A volunteer spruces up a shelter with a fresh coat of paint.

SOS provides shelter to families in separate scattered-site apartments. Each family lives in a mixed-income environment, and has more responsibility for their environment to foster self-sufficiency. In Washtenaw County alone, an estimated 1,500 families are homeless.

Every year, our Prospect Place Shelter program provides warm, safe temporary housing (up to 120 days) for more than 25 of those families, including close to 100 children. We provide distressed families with concrete help today and hope for tomorrow.

Every family in shelter has access to intensive case management and supportive services, including support groups, employability and educational supports, child care, therapeutic services, and substance abuse treatment - all at no cost to the consumers. As part of our intensive case management, adult consumers meet with SOS case managers who help them to identify barriers to self-sufficiency and develop concrete plans for addressing those barriers. Consumers also gain access to other community resources that help them to avoid further homelessness.