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Upcoming events
- Ribbon Cutting for Mom's Place(event)(2 days)
- Ford Motor Company Volunteers(event)(4 days)
- Novi (SL)(event)(13 days)
- Detroit AIDS Walk(event)(14 days)
- CCSS Charity Golf Scramble - Monday, September 22!(event)(15 days)
- Board Meeting(event)(15 days)
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To be a volunteer or for more information contact:
Gladys Ferguson, Bonnie Christler or Ed Hingelberg.
All can be reached at: (313) 883-2277
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Homeless Services
Cass offers emergency services and both transitional and permanent housing for homeless men, women and children.
Homeless Drop-In Center (HDIC)
The Drop-In Center was established to provide daytime shelter and emergency services for homeless adults and families. Services include: basic & essential services, screening, intake, referral, case management, housing placement, housing assistance and job placement services to 40-100 homeless, mentally ill men, women and children daily.
Inter-Faith Hospitality Rotating Shelter
The Detroit-Wayne County Rotating Shelter was also begun by and at Cass in 1988. Modeled after the one in South Oakland County (SOS), Cass arranges for area churches from a variety of denominations to "host" homeless people for a week at a time, October through May. Up to 80 people a day are accepted into the program.
Mobile Outreach
Since 2002, the Mobile Outreach Team has provided outreach on the streets by case management, peer counselors and driver. Seriously and/or chronically mentally ill persons are invited back to the CCSS Homeless Drop In Center for a meal, shower, laundry, a visit with the Nurse Practitioner and/or Psychiatrist.
Oasis Detroit
Started as a Roman Catholic nonprofic, CCSS gained the program for permanent supportive housing for homeless men and women with chronic mental illness in 2006.
Safe Haven for Men
This "first of its kind in Michigan" residential Cass program at The Scott Building, provides 21 men with serious mental illness a secure, non-threatening, non-institutional supportive environment. It is the "portal of entry" in the HUD Continuum of Care that first engages mentally ill homeless men in treatment, rehabilitation, and supportive services.
Shelter for Homeless Men with HIV/AIDS
Started in 2007, this program offers permanent supportive housing for 14 men living with HIV/AIDS.
Transitional Housing for Men
This residential Cass program started in 2002 at The Scott Building, provides case management services in addition to a stable and secure residential setting for 21 adult males who are in recovery from substance abuse. The case manager evaluates each individual to determine ongoing and unmet needs.
Transitional Housing for Women & Children
In 2003, Cass added a residential program for homeless women and children at another site in southwest Detroit. Mom's Place, as it is known, is home to women who are in recovery from substance abuse and their children. This is an exciting place where fifteen participants receive intense case management and housing placement assistance.