Our Mission

To educate, advocate, and promote healthy aging to enable people to make choices about home and community-based services and long-term care that will improve their quality of life.

Our Vision

To create a community that cares for the vulnerable and advocates for the well-being of our constituents.

Our CORE VALUES

A classical temple façade with eight labeled pillars presents the Detroit Area Agency on Aging’s core values beneath a central logo; mission, vision, and contact details are shown on the base. Transcription of all visible text (verbatim): DETROIT AREA AGENCY ON AGING CORE VALUES (around logo) Detroit Area Agency on Aging (the logo tagline) The Senior Solution 1. Person-Centered Services 2. Trust & Respect 3. Integrity & Professionalism 4. Excellence & Quality 5. Teamwork & Collaboration 6. Accountability 7. Commitment to Community 8. Celebration of Diversity MISSION Educate, advocate and promote healthy aging to enable people to make choices about home and community based services and long-term care that will improve their quality of life. THE SENIOR Solution VISION Create a community that cares for the vulnerable and advocates for the well-being of our constituents. Serving Detroit, Hamtramck, Harper Woods, Highland Park & the 5 Grosse Pointes 1333 Brewery Park Blvd. Ste. 200 | Detroit MI 48207 | 313-446-4444 | www.DetroitSeniorSolution.org

A stylized temple façade presents five labeled pillars listing organizational priorities and actions for the Detroit Area Agency on Aging, set above mission, vision, logo and contact details. Transcribed text: Logo circle: "Detroit Area Agency on Aging" / "DAAA" / "The Senior Solution" Header: "DETROIT AREA AGENCY ON AGING" Pillars (left to right): SERVICE - Develop and allow community needs assessment and strategic plan to guide the funding of programs and services. - Build upon our partnerships in areas of behavioral health, poly pharmacy and other disciplines in the MLTSS arena. - Advocate for services and programs needed in our community. PEOPLE - Reduce agency attrition rate from 2.5% to 1%. - Assist, identify and recruit individuals to participate on BoD and AC per DAAA By-Laws and needs. - Institute leadership development program. - Invest in the development and growth of DAAA team members. - Advocate for the needs of our constituents. GROWTH - Increase the number of unduplicated individuals served in all service categories by 15%. - Incorporate private pay and cost sharing programs and services. - Increase funds raised via program income, special events and investment strategies by $250,000 to support non-nutritional programs and services. - Advocate for legislation, policies and funding that helps our community. FINANCE - Rebalance, repurpose and restore funding for intended programmatic use. - Examine and determine most effective strategies for utilization of excess revenue funds. - Generate agency profits for reinvestment into agency programs and operations. QUALITY - Improve DAAA's COAR ranking from bottom percentile to be within top five of AAA's statewide. - Retain CARF and NCQA accreditation. - Become a Malcolm Baldridge Award Recipient. - Develop metrics and criteria to determine outcomes and value to agency. Bottom boxes: MISSION Educate, advocate and promote healthy aging to enable people to make choices about home and community based services and long-term care that will improve their quality of life. THE SENIOR Solution (logo/tagline) VISION Create a community that cares for the vulnerable and advocates for the well-being of our constituents Footer: "Serving Detroit, Hamtramck, Harper Woods, Highland Park & the 5 Grosse Pointes 1333 Brewery Park Blvd. Ste. 200 | Detroit MI 48207 | 313-446-4444 | www.DetroitSeniorSolution.org"