"Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward." - Nelson Mandela | | |
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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.
CAM Operating hours: Monday through Friday, 8AM - 6PM
For regular CAM updates, subscribe to the CAM newsletter.
Visit the CAM's website.
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Upcoming CAM phone line reduced hours & closures
Reduced hours:
- December 4th from 1 PM - 4 PM
- December 5th from 1 PM - 5 PM
- December 8th from 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
- December 13th from 3:30 PM - 5 PM
Closed all day:
December 15th
December 22nd
December 25th
December 29th
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Due to limited availability, shelters are not accepting walk-ins overnight. Please call CAM Monday - Friday between 8 am - 6 pm to speak to someone who can advise on shelter availability and/or other options. Please note that available shelter beds are limited and change daily. Please call CAM during open hours to get the latest information.
For more information, visit camdetroit.org
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Warming and respite centers are now open! | |
Congratulations to our HAND Team | |
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HAND members Tasha Gray, Kaitie Giza, and Meredith Baughman, were honored to receive the Unsung Hero award from the Detroit Phoenix Center (DPC). As part of DPC’s One Night Without A Bed Campaign, they were nominated and selected by the Youth Action Board (YAB). A special kudos to Kaitie and Meredith for building and maintaining a relationship with the YAB and DPC.
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Detroit Phoenix Center’s (DPC) One Night Without A Bed campaign is challenge to people to give up their beds for One Night in solidarity with the 4.2 million young people around the world who experience homelessness each year.
Their goal is to raise awareness of the youth homelessness crisis and raise funds to continue to provide young people with critical resources, safety, and support during a time where their services are needed now more than ever.
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Every Person Counts Wishlist | |
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Every Person Counts Wish List
On the night of January 31, 2024, more than 25 teams of volunteers will spread throughout Detroit to count and survey people who are experiencing homelessness and not sheltered – and to remind them that they do count – every one. This also known as the PIT Count.
To show compassion in a practical way and to encourage cooperation, teams will distribute items of value to people who are homeless. You can help by donating these items through our Amazon Wishlist Unisex items in adult sizes are preferred.
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Sponsor a Street Ambassador
Street Ambassadors are people who are currently, or formerly, homeless, who help our teams effectively engage with people on the streets. Make a financial donation of $100 to provide a stipend to a Street Ambassador. There are two ways to donate:
Donate by check
Checks may be made out to the Homeless Action Network of Detroit (HAND) and mailed to: 3701 Miracles Blvd, Suite 101, Detroit, MI, 48201
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Learn about other ways you can help our Every Person Counts: PIT Count be successful on HAND's website. | |
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An Interim Findings Report prepared by the BPA Consulting Team has just been released and is available for anyone to review. This Report provides on overview of key data regarding Detroit’s homelessness response system, summarizes all of the planning efforts to date, and highlights the Consulting Team’s key interim findings.
| You can learn more about the Homelessness Strategic Planning Project at the Detroit Housing and Revitalization's website here. | |
Marketing Isn’t Magic: Build Your 2024 Marketing Plan |
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Thursday, December 7th | 10:00 AM
You would never leave for a trip without a map or perhaps a list of sites or restaurants you want to visit. Why would you start the new year without a marketing plan and still plan to hit your annual goals?
In this course you will first be asked several questions that are key to developing your marketing plan. Then you will conduct a simple inventory to see what tools and skill sets exist to execute that marketing plan. Lastly, based on the prior two exercises, create a feasibly, implementable outline of a marketing plan for 2024.
MCAH Communications Manager, Amy Stephenson and a few other industry experts will be providing instruction.
The cost to attend this training is $25 for non-MCAH members, while members can attend for free. Members will also receive a half hour Zoom consult following the webinar. Contact Allison Green at agreen@mihomeless.org to verify you are a member and receive your coupon code.
Register here.
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Elevating the Needs of the Homeless Services Workforce: Findings from Recent Nationwide Surveys
Dec 6 | 1 PM EST
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Human services workers across multiple sectors have been yelling from the rooftops that their professions are in distress. The homeless services workforce is adding to the chorus. To help their voices be heard, the National Alliance to End Homelessness circulated a nationwide survey earlier this year. Around the same time, researchers from Azusa Pacific University developed a related effort. Both teams’ findings focused on the impacts of factors such as salaries and benefits, high employee turnover, and understaffing on the homeless services field.
Register here.
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Social Determinants of Health Summit, From Roadmap to Reality
Implementing Michigan's Roadmap to Healthy Communities for Lasting Change
Tue, January 23, 2024 | 08:00 AM - Fri, January 26, 2024 | 06:00 PM EST
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The 2nd Annual Social Determinants of Health Summit will be held January 23- 26, 2024. The live virtual session will take place January 23-25th with a half day in-person reception on January 26th.
The goal of the Summit is to create a space for collaboration and alignment with Michigan partners. They hope to strengthen partnerships for a greater impact in community.
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Find out more about MDHHS's Social Determinants of Health Strategy here. |
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Homeless Persons' Memorial Day Service and Luncheon
Date: Thursday, December 21 | 1:00 – 3:00pm
Location: The Cathedral of St. Paul Detroit
https://detroitcathedral.org/
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National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day takes place each year on the longest night of the year, the winter solstice (usually December 21st). The first Annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day was commemorated in 1990. While we remember those we have lost this year, we cannot let this be the start of another year of growing homelessness. | |
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One Life, Too Many. Another Year, Too Long. On the first day of winter and the longest night of the year, people in our communities will die without a home. This event will memorialize and honor the lives lost to homelessness. It will energize us to fight with hope and with fierce determination to do our part to prevent and end homelessness. Please join the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council to remember and commemorate those who have died. People with lived experience, providers, and youth will unite us to remember lives, recognize challenges, and inspire hope for transformative change. We hope this year’s Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day is our time of remembrance to meaningfully memorialize the people who have died and inspire renewed commitment to our collective advocacy and work to end homelessness for all.
Register for the virtual meeting here.
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