Feb 12, 2021 | Adults, Featured, Matrix MAC Health, Matrix Mission, Matrix Ryan White, News, Poverty, Success Story
When Kelly was 16 years old, she began a relationship with a man she knew for a long time. Eventually, they were engaged but by the time Kelly found out her partner was HIV positive, it was too late. She felt that he attempted to trap her, but the relationship still...
Feb 5, 2021 | Family, Featured, Fundraisers, Matrix Head Start, Matrix Mission, News, Parents, Poverty, The Matrix Center
Jasmine discovered Matrix Human Services in late 2018, when her then 1-year-old daughter began attending our Head Start Birth-to-5 Program at our Plymouth location, one of 16 Head Start Centers exclusively operated by Matrix Human Services in the city of Detroit. As a...
Jan 28, 2021 | Adults, Family, Featured, Matrix Head Start, Matrix Mission, News, Parents, Poverty, The Matrix Center
Ms. Shannon is a mother of 4 who has been through an especially challenging year. Before 2020, Shannon was working at General Motors in Detroit but suddenly found herself laid-off, while she was pregnant. After she gave birth to two healthy baby twins, she enrolled...
Jan 22, 2021 | Family, Featured, Matrix Mission, News, Parents, Success Story, Youth, Youth & Family
Brooklyn Fordham resides with her grandmother in the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects and has been working with Matrix staff since our Youth Assistance Program (YAP) was hosted at the Peter Claver Building. As Brooklyn’s grandmother, Ms. Fordham, describes,...
Jan 13, 2021 | Adult Programs, Adults, Family, Featured, Health Screenings, Matrix Mission, News, Preventative Health, Seniors, The Matrix Center
Ms. Thelma and her daughter Janlissa have faced difficult circumstances ever since they were forced to relocate from a rental property that was being torn out 4 years ago. However, the new rental home that they share together has been plagued with issues. “The...