About AOBB, Inc.
Array of Brighter Beginnings, Inc. is a culturally responsive behavioral health nonprofit organization serving at-risk children, adolescents, and adults in the community. Our treatment programs focus on education, skill
development, and empowerment to support improved self-worth, stability, and overall quality of life.
AOBB, Inc. is headquartered in Gastonia, NC, and provides services to individuals in Mecklenburg, Gaston, York, Union, Cabarrus, and Iredell Counties, as well as surrounding areas. AOBB, Inc. is nationally accredited
by The Joint Commission for Behavioral Health Care Services.
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 treating 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, socioeconomic status, or political affiliation. Services will focus 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-centred; self-determination; community inclusion; personal growth through individually relevant and measurable goals; behaviour 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 responsive behavioral health nonprofit organization serving at-risk children, adolescents, and adults in the community. Our treatment programs focus on education, skill
development, and empowerment to support improved self-worth, stability, and overall quality of life.
AOBB, Inc. is headquartered in Gastonia, NC, and provides services to individuals in Mecklenburg, Gaston, York, Union, Cabarrus, and Iredell Counties, as well as surrounding areas. 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 situations 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, Inc. provides behavioral health programs that support individuals facing life-altering challenges. Our services promote inclusion, strengthen coping skills, and build independent living abilities. We focus on helping each person increase stability, confidence, and community participation while working toward meaningful personal goals and improved quality of life.
Array of Brighter Beginnings offers in-home alternative family living, community individual support, respite care, and behavioral health services. Our services help those in need of services for the following: PTSD, Developmental Screenings, ADHD, Respite, and more. Our services are referral-based, and our care approach is evidence-based. AOBB, Inc. uses evidence-based practice to ensure that our staff makes informed patient care
decisions.
2026-2027 Culture Competency Plan
The attached 2026-2027 CCP document has been reviewed and approved by the AOBB, Inc. QA/QI Committee and the Board of Directors at the leadership of the AOBB, Inc. President, Carlos Webb.
