"AGING OUT" RESOURCES
Last year, 457 of the state's 18,959 foster youths "aged out" of the system. At 18, many are basically
left on their own to find housing, transportation, jobs and health care.
The State of Michigan has launched a Web Site to offer advice and opportunities to foster children who
are aging out of Michigan's child welfare system. The new Department of Human Services site--www.michigan.gov/fyit--has information about services and support for hundreds of current and former foster youths.
Wayne County Community College has announced plans to create a $7 million dollar residence and resource center to aid Michigan youths who grow too old for state-foster care. It will provide temporary housing for 100-200 young adults older than 18 and provide educational opportunities, vocational training and counseling for hundreds of youths ages 17 to 23. It will be a one-stop information center. We will provide further information on this venture as it becomes available....please continue to check back!
Save Haven 4 Kids of Michigan JUST ADDED 2/2/2013
Phone: 810-765-KIDS 616-452-6664 24 hour line
6135 King Road
Marine City MI 48039
Safe Haven offers safe and suitable housing along with wraparound services to youth, ages 18-21
who are in the foster care system, or have been terminated from the system and are in need of housing. Some of the services include GED training, mentoring, counseling, vocational training, and life skills instruction. Safe Haven will eventually offer services to other clientele in the near future.
Big Family of Michigan, Inc.
30541 Utica Road
Roseville MI 48066
Phone: 586-445-7735
Offers services to foster youth such as scholarships, outreach services and a Christmas party.
Covenant House of Michigan
2959 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Detroit MI 48208
Phone: 313-463-2000
Helps homeless and at-risk youths and young adults.
Childhelp Foster Family & Adoption Agency of Michigan
30680 Montpelier
Madison Heights, MI 48071
Phone: 248-353-0921
This program provides prevention, intervention and treatment services to youth and their families in
S.E. Michigan. Childhelp offers general, specialized and therapeutic foster care for children ages 0-17
and volunteer mentors for children ages 10-23.
Boys & Girls Republic
28000 West 9 Mile
Farmington Hills, MI 48336
Phone: 248-615-3878
Has both Residential Treatment Programs AND Supervised Independent Living.
Common Ground Sanctuary
Administration Office:
1410 S. Telegraph Road (at Orchard Lake Road)
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
Phone: 248-456-8150
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Mental Health Services / Crisis Resource Center
Doctor's Hospital
Seminole Bldg. #100
461 W. Huron
Pontiac MI 48341
Phone: 800-231-1127
Call Crisis Resource Center for admittance!
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Crisis Rehabilitation Unit
751 Hendree Blvd.
Royal Oak MI 48067
Call Crisis Resource Center for admittance!
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The Sanctuary
1222 S. Washington Street
Royal Oak, MI 48067
Phone: 248-547-2260
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Westcott Center
27634 Westcott Crescent Circle
Farmington MI 48334
Call Crisis Resource Center for admittance!
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Youth Outreach Center
691 Orchard Lake Road
Pontiac MI 48341
Phone: 248-874-1282
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A Step Forward
1228 S. Washington
Royal Oak MI 48067
Phone: 248-399-9795
Transitional living shelter for youths ages 16-20 who are homeless and seeking self-sufficiency.
The program includes counseling, job training, career development, educational assistance,
financial subsidies, transportation assistance, housing placement assistance and medical assistance
Maximum length of stay is two years.
Save Our Children Coalition
University of Michigan School of Education
19000 Hubbard Drive C-25
Dearborn MI 48126
Phone: 313-593-5052
Non-profit organization that offers community outreach, coordination of efforts & education, educational activities for service providers and the larger community, and support for service reform.
Children's Resource Network
21021 Huron River Drive
New Boston MI 48164
Phone: 734-922-2982
Specialized support to foster care children and their foster families, bilingual assistance and migrant children programs.
Starfish and Counterpoint Shelter & Crisis Center
30000 Hiveley Road (main office)
Inkster, MI 48141-1089
Phone: 734-728-3400 24 hour Crisis Line: 866-672-4357
Provides a wide variety of service to families and children.
Orchards Children's Services
Administrative Office:
30215 Southfield Road
Southfield MI 48076
Phone: 248-250-0440
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225 East Fifth Street Suite 109
Flint MI 48502
Phone: 810-239-3264
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42140 Van Dyke Suite 206
Sterling Heights MI 48314
Phone: 586-997-3886
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1800 Meyers
Detroit MI 48235
Phone: 313-340-0497
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2797 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor MI 48103
Phone: 734-622-0217
JUDSON CENTER
Macomb County Regional Office
12220 Thirteen Mile Road
Warren MI 48088
Phone: 586-258-0206
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Oakland County Regional Office
4410 West Thirteen Mile Road
Royal Oak MI 48073
Phone: 248-549-4339
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3840 Packard Road #170
Ann Arbor MI 48108
Phone: 734-528-1692
(also house programs in Lenawee & Monroe Counties)
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2340 Stonebridge Drive Bldg. H
Flint MI 48532
Phone: 810-732-8510
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2810 West Grand River Suite 700
Howell MI 48843
Phone: 517-545-0540
The Judson Center Independent Living Preparation group is designed to offer self-sufficiency
preparation to youth ages fourteen to eighteen years within Judson Center's Foster Care programs.
The goal is to provide youth with skills to become self-sufficient and thereby avoid homelessness as
they "age out" of the foster care system.
Children's Center of Wayne County
79 W. Alexandrine
Detroit MI 48201
Phone: 313-262-1212
Self-referrals as well as referrals from community agencies. Call for an application.
For children age 18 and under and their families who live in Wayne County.
Lutheran Social Services of Michigan
Foster Care Program
21700 Northwestern Highway Suite 1300
Southfield MI 48075
Phone: 248-423-2760
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Lutheran Social Service of Michigan/Education & Training Voucher (ETV)
209 E. Washington Suite 284
Jackson MI
Phone: 517-789-6444 OR 877-660-6388
Provides financial assistance to help youth in foster care pay for training or education beyond high school. A youth is eligible until their 21st birthday as long as they meet the eligibility criteria. If the
youth participated in the program before their 21st birthday, they continue to be eligible until age
23 as long as they receive and maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average.
Michigan Youth Transition (MYT)
Phone: 313-942-0854 OR 586-532-1395
Printable booklet listing many available resources!
Catholic Social Services of Oakland County (CSSOC)
53 Franklin Blvd.
Pontiac MI 48341
Phone: 248-334-3595
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17500 West Eight Mile Road
Southfield MI 48075
Phone: 248-552-0750
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Hispanic Outreach
76 Williams
Pontiac MI 48341
Phone: 248-338-4250
Offers Independent Living Skills services to youth between the ages of 14 and 20.
Yatooma's Foundation for the Kids
1900 S. Telegraph
Bloomfield Hills MI 48302
Phone: 888-987-KIDS (5437)
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing guidance, stability, and financial assistance
to families with children who have lost one or both parents.
Creating Independence and Outcomes Program (CIAO)
35425 W. Michigan Ave.
Wayne MI 48184
Phone: 734-858-1580 OR 734-729-2827
To become a CIAO participant, you must be a Wayne County resident between the ages of 17
and 20 years old and in foster care for at least one day on or after your 14th birthday.
Don Bosco Hall
2340 Calvert
Detroit MI 48206
Phone: 313-869-2200
A private non-profit agency which provides supportive human services to enhance the quality
of life for youth and their families residing in the Metropolitan Detroit--Wayne County Community.
Component services or activities may include educational and employment assistance, training in
daily living skills, and housing assistance. Specific component services and activities are geared
towards post-foster care services: basic life-skill building, instruction in budgeting, using credit.
housekeeping, menu planning and food preparation classes.
Holy Cross Children's Services
Administrative Office:
8759 Clinton-Macon Road
Clinton MI 48236
Phone: 517-423-7455
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Detroit Regional Office
5690 Cecil Avenue
Detroit MI 48210
Phone: 313-895-2200
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Boysville Campus
8744 Clinton-Macon Road
Clinton MI 48236
Phone: 517-423-7451
This intensive program is designed for young women and men ages 16 to 21 who have successfully
completed residential or foster care programs but who cannot return to their parents home.
Starr Commonwealth
Starr Detroit
22400 W. Seven Mile Road
Detroit MI 48219
Phone: 313-794-4447 Toll Free 877-794-4447
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Starr Albion
13725 Starr Commonwealth Road
Albion MI 49224
Phone: 517-629-5591 OR 800-837-5591
Offers Pre-Independent Living and Supervised Independent Living programs designed to assist youth
to prepare for life on their own. For Wayne County youth ages 16-18 who are leaving foster homes
or residential treatment facilities.
Alternatives for Girls
903 W. Grand Blvd.
Detroit MI 48208
Phone: 313-361-4000
Helps homeless and high-risk girls and young women avoid violence, teen pregnancy and exploitation
by providing safe shelter, educational support, vocational guidance, mentoring and counseling.
Ruth Ellis Center
Phone: 313-252-1950
One of only 4 youth social service agencies in the nation dedicated to helping LGBTQ teens and and
young adults who are experiencing homelessness.
Spectrum Human Services
Supervised Independent Living
28303 Joy Road
Westland MI 48185
Phone: 734-458-8736
For youth ages 16-19 who are delinquent, neglected/abused, dependent, or are emotionally and/or
behaviorally impaired. Average length of stay in program is 7-12 months.
Wolverine Human Services
Administrative Offices:
15100 Mack Avenue
Grosse Pointe Park MI 48230
Phone: 313-824-4400
Case Management services, permanency planning, family support services, 24 hour crisis intervention, placement services, relative recruitment, and licensing services, multiple sites!
Servicing the greater Detroit area with offices in Wayne, Macomb and Genesee Counties.
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Specialized Independent Living
Housing assistance, 24 hour crisis support, transition from care support, independent living skills,
money management, permanency planning and educational/vocational assistance for you ages 16-21.
HELPFUL WEBSITES:
ONE SIMPLE WISH
1977 N. Olden Ave. #292
Trenton NJ 08618
One Simple Wish has been making small miracles happen for foster children and vulnerable families since December 2008. We offer everyone a glimpse into the life of a child in the foster care system or a family in need. Our goal is to connect people, one to one, to create rewarding, meaningful relationships between the giver and recipient. Here on our website you can browse through hundreds of wishes posted on behalf of some of the most deserving, yet invisible children and families in the United States. Wish granting is simple and affordable, with most wishes ranging between $5 and $100. We allow everyone the chance to make a direct impact on the lives of those in need...anytime, from anywhere.
IFoster.org Discount Program
iFoster.org provides discounts to foster youth/aging-out youth who register on their website
FosterClub Inc.
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Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative
The National Association of Former Foster Care Children of America (NAFFCCA)
5505 5th Street NW
Washington DC
Phone: 202-291-1603
NAFFCCA provides mentoring, job training, housing and an independent-living program for
youths who are aging out of the foster care system.
Programs like V MENTOR seeks volunteers to give caring support (even just by email) to
orphaned children. Sign up online! Many of the mentors are there to give career advice
National Foster Care Coalition (NFCC)
605 North Carolina Avenue SE, Unit #2
Washington DC 20003
Phone: 202-280-2039
National Network 4 Youth (NN4Y)
1140 Connecticut Ave. NW., Suite 1210
Washington DC 20036
Phone: 202-783-7949
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603 Stewart Street, Suite 902
Seattle WA 98101
Phone: 206-382-4949
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FOSTER KIDS
Orphan Foundation of America (OFA)
21351 Gentry Drive Suite 130
Sterling VA 20166
Phone: 571-203-0270
Provides college scholarships, connects youths to mentors and internships, etc.
The University of Michigan offers eight current or former foster youths
up to $5,000 a year through a new Paul and Amy Blavin Scholars Fund.
Michigan State University offers scholarships to former foster youths
Michigan Department of Human Services
As of July 1st, 2009 a foster youth is now considered "independent" when completing the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) if he / she was a ward of the court at any time after
the 13th birthday. With an independent status, you are eligible to receive funding for your college
expenses.
Foster Youth & Higher Education Initiative
John Seita Scholars Program
Western Michigan University
Phone: 269-387-8362
Education and Training Voucher (ETV)
Lutheran Social Services of Michigan
209 E. Washington Suite 284
Jackson MI 49201
Phone: 517-789-6444 Toll Free 877-660-6388
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Southfield MI
Phone: 877-433-6927
The ETV program provides financial assistance to help youth in foster care pay for training or education
beyond high school. A youth is eligible until his/her 21st birthday as long as they meet the eligibility
criteria. If the youth is participated in the program before his/her 21st birthday, they continue to be
eligible until age 23 as long as they receive and maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average.
The Finance Project
1401 New York Avenue, N.W. Suite 800
Washington DC 20005
Phone: 202-628-4200
OTHER RESOURCES:
For the Seventh Generation
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Foundation
Penobscot Building
645 Griswold St.
Detroit MI 48226
Phone: 313-961-6120 ext. 214
Provides non-law related services to all wards of the court, by encouraging and coordinating volunteer
participation by community organizations and individuals. We enable organizations and individuals
who desire to give back to the community, the opportunity and structure to participate in a program
that addresses the needs of children and their families.
Michigan Association for Foster Adoptive and Kinship Parents
Phone: 989-733-4527
Committed to the retention and empowerment of families to successfully parent all children placed
in their care by providing training, advocacy, legislation and support groups.
