Human Services

Longform Kate Holcomb and Tajalli Hodge with the WashUp Ministries mobile shower facility at the Ypsilanti Freighthouse. Community Development

Food-truck ministry adds free showers at Ypsilanti Warming Center

Sarah RiggWednesday, February 21, 2024
Innovation News Friends In Deed staffers Carla Wilson, Nikia Smith, Sarah Thornburg, and Elisa Guyton. Healthy Communities

After disastrous leak, Ypsi Township nonprofit seeks help to provide furniture to those in need

Sarah RiggWednesday, January 17, 2024
Longform The iFFY staff at Natalia Rocafuerte's studio. Community Development

What are you most excited for in Washtenaw County in 2024?

Concentrate staffWednesday, December 20, 2023
Innovation News Infographic Healthy Communities

U-M study examines how to best allocate health resources to socioeconomically deprived communities

Natalia HoltzmanWednesday, December 20, 2023
Innovation News Marquan Jackson at the YCS Clothes Closet in 2018. Healthy Communities

Ypsi-area organizations band together to keep vulnerable residents warm

Sarah RiggWednesday, November 29, 2023
Innovation News Thanksgiving potluck flyer Community Development

Washtenaw County nonprofit welcomes refugees and volunteers to returning Thanksgiving potluck

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, November 22, 2023
Longform Michigan Foster Care Closet Board Vice President Heather Wing. Kids and Education

Ann Arbor-area nonprofit offers free clothes, toys, and more for Michigan foster kids

Elinor EppersonWednesday, October 25, 2023
Longform The Ypsilanti District Library Michigan Avenue branch during remediation. Community Development

Library innovates to serve downtown Ypsi patrons after water damage forces branch closure

Sarah RiggWednesday, October 25, 2023
Longform Reverends Teleah and Donald Phillips at Brown Chapel AME Church in Ypsilanti. Community Development

Michigan's second-oldest AME church celebrates 180th anniversary in Ypsi

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, July 12, 2023
Longform EMU students Ren Lands, Lauren Masserant, and Ruth Mella work at Swoop's Food Pantry. Healthy Communities

Ypsi nonprofits step up efforts to address rising food insecurity

Sarah RiggWednesday, June 28, 2023
Development News A ribbon cutting for the new Shalom Commercial Kitchen. Healthy Communities

Jewish Family Services to launch new commercial kitchen and expanded food pantry

Natalia HoltzmanWednesday, June 28, 2023
Innovation News Child picking tomatoes Kids and Education

New Zingerman's summer camps teach kids to cook meals for charity

Natalia HoltzmanWednesday, June 21, 2023
Innovation News Left to right, students Goddess Smith and Louisa Stuhee; facilitator Angela Knight; and students Connor Sabo-LaPorte, Jaylin Wilson, and Elvin Sahijdak at the first youth data collection meeting for the One Love Symposium. Kids and Education

New EMU credential helps human service professionals relate to those with different experiences

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, May 17, 2023
Longform Ypsilanti resident Lucinda Printup has become an activist for juvenile justice reform after being involved in the juvenile justice system herself. Kids and Education

Voices of Youth: Building a restorative future for Washtenaw County's juvenile justice system

Patrick DunnWednesday, February 8, 2023
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