Sos Community Services

Sos children's Services offer children and parent programming and support to overcome the challenges they face as they transition in housing programs. Sos offers the parents as teachers in-home parenting education and support program for families with children age five and younger. For families with older children, Sos offers the ypsilanti parent network to provide out-of-school enrichment opportunities for children, parenting information, and support for parents to pursue their education and employment goals.

Sos family resource center provides assistance to households facing a variety of needs. The food pantry provides weekly distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as a fully stocked pantry of food staples. The family resource center also provides assistance with utility shutoffs, bus tokens, referrals to Community resources, and serves as a mi-bridges navigation site. The family resource center distributes diapers, laundry soap, menstrual products, and other personal care items as available.

Sos housing Services assist families on the path to self-sufficiency. Sos operates five units of emergency shelter for homeless families with minor children, multiple units of rapid rehousing, and a program to help people retain section 8/housing choice vouchers (hcv) if they are threatened with eviction. Shelter and rapid rehousing include in-home case management Services to address needs related to housing stability, increasing income, and employment support. Sos also supports washtenaw county's single point of entry for emergency housing (housing access of washtenaw county) by providing family shelter assessments and eviction prevention Services.