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"...we are the ones we have been waiting for" - June Jordan,

March 31, 2024

CAM Call Line Operating hours:

Monday through Friday, 8am - 6pm

Visit camdetroit.org for the latest information on CAM services and any upcoming closures.

Other ways to access CAM services. Call CAM at (313) 305 - 0311 or go to one of the following Access Points for in-person assessments.

Warming Center Update - Today the Warming Centers will be closing for the season

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We are asking our legislators to:

• Use their voice and power to urge HUD to honor the FY24 funding awards that were announced in early January and expeditiously administer grant contracts and funding to our community and communities across the nation. 
• Vote no for any FY25 budget proposal that cuts HUD funding. Any cut of funding directly will result in people returning to homelessness and a shortage of resources to help them regain stability. 
• Fight against efforts to cut federal employees working for HUD as this will further slow-down the process to administer the FY24 grants that our community desperately needs.

You can help our community two ways:

March 24, on behalf of the Detroit CoC, HAND members joined Council President Sheffield and the Detroit Affordable Housing & Homelessness Taskforce Townhall for an important talk about housing and homelessness in Detroit. HAND Executive Director, Tasha Gray, presented a sober analysis of the current situation citing the decrease in COVID era housing resources and protections as a reason for the rise of homelessness in the Detroit CoC.

You can read a summary of the townhall on Bridge Detroit's website.

Detroit CoC Board Meeting

April 7, 2025 | 2pm - 4pm

Join us at the next Detroit CoC Board meeting where the Board will be discussing topics relevant to our homeless service system. Register here.

On Demand Trainings

MCAH Academy Ethics In Action

 April 17, 2025 | 10am - 12pm

In this two-hour interactive session, participants will explore the NASW Code of Ethics, focusing on housing justice, client advocacy, and ethical service delivery. Through real-world case studies, role-playing, and group discussions, attendees will gain practical strategies for navigating ethical dilemmas in housing and homelessness services.

Learning Outcomes

• Apply Ethical Principles: Understand and implement the NASW Code of Ethics in housing and homelessness services.
• Enhance Advocacy Skills: Develop strategies to address housing discriminationand promote equitable access.
• Strengthen Client Engagement: Use empathy-based approaches to uphold dignity, autonomy, and ethical service delivery.

General Registration: $25

MCAH Member Registration: $15 – email Allison Green at agreen@mihomeless.org for your discount code

Register here.

 Fair Housing Deep Dive: Renter Rights & Responsibilities

April 29, 2025 | 6pm – 7:30pm EST

This training defines housing discrimination and who is protected with an emphasis on families with children, persons with disabilities, and race-based protections as well as new protections under Michigan law, case examples, criminal history screening, harassment, and how to file a complaint/report housing discrimination. Attendees will also learn more about the broad implications of housing discrimination as well as what services the FHCWM offers. This training will be recorded and available on FHCWM’s training page. If you have any issues registering or further questions, please contact Brianna Miranda at bmiranda@fhcwm.org.

Register here.

Building Transformative Facilitation in 2025

May 16, 2025 | 8:30am - 4:30pm

This in-person training introduces participants to an educational approach grounded in the Ruth Ellis Center's mission, vision, and specific principles of work: harm reduction, positive youth development, trauma-informed care, and restorative justice.

This transformation of education spaces is based in an approach that embodies; (1) engaging adult learning, which prioritizes the utilization of past experiences as an existing foundation to build upon; (2) dialectical learning, an approach that offers participants opportunities to deepen their understanding of problems, and critically linking them to previous experiences; (3) restorative approaches to the work, which allow participants to move through different values, beliefs and behaviors without facilitators freezing them in time, and (4) an engaged approach; moving away from lecture-based learning, by utilizing activities for continued reflection, analysis, and processing that supports diverse learning methods. We believe that all participants hold a piece of the truth, and participant engagement is central to a successful learning space.

Register here.

On Demand

Becoming a Supportive Housing Leader: A Recorded Webinar for Tenants in Supportive Housing

Designed for people who live in supportive housing, this free webinar discusses the importance of tenant leadership in supportive housing and strategies to help tenants advocate for the programs and buildings they live in to become tenant-led. Trainer Amiyoko Shabazz, a current resident in supportive housing, and Alicia Rhoden, a former supportive housing resident, share their own experiences of leadership in supportive housing and strategies that others can use to harness their voice and power in supportive housing.

• Learn strategies for co-leading effective and inclusive tenant councils of individual points can be shorter or longer depending on your needs
• Learn strategies to advocate for tenant-centered services in your program
• Envision what it looks like to shift power to tenants in supportive housing

You can access the training on CSH's website.

The Anchor Opens

 Congrats to Detroit CoC member Mariners Inn on the opening of their new Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) project, the Anchor. The Anchor is a 65,500 square foot mixed-use facility with 44-units of Permanent Supportive Housing units, 40 Recovery Housing units, on-site private supportive services and much more. You can learn more about The Anchor on the Mariners Inn website.

Detroit Phoenix Center Serves Youth with Two New Programs

The Detroit Phoenix Center (DPC) is continuing their mission to serve vulnerable Detroit youth with two new programs: YouthUp Mobile and a Midwest Pilot Tour.

YouthUP Mobile will offer "essential resources and support directly to youth wherever they are! Services include: Resource Navigation and linkages to housing, SNAP & healthcare benefits, Life Skills & Workforce Development Workshops, Basic Needs Assistance (hygiene, wellness kits, clothing, meals), Educational Support & Tutoring, Recreation & Community Partnerships. More details are coming soon. You can sign up to receive updates DPC's website.

Scholarship Opportunity for Youth with Lived Experience!

Schoolhouse Connection's has the nation's only national scholarship program specifically providing youth that have experienced homelessness with comprehensive support to and through higher education and into the workforce.

• January 1, 2025: Application Opens
• June 2, 2025: Application Closes
• First Week of August, 2025: Applicants Notified

You can find eligibility details and documentation on Schoolhouse Connection's website.

Congress Passes and President Trump Signs into Law Year-Long Stopgap Funding Bill Underfunding Vital HUD Programs

"Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed into law a year-long stopgap funding bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), to extend funding for the federal government through September. The CR extends funding levels provided for federal programs in the previous year’s FY24 funding bill through the remainder of FY25, and provides funding increases for a limited number of key programs. See NLIHC’s updated budget chart for full details.  



Overall, the bill will cut $13 billion in domestic spending from the previous fiscal year, while also proposing funding adjustments for some federal programs, including an additional $6 billion in defense spending and an additional $4.6 billion for some key HUD programs."

Read the full breakdown on the National Low Income Housing Coalition's website.

THE STAKES ARE HIGH: PROTECT MEDICAID IN 2025

Medicaid is facing significant federal threats despite its undeniable benefits. Right now 76% of Michigan's Medicaid spending comes from federal dollars. But federal cuts to the program, which could exceed $2 trillion over the next decade, will result in devastating consequences for our state, its health systems and everyone who is covered by Medicaid. Urge Michigan's members of Congress to protect Medicaid so that everyone has access to the healthcare they need, regardless of their age, their ZIP code, their income or their identity. 

View the full infographic and ways to contact your legislators on MLPP's website.

City of Detroit 7-Point Plan Issued

Pre-recorded

Understanding Contingency Management: A Foundational Webinar for Homeless Service Providers

On March 11, 2025, SAMHSA’s Homeless and Housing Resource Center hosted Understanding Contingency Management: A Foundational Webinar for Homeless Service Providers. This webinar provided attendees with a foundational understanding of contingency management and how it works to support individuals experiencing homelessness with substance use or co-occurring disorders. Attendees heard from two programs about how they use contingency management—what has worked, what has been challenging, and how other programs might develop their own contingency management programs. 

Watch the recording here.

9th Annual Homelessness Advocacy Day

April 16, 2025

Lansing Community College, Lansing MI

Join a cross section of stakeholders for MCAH’s 9th Annual Homelessness Advocacy Day where they come together to:

• Share information on the state of Homelessness and Affordable Housing in Michigan and your local community
• Hear from state leaders on legislative priorities and the importance of advocacy
• Learn about MCAH 2025 policy priorities
• Advocate in teams, providing information and meeting with MI legislators 
• Network with Colleagues 

Visit this website to find registration and sponsorship details.

For more information on this fair, please email: msamuel@detroitatwork.com

Corktown Health Financial Assistance

The Housing and EFA programs provide emergency financial assistance to households experiencing utility shutoff (past due bills), eviction, need for assistance with first month’s rent for a new move. This type of assistance is designed to help clients living with HIV stay engaged or to reengage in medical care. When an applicant does not meet the criteria of our programs, we work with our network to connect the client to additional resources.

Must apply for "MDHHS SER" on MIBridges first.

Find out more about the program on Corktown Health's website.

DWIHN Mobile Crisis Unit

Call 844-IN-CRISIS (844) 462-74741, 7am to 11pm, to get you or a loved one connected to a crisis specialist and get a mobile crisis unit to their location.

My Safe Space Crisis Hotline

For young adults (313) 844-9136. The MCHS hotline connects youth experiencing housing and mental health crises to short-term mental health services.

Rides to Care

Whether you're pregnant, a new mom, or a caregiver, you can get free rides to doctor appointments. This new Detroit Department of Health program provides transportation for prenatal and postpartum care up to the baby's first birthday.

Rides are available

• Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Saturday, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
• Services are not available on holidays

To schedule a ride, call (313)876-0000

For more info, visit detroitmi.gov/ridestocare

This week, we have a riddle

I sit on your desk but I’m not a pet 🐶 ,

You stack me, flip me, but often forget 🤔.

Without me, you’d miss every task and call 📞,

But at year’s end, I’m useless to all 🤷🏽‍♀️.

What am I❓

The answer will be revealed in the April 14 newsletter.

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Email Kimberly Benton at kimberly@handetroit.org

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