Caring Homes for the Developmentally Disabled.

Welcome to Family Living Center, Inc.  Our Mission is to provide for and represent the interests of, developmentally disabled residents in Oakland County Michigan. We care for those who need full time home care,  twenty four (24) hours a day, under the supervision and/or assistance of our qualified, trained support staff. We endeavor to prepare the individual for the least restrictive, most desired living situation to meet his/her independence and well-being needs with dignity and respect. 

A note about our founder. Mabel Higgs has passed away. She died this past January 8th and was 97 years old. She had advised an old friend just in her last few days that she had changed her mind about her oft stated goal of living to be 100 years old. She had fallen back on November 7th and broken her left hip and left foot. She spent a couple weeks in a hospital and then the remainder of November, all of December and these early days of 2023 in a nearby senior care and rehab facility. Mabel Higgs was a fighter, a champion of the battles for civil and human rights and her passion, the care of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She was a graduate of Howard University, an award winning care giver and business woman. She traveled the world and loved a celebration. She is survived by her sons, their wives, her grandchildren and great grandchildren and hundreds of loving family members and friends from coast to coast.

Celebrating the Life of:

MABEL COREY HIGGS

WHEN: SUNDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2023

TIME: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

WHERE: MARRIOTT AUBURN HILLS/PONTIAC

3600 CENTERPOINT PKWY

PONTIAC, MI 48341

248-253-9800

*A BLOCK OF ROOMS HAVE BEEN RESERVED FOR OVERNIGHT ACCOMODATIONS

WHEN BOOKING A ROOM PLEASE REFERENCE MABELS CELEBRATION

ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL FAMILY LIVING CENTER 248-334-5330

https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1675876668143&key=GRP&app=resvlink

Meet our Homes.

Hearthside

Mgr. rose ndasi

4778 Quarton Rd. Bloomfield, MI 48302

Dawn Lane

mgr. bERTINA sEATON

4112 Dawn Ln. West Bloomfield, MI 48323

Corey

mgr. Keke Waugh

1863 Flemington Dr. Troy, MI 48098

Winkleman

mgr. Helen Parker

asst. mgr. Patricia Odige

2740 Winkleman Dr. Waterford, MI 48329

Rainbow

Mgr. Oscar Duru

asst. mgr. fELICA gROSS

19331 Rainbow Dr. Lathrup Village MI

Who we are.

Family Living Center (FLC) was incorporated in 1979 by Mabel Higgs and our organization has been assisting adult individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities in Oakland County, since that time.

Family Living Center (FLC) presently operates 5 (five) group home facilities. Each located across Oakland County, in Bloomfield Hills, Lathrup Village, Troy, Waterford and West Bloomfield.

Family Living Center (FLC) currently serves 30 residents among the homes.  Our staff includes 31 (thirty one) qualified, trained Direct Care Workers and Home Managers, many of whom have been employed at Family Living Center over twenty-five(25) years. 

Each Direct Care Worker and Home Managers are fully trained as required by the State of Michigan and EasterSeals/MORC (Macomb Oakland Regional Center).  Each employee goes through a thorough check of references, finger prints and back ground checks.  Once hired, each employee will have CPR and First Aid training, physicals and TB tests/shots as required.

Family Living Center (FLC) is a non-profit agency, we contract with Oakland Community Health Network (OCHN) and receive funding from  other local community mental health boards and their affiliates and the  Michigan Department of Community Mental Health.  We also receive supports such as nursing, training, social work and psychology through EasterSeals/MORC (Macomb Oakland Regional Center, Inc.)

Family Living Center (FLC) works in association with numerous agencies, local and intermediate school districts, Michigan Assisted Living Association and many others.

Family Living Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a diverse workforce.  We seek individuals  who are caring, considerate, understanding and passionate about providing the very best care to persons with developmental disabilities.

If you are interested in becoming a part of the Family Living Center family, simply stop in the Family Living Center main office to fill out an application.  We are located at 132 Franklin Blvd, Suite 101, Pontiac Michigan.  We are on the first floor of the Pontiac Housing Commission building.   You must have a valid- current driver’s license, reliable transportation and be 18 years of age or older.

You will be required to submit to a background check and to be fingerprinted.   You must be vaccinated for Covid -19 and current on your TB (tuberculosis) shot, bringing in proof of that from your physician, or scheduling to have a shot performed with your physician within 12 days of being hired, and results sent to our office.

Our office hours are 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM.

Family Living Center is a 501 (3c) Non-Profit Organization.  Fundraising is an important part of our foundation.

We primarily fundraise to support two initiatives:

• Those clients who wish to attend summer camp
• Scholarship funds for employees who are pursuing college degrees.

If you wish to make a charitable donation to either of these endeavors, please call our office at 248-334-5330 and a staff member will assist you, or donate by clicking the button below.