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Social Services

Links to local social services agencies, entities, information & resources.

Children + Parenting

Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Lansing

http://bigimpactmidmi.com/

Black Child and Family Institute

http://www.bcfi.org/

Bridges 4 Kids

http://www.bridges4kids.org

Capital Area Parent Aide Program - St. Vincent Catholic Charities

http://www.stvcc.org/?menu=22&page=16

Caring About Kids

http://www.caringaboutkidsinc.org/

Child and Family Services, Capital Area

http://www.childandfamily.org/

Ele's Place

http://www.elesplace.org/

Make a Wish Foundation of Michigan

http://www.wishmich.org/

Office for Young Children

http://ingham.org/hd/oyc/

Special Olympics Michigan-Area 8

http://www.somi.org/areapage.php?AreaNumber=8

Y.M.C.A. of Metropolitan Lansing

http://www.ymcaoflansing.org/

Domestic Abuse

Capital Area Response Effort

http://www.lansingpolice.com/site/care/care.htm

Capital Area Safe Kids Coalition

http://www.sparrow.org/emergency/cask.asp

Capital Area Domestic and Sexual Violence Coordinating Council (CADSVCC)

http://www.msu.edu/~safe/services/CADSVCC.htm

Child Abuse Prevention Services

  • 119 Pere Marquette, Ste 3A Lansing MI 48912 -(p) 517-484-8444 ext. 16

End Violent Encounters (EVE)

http://www.eveinc.org/

M.S.U. Safe Place

http://www.msu.edu/~safe/

Relief After Violent Encounter, Inc. (RAVE)

http://www.ravecs.org/index.htm

Siren Eaton Shelter

http://www.sireneatonshelter.org/

Emergency Shelter, Food, Heat + Utilities

Advent House Ministries

http://www.adventhouse.com/index.html

American Red Cross Regional Food Distribution Center

http://www.midmichiganredcross.org/index.asp?IDCapitulo=4406UBS63G

Capital Area Salvation Army

http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/lansing

City Rescue Mission, Lansing

http://www.lcrm.org/

Greater Lansing Food Bank - Food Movers

http://www.lansingfoodbank.org/index.php/about/

Greater Lansing Homeless Resolution Network

http://www.cacvoices.org/organizations/homeless/index_html

Greater Lansing Housing Coalition

http://www.glhc.org/

Habitat for Humanity

http://habitatlansing.org/

Haven House

  • 121 Whitehills Drive East Lansing MI 48823 -(p) 517-337-2731

Heat and Warmth Fund

http://www.thawfund.org/

Help for Heating Bills: State of Michigan

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/bewinterwise_138994_7.htm

Ingham County Food Bank

http://www.ingham.org/hd/foodbnk/

Leslie Outreach

  • 614 Mill Street Leslie MI 49251 -(p) 517-589-5814

Lifeline Telephone Assistance

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/lifelinelinkup_152143_7.pdf

Loaves and Fishes

http://www.orgsites.com/mi/loavesandfishes/

Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness Shelter List

http://www.mihomeless.org/

Our Savior Lutheran Food Bank

  • 1601 W. Holmes Road Lansing MI -(p) 517-882-7750

Southside Community Kitchen

  • (p) 517-676-8144
  • Contact: Anna Thiel

Stockbridge Community Outreach (Must be a resident of the Stockbridge School District)

  • 370 Cherry St. P.O. Box 682 Stockbridge MI 49285 -(p) 517-851-7275

Volunteers of America

http://www.voami.org

General

211 Referral for Assistance: Shelter, food, counseling and much more

  • (p) Dial 211; Cell phone and pay phone users, dial 866-561-2500; Hearing impaired, dial 711 for Michigan Relay

Capital Area Human Services Connection

  • 1111 Michigan Ave., Suite 300 East Lansing MI 48823 -(p) 517-337-8211

Citizens for Better Care

http://cbcmi.org/

Get Picture ID for a Fee

http://www.michigan.gov/sos/

In Touch - Community Resources

http://www.referweb.net/lansing/

Lutheran Social Services of Michigan

http://www.lssm.org

Michigan Assistance and Referral Service (MaRS)

http://www.mfia.state.mi.us/mars/ez_track/MARS000.asp

Retired and Senior Volunteers Program

  • 6545 Mercantile Way Ste. 1 Lansing MI 48911 -(p) 517-887-6116

St. Vincent Catholic Charities

http://www.stvcc.org

State of Michigan-Department of Human Services

http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/1,1607,7-124-5461_7386_10171---,00.html

Volunteers of America

http://www.voami.org

Help for Foreclosure

211

  • (p) Dial 211; Cell phone and pay phone users, dial 866-561-2500; Hearing impaired, dial 711 for Michigan Relay

Allen Neighborhood Center

  • (p) 517.367.2468

Center for Financial Health

  • (p) 517-319-1309

Franklin Street Community Housing Corp.

  • (p) 517.482.8708

holdontoyourhome.org

http://holdontoyourhome.org/

Homeownership Preservation Foundation

http://www.995hope.org/

Lansing Affordable Homes, Inc.

  • (p) 517.694.6284

State of Michigan-Help for Foreclosure

http://michigan.gov/mshda/0,1607,7-141-45866_47905-177801--,00.html

Legal Services

Legal Hotline for Michigan Seniors

http://www.elderslaw.org

Legal Services of South Central Michigan

http://www.lsscm.org/

Michigan Legal Aid

http://michiganlegalaid.org/

M.S.U. College of Law Clinical Programs

http://www.law.msu.edu/clinics/

Sixty Plus Elder Law Clinic

  • 300 S Capitol Ave. PO Box 13038 Lansing MI 48901 -(p) 517-334-5760 or 517-334-5761

People with Disabilities

Blindness

Michigan Commission for the Blind

http://www.michigan.gov/cis/0,1607,7-154-28077_28313-14762--,00.html

Michigan Federation for the Blind Newsline

http://www.nfbmi.org/newsline/index.php

National Federation of the Blind of Michigan

http://www.nfbmi.org/

Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18641---,00.html

WKAR Talking Book Program

http://w3b.wkar.msu.edu/radiotalkingbook/

Deafness

Free Relay Calls for the Deaf

http://www.relaycall.com/national/relay.html

Michigan Association for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

http://www.madhh.org/

General

Capital Area Center for Independent Living

http://www.cacil.org/

Michigan Commission on Disability Concerns

http://www.michigan.gov/cis/0,1607,7-154-28077_28545---,00.html

Michigan Disability Rights Coalition

http://www.copower.org/mdrc/MDRC.htm

Michigan Protection and Advocacy

http://www.mpas.org/HomePage.asp

Michigan Rehabilitation Services

http://www.michigan.gov/mdcd/0,1607,7-122-25392---,00.html

Michigan Secretary of State-Disability License Plates

http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1585_1595_1629---,00.html

Peckham

http://www.peckham.org/

Spec Tran (complementary, A.D.A.-compliant transit services for eligible persons )

http://www.cata.org/spectran.html

Tech 2000 - Michigan's Assistive Technology Program

http://www.copower.org/AT/index.htm

Service Organizations

Capital Area Community Services - Food Programs

http://www.tcoa.org/programs/nutrition_services.html

Capital Area United Way

http://www.capitalareaunitedway.org/

Capital Area United Way Volunteer Center

http://volunteer.united-e-way.org/cauw/volunteer/

Cristo Rey Community Center

http://www.cristo-rey.org/Site/Welcome.html

Gateway Community Services

http://www.gatewayservices.org/

Highfields

http://www.highfields.org/

Ingham County Veterans Affairs

http://www.ingham.org/VA/VETERANS%20AFFAIRS.htm

Junior Achievement of Mid-Michigan

http://lansing.ja.org/home.html

Junior League of Lansing

http://www.jllansing.org/

Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Program

http://www.mymmap.org/index.php

Refugee Development Center

http://www.refugeedevelopmentcenter.com/contact/contact.htm

Refugee Services

http://www.css-svh.org/Programs/refser.htm

Salvation Army - Capital Area

http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/lansing

St. Vincent Catholic Charities

http://www.stvcc.org/

Toys for Tots

http://www.toysfortots.org/

Volunteer Match

http://www.volunteermatch.org/

Volunteers of America

http://www.voami.org/

Support Groups

A.L.S. (Lou Gehrig's Disease)

http://webmi.alsa.org/

Alano Clubs

http://www.aalansingmi.org/clubs.html

Alcoholics Anonymous & Al-Anon

http://www.aalansingmi.org/

Brain Injury Support (click on "support" link)

http://www.biami.org/

Cancer Support Groups

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/SHR/SHR_0.asp

Capital Area Down Syndrome Association

http://www.lansingdownsyndrome.org/

Capital Area Narcotics Anonymous

http://michigan-na.org/capital/capital_meetings.htm

Caring for Adult Children with Disabilities

  • 4515 S Cedar St Lansing MI 48910 -(p) 517.882.3896
  • Contact: Janette Warrington

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (C.H.A.D.D.)

http://www.chaddonline.org/chapters/chadd345.html

Children's Mental Health Support

http://www.bridges4kids.org/

Ele's Place

http://www.elesplace.org/

Lansing Area Aphasia Support

http://www.aphasia.org/aphasia_community/aphasia_community_groups.html

Lansing Area Self Help Meetings

http://www.mhweb.org/lansing/selfhelp_gen.htm

Listening Ear Support Group List

http://theear.org/referrals/show_cat.php?catid=20&PHPSESSID=c1b9a26972460f5fa140deb01fc2db6c

Michigan Capital Celiacs/DH

http://micapitalceliacs.atspace.com/

Mid-Michigan Self-Help Meetings

http://www.mhweb.org/midmichigan/selfhelp_gen.htm

Mothers of Preschoolers (MoPS)

http://www.mops.org/

Parents Friends and Family of Lesbians and Gays-Lansing Chapter

http://www.geocities.com/pflaglansing/

Sparrow Hospice Support

http://www.sparrow.org/hospice/

Various Health and Aging Issues: Tri County Office on Aging Support Group List

http://www.tcoa.org/programs/support_groups.html

Various Support Groups: Women's Center of Greater Lansing

http://www.cacvoices.org/organizations/womenscenter

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