During the week after Father's Day, June 17th through the 21st, Matrix was more than thankful to receive volunteer assistance from Ford employees every day of the week! We also were very grateful to have volunteers come from Meridian Health Plan and Daly...
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Community NewsMatrix Human Services Receives New Five-Year Head Start Grant
Detroit, Michigan—Matrix Human Services, a 113-year-old social service organization serving the most vulnerable children and families throughout the City of Detroit, has received its next five-year federal grant from the Agency for Children and Families to...
A Message from our President and CEO
Good afternoon Community Supporters, Donors and Friends of Matrix,I am delighted to announce we have received notification from the Agency for Children and Families today that our Head Start grant funding application was accepted. Our new grant period will...
Catching Kids Where It Counts – Early Detection and Prevention
The first goal of Matrix Head Start is to make sure children from birth to 5, are healthy and safe, which is why we are extremely thankful for a grant from the Children’s Hospital which awarded funds to purchase new health screening equipment. The...
Inaugural Matrix Human Services Mother’s Tea
Resilience and perseverance were on display at the inaugural Matrix Human Services Mother’s Tea. The event was hosted at MGM Grand Casino Hotel and sponsored by Molina Healthcare. More than 150 mothers from our Matrix Head Start program were in attendance...
Our Matrix Head Start’s hearing and vision screening!
Matrix Human Services is thankful to the Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation for the grant it provided our agency in 2018. The grant of $27,500 was used for the purchase of hearing and vision child screening equipment.The Spot Vision Screeners and...
Keeping our families together – Jacqueline’s story of survival
KEEPING OUR FAMILIES TOGETHER. For Jacqueline, Matrix Head Start didn’t just give her children lessons in early education, the program changed the life of her whole family.At the time, Jacqueline’s life was full of transition and she felt overwhelmed with...
An autism diagnosis couldn’t defeat Erick
SHOW OUR LOCAL CHILDREN YOU CARE. When Marisela’s three-year-old son Erick was diagnosed with autism, she couldn’t believe it. While Marisela knew Erick had speech issues and wasn’t potty-trained like other children his age, he didn’t act like children she...
Letter from Matrix Head Start parents
The following parent letter highlights the amazing difference our Matrix Head Start teachers are making in the lives and futures of thousands of local Detroit children each and every day! Congratulations to Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Arnold for being recognized...
Our Matrix Head Start Family Advocates Helping Families
Damaris Jurado is one of our amazing Matrix Head Start Family Advocates. Each of our Head Start families has a Family Advocate to help them navigate a path to achieving personal goals for themselves, their children and their families. One of Damaris...
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For information about Matrix Human Services, please send an email indicating your area(s) of interest to inquiries@matrixhs.org or use our contact form.
Matrix Human Services Central Office is located at:
1400 Woodbridge, Detroit MI 48207
Our normal hours of operation are
Monday – Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm.
(313) 831-1000
(313) 831-4634 (fax)
For up to date information on any of our Matrix Head Start centers or for enrollment, please call (313) 962-5255
Please visit the program pages for individual program contact and location information.