After finding housing, people who've experienced homelessness frequently seek to further stabilize their lives, better support their families, and give back to their communities. Here are a few of their stories.
A network of programs across Metro Detroit seeks to address high drowning rates and low swimming skills with free water safety education.
An unlikely partnership has blossomed between the Mormon church and Zaman International, a nonprofit that serves mostly Middle Eastern Muslim women. Both faiths have more in common that it might appear on the surface.
Developing Despite Distance has gone deep investing in Detroit youth with incarcerated parents. In launching a teen advisory board, it looks to go broad.
GenesisHOPE plans to purchase 10 vacant lots across Detroit neighborhoods to provide affordable housing through a community land trust model.
“We were looking for spaces all around Detroit but when we saw this space it had no walls, it had no lights, and we just fell in love with the story of this block.”
The Huron-Clinton Metroparks are celebrating this Earth Day by rolling out several new pilot initiatives that are the first steps in an ambitious plan to combat the impacts of climate change.
MI Mental Health spoke with Wil Morris, CEO Sanilac County Community Mental Health about how local agencies help mental health patients navigate their rights.
Through classes, incubator kitchens and welcoming meals, nonprofit Deeply Rooted Gardens empowers farmers of color to reach their urban-farming potential.
While music therapy comes in many shapes and sizes, the practice has the power to improve well-being and promote healing for people of all ages and abilities. Metro Detroit offers several music therapy programs and therapeutic music practices.
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