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Advocacy
Services for Kids (ASK)
To empower families raising children with mood, behavior and
emotional disorders, by providing support, training and advocacy
skills, and collaborating with community partners to improve
the system of care for children.
ArtsJAM
Detroit (VSA Arts of Michigan)
Offers an opportunity to enhance the learning experience for
young people living with disabilities by encouraging creative
expression through the arts to develop life enhancing and
pre-vocational skills as they prepare to enter the workforce.
Students work with professional artists to learn creative
processes, in addition to gaining production, management and
marketing skills.
Association
for Children's Mental Health
A statewide organization of the Federation of Families for
Children's Mental Health.
Beaumont
Hospitals- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
An active member of the Children’s
Oncology Group (COG). A prestigious international organization,
COG is the largest cooperative pediatric cancer group in the
world and provides care to 90% of children with cancer in
the United States.
Birmingham
Bloomfield Community Coaltion
Mission is to raise awareness and mobilize the entire community
to prevent the abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs,
primarily by our youth.
Birmingham
Youth Assistance
Mission is the prevention and reduction of juvenile delinquency,
child abuse and child neglect, by providing positive alternatives
to children and families who live within the boundaries of
the Birmingham School District.
Bloomfield
SCAMP
A 5-week summer program that seeks to provide an exciting
and therapeutic summer program for individuals with disablitites
ages 3-26 in the Metro Detroit area.
Bridges4Kids
Building partnerships between families, schools and communities.
Building
Better Families Through Action
A non-profit community organization that promotes healthy
families by actively educating, informing and providing tools
to parents and the community about healthy parenting as well
as the prevention of substance abuse and other destructive
behaviors.
Camp
Forget-Me-Not
A 2 day camp for children in grades 1-7 who have experienced
the death of a loved one.
ChildHelp.Org
A leading national non-profit organization dedicated to helping
victims of child abuse and neglect.
Children's
Leukemia Foundation of Michigan
A statewide organization that provides information, financial
assistance and emotional support to Michigan families affected
by leukemia, lymphoma and related blood disorders
Children's
Special Health Care Services (MDCH)
Resources and general information.
Common
Ground
Provides lifeline for individuals and families in crisis,
victims of crime, persons with mental illness, people trying
to cope with critical situations and runaway and homeless
youths.
Como
Pediatric Communication Center
Provides info to help children with speech, language and sensory
disorders and offers speech and language therapy as well as
occupational therapy in a family centered environment.
Detroit
Institute for Children
Care for children with disabilities.
Family
Support Network of Michigan
For families who have children with special health needs.
Mary J. Marin, Executive Director
3056 W. Grand Blvd., Suite 3-350
Detroit, MI 48202-6003
Telephone: 313-456-4381
Fax: 313-256-2605
Email: marinm@michigan.gov
FAR
Conservatory
Promotes understanding and provides education for children
and adults with special needs through therapeutic opportunities
in the arts, recreation and leisure that enrich its students,
their families and the greater community.
Judson
Center
A leader in providing dynamic, innovative and effective solutions
to the challenges facing children and families, and adults
with developmental disabilities across ten counties in Michigan.
Just
For Kids Foundation (Northville, MI)
A non-profit foundation dedicated to bringing smiles to children
as they confront their medical challenges. We fulfill wishes
which can vary from the security of a support group to vacations
for the while family. Our goal is to bring moments of joy
by fulfilling the wishes of some very deserving children.
Lighthouse
of Oakland County
Provides inspiration and support for people in need as they
move from crisis to self-sufficiency.
Michigan
Alliance for Families
Provides information, support and education to families of
children and adults with disabilities.
Michigan
Head Start Association
To promote equal opportunities for all Head Start children,
families and programs to succeed.
Operation
Kid Equip
Long term vision is a community where every child’s basic
needs are met. To accomplish this in the short term we provide
free school supplies, books, hygiene and food items for children
who are at-risk.
Variety
FAR Conservatory of Therapeutic and Performing Arts
An organization that provides creative arts therapy and recreation
services for children and adults with mental, physical and/or
emotional impairments.
Vista
Maria
Ending the dibilitating cycle of poverty, abuse and neglect
begins with helping children achieve academically, providing
access to daily living resources and an avenue to develop
positive personal relationships.
YMCA
of Metropolitan Detroit
Purpose is to build strong kids, strong families, and strong
communities.
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