Directory of Local Homeless Service Organizations

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Michigan

Alternatives For Girls

Alternatives For Girls has three programs, two of which deal directly with homelessness. Alternatives For Girls conducts street outreach and case management to teens and operates a shelter and transition to independent living program for women aged 16-20 who are homeless.

903 West Grand Boulevard
Detroit, MI 48208-2365
(313) 361-4000
(313) 361-8938 – Fax
www.alternativesforgirls.org

Operation Helping Hand

Operation Helping Hand operates a 200 bed emergency shelter for men, a 65 bed transitional housing for men, and a16 bed permanent housing for the dual-diagnosed.

2250 Fourteenth St.
Detroit, MI 48216
Phone: 313.961.1631
Fax: 313.961.1274
Contact: Barry Sawyer, CSW, ACSW, Executive Director
Email: BuzzSaw123@aol.com

Family Support Network

SOS serves as the coordinating agency for this collaboration of homeless family serving agencies. Together, the partners in this program pool resources to provide the highest quality child-care, drug treatment, housing relocation, and scholarships.

101 S. Huron St.
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Phone: 734.485.8730
Fax: 734.485.8739
Contact: Lisa A. Potti, FSN Director
Email: lpotti@tir.com

SOS Community Services

The Mission of SOS Community Services is to offer informed and caring response to the emotional and economic needs of individuals and families in distress. SOS Community Services operates a crisis center and hotline (734.485.3222), emergency food pantry, family emergency shelter, transitional housing, children's services, and affordable housing list.

101 S. Huron St.
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Phone: 734.485.8730
Fax: 734.485.8739
Contact: Charles H. Kieffer, Director
Email: swk_kieffer@online.emich.edu