Adams Wells Special Services

What Adams Wells Special Services does

Adams Wells Special Services Cooperative (AWSSC) is a public school cooperative formed by five member school corporations—Adams Central Community Schools, Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan Schools, North Adams Community Schools, South Adams Schools, and Southern Wells Community Schools—to deliver mandated special education services to students with disabilities aged 3 through 22 in Adams and Wells counties, Northeast Indiana. The cooperative operates under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Indiana's Article 7, offering a full continuum of services as determined by case conference committees, including consultation, collaboration (team teaching), traditional pullout, and alternative settings, with a stated philosophy of least restrictive environment placement.

The cooperative's service delivery is staff-intensive rather than technology-product-intensive: it deploys a credentialed team that includes school psychologists, speech/language pathologists, occupational and physical therapists, behavior specialists, social workers, interpreters, a deaf and hard-of-hearing coordinator, a transition coordinator, and an assistive technology coordinator. The central office is located at 102 W. Main St., Berne, Indiana, with services delivered directly within students' neighborhood schools. Through partnerships with the PATINS Project and Easter Seals Crossroads, the cooperative sources trial periods of assistive technology devices for member districts. The Governing Board, composed of the five member-district superintendents, meets monthly in open session and serves in an advisory capacity, with Executive Director Abi West managing daily operations.

AWSSC operates as a nonprofit government-adjacent entity rather than a commercial enterprise. Revenue is generated through member-district service agreements and contributions rather than consumer pricing; no standalone revenue figure is publicly disclosed. The only known external capital event is an $18,000 grant from the AWS Foundation in March 2019. Distribution is exclusively direct-to-student service delivery within member districts, with no commercial GTM motion, marketing budget, or external customer acquisition.

Name

Adams Wells Special Services

Legal name

Adams Wells Special Services Cooperative

Website

https://awssc.k12.in.us

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AWSSC is a public school cooperative of five Indiana districts providing mandated special education services to students with disabilities ages 3–22 under IDEA and Indiana Article 7, funded through member-district contributions rather than commercial revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Special Education Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialized Instruction & Resource Support (Inclusion, Pull-Out, Co-Teaching) (EDAJAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialized Programs & Classrooms (Autism, Emotional/Behavioral, Intellectual/Developmental, Multi-Disability) (EDAJAKAH), Special Needs Early Intervention & Preschool Programs (EDAKAAAE), Special Education Vocational & Transition Programs (18–22) (EDAKAAAG), Public Special Education Schools & Programs (EDAJAAAH), Specialized Inclusive / Co-Taught Special Education Programs (EDAKAAAK)

Keywords

• Special education services
• School cooperative services
• Assistive technology support
• Disability education programs
• Special education cooperative

Headquarters

HQ city

Bluffton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Special Education Services to Member Districts: Public school cooperative funded by five member school districts (Adams Central, Bluffton-Harrison, North Adams, South Adams, and Southern Wells) to provide special education services in compliance with IDEA and Indiana Article 7. Revenue is generated through service agreements with member districts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Adams Wells Special Services Cooperative is a regional educational cooperative formed by five public school districts that delivers a full continuum of special education programs to students aged 3–22 with disabilities under IDEA and Indiana Article 7. Program options include consultation, collaboration (team teaching), traditional pullout, and alternative settings, with supplementary assistive technology services, transition services, and preschool programs.

Product overview

Adams Wells Special Services (AWSSC) is a cooperative of five school districts providing comprehensive special education services to students with disabilities aged 3 through 22 under IDEA and Indiana's Article 7. The cooperative does not offer a technology product but rather provides educational services including consultation, collaboration (team teaching), traditional pullout, and alternative setting programs. Services are delivered by specialized staff including social workers, behavior specialists, physical and occupational therapists, speech/language pathologists, school psychologists, interpreters, and transition coordinators. The organization also maintains assistive technology resources and videos as part of its service offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Special Education Cooperative Services

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• PATINS ProjectcoreTechnology or IntegrationPATINS Project provides trial periods for assistive technology devices to Indiana public schools, including member districts of AWSSC. Schools can evaluate technology effectiveness before purchase.
• Easter Seals CrossroadscoreTechnology or IntegrationEaster Seals Crossroads provides assistive technology device trials to Indiana public schools, enabling AWSSC member districts to test devices before acquisition.
• Indiana Department of EducationcoreOthersState education agency providing regulatory framework, guidelines, and resources for special education services under Article 7 and IDEA.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Emerging players

• Indiana Resource Center for Autism (IRCA): Indiana-based center that supports schools serving students with autism. Comparable in serving the same Indiana special education ecosystem and overlapping on assistive/behavioral support resources.
• IN*SOURCE: Indiana parent training and information center supporting families of children with disabilities. Comparable as a complementary Indiana special education resource frequently linked alongside AWSSC.

Broad incumbents

• Specialized Education Services Inc. (SESI): Provider of specialized academic and behavioral services for students with disabilities in school settings. Comparable in delivering K-12 special education services to public school clients.
• Catapult Learning: Large national provider of special education, intervention, and professional services to K-12 schools. Comparable in delivering school-based special education and related services to public school clients.
• FullBloom (formerly Catapult Behavior): National provider of special education and behavioral health services in K-12 schools. Comparable in providing school-based clinicians, behavior specialists, and related services to public districts.
• ChanceLight (now part of Centria Healthcare): National provider of behavioral health, therapy, and special education services to schools. Comparable in offering school-based special education staffing and programming at scale.
• Menta Group: National special education services provider operating private day schools and providing staffing to public school districts. Comparable in delivering special education staffing and programs to K-12 districts, though at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Easter Seals Crossroads: Indiana assistive technology provider offering device trials and AT services to schools. Direct AT partner comparable in assistive technology consideration and trial services.
• PATINS Project: Indiana statewide assistive technology resource that provides device trials to public schools, including AWSSC member districts. Direct service partner addressing the same AT consideration/implementation workflow.

Others

• Indiana Department of Education – Office of Special Education: State regulatory authority administering Article 7 and IDEA compliance in Indiana. Comparable as the governing framework AWSSC operates within; not a competitor but defines the rules AWSSC must follow.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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