Family Service Society, Inc. (FSSI) has been an integral part of Grant County for 100 years. Established in 1919, this community-based organization incorporated in 1954 as a 501(c) 3. Through the first 25-30 years FSSI provided basic and welfare services in Grant County for individuals from cradle to the grave. Services included child protection, adoption services, admission assessment for poor and elderly individuals going to the county home, utilities, food, clothing needs, and referral for community services. More recently, Family Service Society assists 13,000 children and families annually in 14 counties in northern Indiana make changes for good in their lives through:
Education that makes them healthier
Encouragement through evidence-based counseling
Empowerment through shelter, advocacy and new-found hope in domestic violence prevention programs
