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Official Detroit CoC
Newsletter
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If you live in Detroit, Hamtramck, or Highland Park and are experiencing homelessness, please call CAM at (313) 305-0311. Intake is call-in only.
Operating hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 9am-5pm; Wednesday: 11am-5pm
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The members of the Detroit Continuum of Care (CoC) were recently featured in a news report due to the CAM Transition. | For more information and updates on the trnasition, please visit HAND's website. | |
YHDP Celebration Luncheon | |
Pictured: Kiana Harrison, Kaitie Giza, Tasha Gray, Meredith Baughman, Donna Price (Detroit Advisors Group (DAG) and CoC Board Member), and Deloris Cortez. | |
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HAND team members joined a wide-range of organizations at Detroit Councilwoman Mary Sheffield's Occupy the Corner Kick Off event. They engaged event attendees offering important information regarding the Detroit CoC, its various programs, and resources.
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For the month of June, First Day Kits (FDK) is fundraising for their local community partner and Detroit CoC provider, Community & Home Supports (CHS). CHS is a small community focused Detroit non-profit that serves individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness. They are sometimes housing up to 7 households a week. | |
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The NOAH Project is nearing the end of their 10 day campaign to raise $40,000. NOAH seeks to raise $40,000 in order to unlock $40,000 in matching funds. For a smaller agency like NOAH, $80,000 represents a huge part of their annual fundraising goal to fund the agency, and it frees staff to focus on the important work of relationship building with clients who have often felt forgotten or neglected by society. This is our chance to let clients know that the community DOES care about them and that we too believe in NOAH's vision to compassionately end homelessness in the City of Detroit!
You can donate here.
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Thursday, October 19
The NHP Foundation's symposium is a gathering of those in the affordable housing industry. The purpose of this year's conference is to explore the possibility of a future with abundant, resilient housing that is affordable to people at all income levels and appropriate to where they are in their lives.
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The NHP Foundation is a not-for-profit real estate organization dedicated to preserving and creating sustainable, service-enriched multifamily housing that is both affordable to low and moderate income families and seniors, and beneficial to their communities. | |
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Training Series: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Wednesday, June 21 | 6PM - 7:30PM
Techtown is hosting a workshop which aims to help individuals and organizations understand adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and how to understand, raise awareness and promote ACE prevention strategies in our communities.
- Understand the biological impact of ACEs and Neurobiology, Epigenetics, ACEs, and Resilience (NEAR) Science
- Understand the ACEs study and how ACEs are associated with health problems
- Gain awareness of evidence-based prevention strategies to prevent and mitigate the impact of ACEs
- Introduction to PACE D2A Data Dashboard and how using data can help inform ACE prevention strategies
- Understand the definition of resilience (individual, attachment/belonging, community resilience) and how being aware of high ACE scores can shift the narrative
Register here
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With a wide range of services for families and youth, MCHS's mission is to provide individualized treatment, care, advocacy, and permanency to children and families impacted by childhood trauma.
Positions Available:
- Director of Youth Crisis and Homeless Services
- Crisis Mental Health Therapist
- Housing Case Manager
- Peer Navigator
- Employment Specialist
Employment details and applications available on MCHS's website.
MCHS: Family of Services is also a YHDP subrecipient.
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Neighborhood Service Organization is currently hiring for several positions. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of those experiencing homelessness while using a holistic approach to housing, you can explore these opportunities. Find out more here.
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Freedom House Detroit serves individuals and families seeking humanitarian protection. Freedom House provides legal services, community housing, food, clothing, housing search assistance, and access to medical care and mental health care, language classes, and job skills training.
Learn about available positions here
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MCAH Accepting AmeriCorps Site Applications | |
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The Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness (MCAH) is seeking host sites for the MCAH AmeriCorps program. During the 2023 - 2024 program year, 17 full-time and 6 half-time positions will be available. The statewide program places AmeriCorps members with homeless service providers to increase their capacity to serve individuals in the community who may be homeless or at-risk of homelessness.
Deadline: Applications are due July 14 for the upcoming 2023 – 2024 program year, with members beginning service this fall.
The application is available for download here.
Learn more about the program on MCAH's site.
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Help Shape Homeless System Policy | |
Join the Detroit Advisors Group (DAG) | |
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The Detroit Advisors Group (DAG) is looking for persons with lived experience of homelessness or housing insecurity to join our team as we work to make Detroit's homeless response system more equitable.
Interested? Apply here!
For more information about Detroit's Homeless Response System or for questions visit HAND's website.
You can also contact Kaitie Giza, kaitie@handetroit.org
313-964-3666 x108
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The Youth Action Board (YAB) is open to youth ages 16-24 who have lived with experiences with homelessness or any other adverse life experiences and possess a willingness to use their experiences and education as a medium to inform policymakers, service providers, and community members on best practices and strategies to prevent and end youth homelessness. The board has most recently aided in obtaining funding for homeless youth.
If you're interested in making your voice heard, join here
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Detroit Action is holding their Renters and Tenants Committee meetings Tuesday, June 20, July 4, and July 18. Each day is from 6 PM - 8 PM. The meetings' purpose is to organize those most affected by the issue of eviction in the city of Detroit and to get Right to Counsel funded. If you're interested in stabilizing our communities, you can register for the in-person meetings here.
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Ask Congress to Fund, Not Cut, Housing | |
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Add Your Organization to Letter Urging Congress to Invest in Affordable Housing and Community Development Programs in Fiscal Year 2024 here.
Congress has underfunded housing, homelessness, and community development resources for decades, and House Republicans are threatening to enact deep budget cuts. Urge Congress not to slash funding to affordable housing, homelessness, and community development resources, and to work together to ensure these vital programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible in fiscal year 2024.
Add your name or organization to the petition here
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NAEH 2023 State of Homelessness Report
The State of Homelessness: 2023 Edition uses data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide an overview of the scope of homelessness in the U.S. on a given night in 2022, and illustrate emerging trends.
The full report is available on NAEH's website
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NLIHC - Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing 2023 Report
The National Low Income Housing Coalition's (NLIHC) Out of Reach report highlights the gulf between the wages people earn and the price of modest rental housing in every state, county, metropolitan area, and combined non-metropolitan area in the U.S. This year’s report shows how high rents resulting from rapid rent growth during the pandemic and the end of many pandemic-era benefit programs are combining to exacerbate the financial insecurity of low-income renters, leading to higher eviction filing rates and increased homelessness in some communities.
Read the full report on NLIHC's website
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Water Assistance
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The MiWATER program is accepting applications. MiWATER helps Michigan residents pay past due water bills up to $2500 per household. Find out more here.
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Internet Assistance
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With the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program, you can save on your bill and may be able to get high-speed internet for free. Eligibility information and application available here.
- Food Assistance
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Gleaners mobile food distribution sites
- Meet Up and Eat Up site locater
- Forgotten Harvest schedule
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Michigan Kids Deserve Justice | |
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