Greetings!

We’ve cut the ribbon, and have now officially opened Vista Maria’s new transitional housing program for women veterans and their children! I’m so proud to share this next chapter with you.

The need is clear. In Wayne County, the number of women veterans experiencing homelessness increased nearly 18% from 2024 to 2025. Women who have served our country deserve a safe place to turn, including a place where their children can stay with them.

On our Dearborn Heights campus, the program has space for 14 women veterans and up to four children. Participants will have a welcoming place to stay while working with our team toward permanent housing. Support begins with each woman’s goals and includes help with employment and benefits, along with connections to health care. Follow-up support will help participants maintain stability after they move.

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“As a homeless veteran, a mother, and a woman, we are resourceful. We do what we have to do to survive. I’ve gone on to do wonderful, great things with my life. But I often tell people, when you see this big, lofty, shiny resume — underneath all that is a story of true triumph.”

-- Rebecca Flemming, Marine Veteran

Supported by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, this is the first program within the Vista Maria Housing Continuum. It builds on our mission while our foster care, adoption, juvenile justice, and independent living programs continue serving children and families every day.

Be a part of what comes next.

Help make room for someone’s next chapter. Your gift helps provide practical support, from household essentials for a family making a fresh start to the cost of a week of transitional housing.

$260 can help furnish a bedroom

$600 can help provide one month of meals

$850 can help provide one week of transitional housing programming

Gifts of any amount support Vista Maria’s full mission and will be used where they’re needed most.

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Bring a little holiday magic to someone we serve. Adopt a personalized wish list and help a young person or program participant feel remembered this season.

Shop on your own, or gather friends or coworkers to fulfill a list together.

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This is the first program to open within the Vista Maria Housing Continuum. It represents something we believe deeply: housing is more than a roof. It is a foundation for safety, belonging, healing, and possibility.

Thank you for helping Vista Maria keep growing to meet the needs around us. We have meaningful work ahead, and I’m so glad you’re part of it. Let’s go!

With gratitude,

Kathy Regan

President and CEO

Vista Maria