As the number of families and children facing homelessness increases, the services meant to connect people with housing help are stretched thin, overwhelmed and underfunded, area providers say.
Detroit Free Press
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Duggan promises 24 hour housing hotline after kids die in casino parking garage
The seven-point plan includes expanding the hours of a housing help line to 24 hours and seven days a week, beginning efforts to find families in vehicles, and treating every call that involves children as an emergency.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Health and Welfare
Forgotten Harvest is launching more food pantries in Detroit, metro area
The food rescue nonprofit is expanding services to areas where it says need is highest but where there aren’t enough resources for food assistance.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Health and Welfare
Mourners say goodbye to siblings with ‘unbreakable bond’ who froze in Detroit casino parking garage
Song and prayer enveloped about 150 mourners as they paid their respects to 9-year-old Darnell Currie Jr. and 2-year-old A’millah Currie.
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Housing
Detroit’s homeless referral system releases new report. What the numbers show
The safety net meant to connect vulnerable Detroiters to shelter is under scrutiny after two children appear to have frozen to death.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Health and Welfare
Funeral services begin for 2 children who froze in Detroit casino parking garage
Deputy Mayor Melia Howard, who was at the public viewing on Wednesday, identified the children as 2-year-old A’millah Currie and 9-year-old Darnell Currie.
Posted inHousing
New statewide program offers $25K loans for first-gen homebuyers
The $8 million pilot program, funded by the state of Michigan, is expected to help more than 320 Michigan families and individuals buy homes.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Warming centers in Detroit: Where to find them as temperatures plummet
Here’s a rundown of resources to stay out of the cold and snow, according to news releases from the city and the Pope Francis Center.
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Michigan lawmakers see promise in cash aid program. Where it’s expanding
Bipartisan lawmakers support no-strings-attached cash aid program for expectant moms and babies as it expands across Michigan.
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Accounting errors have cost Wayne County libraries millions
Some Wayne County libraries received an influx of funding, others were underpaid.