Matrix Financial Literacy Trainer, Tracy Burress, and two participants of the DLBA buy back program The Detroit Land Bank Authority (DLBA) "Occupied Buy Back Program" has been giving a second chance to Detroit residents who wish to own a home since 2015. Since then,...
Being a recipient of our annual Angel Tree - Adopt a Family for the Holidays event and having a 2-year-old daughter in our Head Start - East Lake Center, Ms. Jasmine Mack was already in contact with our Family Advocate, Ms. Felicia Cash when she became pregnant and...
"More than two months after the coronavirus pandemic hit Detroit, nearly half of all Detroit residents have lost their job." - according to a new University of Michigan Detroit Metro Area Communities (DMACS) survey. That is double the Michigan unemployment rate and...
On Tuesday, February 25th, our Director of Adult and Senior Programs, Mr. Gregory McPherson, was selected to the Detroit Workforce Leadership Academy Fellowship. The fellowship lasts 12 months and is developed through the partnership with the Aspen Institute Economic...
After the Taylor family was displaced when their landlord lost their house to foreclosure, Ms. Taylor decided to move the family in with her sister. It was not easy fitting herself and four children into her sister's two-bedroom flat. After receiving an email from...
The Matrix Online High School Diploma Program gives a person of any educational background the opportunity to achieve their high school diploma long after high school ends. A high school diploma is separate from a GED, so graduates will not be distinguished...
Ladaisha Cotton has had her share of struggles that has kept employment further from reach than the average job seeker. With a criminal history including felonies, Ladaisha couldn’t even find work at McDonalds. Since there is no federal law that prohibits...
Meet Albert, who for decades, was living in a home previously owned by his aunt but was lost to tax foreclosure because of a job loss. Because of financial circumstances, Albert lived without running water in the home for about two years due to a shut off. Growing up...
“I had a compound fracture of my tibia from an auto-mobile accident in.. early 80’s, and I was told back then, that next morning when I came-to in the hospital, that I had a compound fracture of my tibia, I’d been hit by a car… ‘oh, and you’re HIV positive.’” The...
Silvia may not appear to be your average grandma considering she is still in her fifties, but nevertheless, Silvia graduated from the Matrix Manufacturing Boot Camp with her grandson Mario on Friday, July 12th at The Matrix Center alongside more than ten other...
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