help those we serve achieve and pursue personal goals and dreams for a better quality of life.  

Our values and obligations are:

• We ensure appropriate community-based behavior and mental health care service that includes early assessment, ongoing medical monitoring, and behavior health treatment.

•  We provide a safe, secure, private, personal, and encouraging environment that develops self-confidence and self-awareness.

•  We provide an environment that offer each person served an opportunity to voice their hopes and dreams for a better quality of life.

•  We offer each person served a meaningful experience that develops coping skills with market potential.

•  We provide support for each person served as they learn, grow, and confront new and difficult challenges in life.

•  We help develop meaningful new and existing relationships (i.e., family members, friends, neighbors, and community members).

•  We provide an environment that allows freedom of personal belief and life preferences.

• We help communities become inclusive of those with special needs.

•  We concentrate our efforts on bridging goals and ideas between individuals, families, supporters, and community members for better outcomes. 

Agency Background

Array of Brighter Beginnings, Inc. is a culturally diverse behavior health non-profit organization geared toward helping at-risk children, adolescent youth, and adults in the community. Our behavior health treatment programs allow us to educate and empower individuals while focusing on self-imaging for a better quality of life. AOBB, Inc.'s central office location is in Gastonia, NC, and provides service to members in Mecklenburg County, York County, Union County, and Iredell County. AOBB, Inc. also has a second office in Statesville, NC. AOBB, Inc. is Nationally accredited by the Joint Commission for Behavioral Health Care Services.

 Program Description

Array of Brighter Beginnings, Inc.’s programs are designed to permit consumers with life-altering situation to live a normal life and to help develop coping skills to have a better quality of life and find purpose in mainstream society.

Array of Brighter Beginnings offers in-home alternative family living, community individual support, respite, and outpatient psychotherapy and behavior health services for a variety of conditions. Our services help those in need of services for the following: PTSD, Developmental Screenings, ADHD, Psychological Evaluations, SAIOP, Substance Abuse, Intensive Outpatient, Respite, and more. Our services are referral-based, and our treatment approach are all evidence-based practice. AOBB, Inc. uses evidence-based practice to ensure that our staff make informed patient-care decisions.