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MMBDC Corporation of the Year Award - Healthcare Category, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

MMBDC Corporate One Award - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

MMBDC Minority Input Committee Healthcare Sector 2002

Mich Hispanic Chamber of Commerce-Corporation of the Year Award - Non-Automotive Category, 2001

Minority/Woman-Owned Business Classifications

Minority/woman-owned businesses are defined as:

We do encourage certification since the process identifies bona fide minority or women business enterprises.

Minority/Women-Owned Business Classifications Definitions

Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)

An enterprise that is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by minority group members or, in the case of a publicly-owned business, at least 51% of the stock is owned by minority group members.

Minority group members:

• African Americans
• Hispanic Americans-All persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central, Latin or South American, Portuguese, or other Spanish origins regardless of race.
• Native Americans-All persons having origins in any of the original peoples of North America and who maintain cultural identification through tribal affiliations or Eskimos, Aleuts, and native Hawaiians.
• Asian/Pacific Americans-All persons having origins in any of the peoples of Japan, China, Vietnam, Korea, Samoa, Guam, U.S. Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Laos, Cambodia, or Taiwan.
• Asian/Indian Americans-All persons having origins in India, Pakistan, or Bangladesh.

Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE)

An enterprise that, regardless of ethnic background, is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by women members, or, in the case of a publicly-owned business, at least 51% of the stock is owned by women.