Programs & Services
Out Wayne County Homeless Service Coalition
New in May 2009 - The Coalition launches its very own website www.outwaynehomeless.org
Since its inception in 1993, the Coalition, an informal partnership between over thirty agencies, organizations and governmental units, has lead the effort to create a more unified front in combating the causes and conditions of homelessness in Out-Wayne County. The member organizations who became involved did so to form a continuum of care that would address the specific needs of Out-Wayne County's homeless population while fostering better communication and closing service gaps.
By basing service delivery on customer need rather than agency or funder-driven priorities, the Coalition was strengthened. Using these principles as their framework, the Coalition established clear and definitive goals that continue to move its efforts today.
The Coalition has steadily increased its funding for the past several years. Through joint funding applications, the Coalition has enabled its members to build their capacity to serve and generated more than $18 million in new funding.
The mission of the Out-Wayne County Homeless Services Coalition is to elimintate homelessness in the Out Wayne County area. Toward this end, the Coalition identifies and illuminates economic and social issues at the local and state level that contribute to homelessness and substandard housing, and works to improve the capacity of all community partners to help homeless, imminently homeless and marginally housed persons locate, secure and sustain permanent housing.
Member agencies include:
ACCESS
Adult Comfort Living Housing
Childcare Coordinating Council of Detroit/Wayne County, Inc. (4Cs)
ChristNet
City of Dearborn
Community Care Services
Downriver Community Conference
Faith Recovery Center
First Step
Liberty Hill Housing Corporation
Lincoln Behavioral Services
Living the Principles, Inc.
Lutheran Social Services of Michigan - Wayne County Family Center
Neighborhood Legal Services
Serenity Center, Inc.
Starfish Family Services
The Guidance Center
The Information Center
The Senior Alliance and the Area Agency on Aging 1-C
Travelers Aid Society
United Way of Southeastern Michigan
Veteran's Haven, Inc.
Wayne County Department of Economic Development
Wayne County Senior Citizens Services
Wayne County Executive Office
Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency
For more information please contact:
Wayne Metro Corporate Office
Jennifer Lepard, Chief Operating Officer
2121 Biddle, Ste. 102
Wyandotte, MI 48192
734-246-2280