What does AWS stand for?
In 1957, a community volunteer committee that would ultimately become the United Way of Allen County in northeast Indiana, launched a study to consider the provision of work-related services for individuals with disabilities. From that study, the Community Coordinating Center for Rehabilitation and Healthy Services, Inc. was founded in 1960. Eventually, the agency name was changed to Anthony Wayne Rehabilitation Center for the Handicapped and Blind, Inc., more commonly known as Anthony Wayne Services. In 1998, the agency shortened its name to the initialism, AWS. The real answer to the question, “What does AWS stand for?” is that we stand for quality service, commitment to the people we serve and an absolute dedication to assisting people with disabilities in achieving independence, individual maximum potential and inclusion within the community.
