"What to Do" if in need of…
"Emergency Assistance"
Call 2-1-1
If you have an immediate need, please Call  2-1-1 the Helpline to link to a Barrier Buster agency.   
Or visit: www.washtenaw211.org
Barrier Busters - with Department of Human Services (734-481-2000) 
see web page at:  www.ewashtenaw.org/barrierbusters
Also see:
State of Michigan Emergency Relief, call: the Department of Human Services (734-481-2000) www.michigan.gov/dhs/  , a county run, state funded agency that is commonly known as DHS, (formerly as the Family Independence Agency - FIA).
 

SHELTER, call: 
(DO NOT Pay for a Motel Room!  Also, if a minor/child is involved call the police 911 or Child Protective Services 734-481-9110.)

MEALS SERVED FREE, call:  FOOD/GROCERIES, call: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, for Utility Bills, Auto Repairs, Transportation Fuel, Groceries, Etc., call: These agencies assess the validity of the story, and then our Parish St. Vincent de Paul Fund is used to assist with the need. 

MEDICAL ATTENTION, call: 911 
or Send them to:  A Hospital Emergency Room

The Catholic hospitals, like St. Joseph Mercy Hospital or state-funded hospitals, like the University of Michigan Hospital must treat people, no matter how poor the person is.


Pregnant?  Crisis Pregnancy?

  • Call (800) 395-HELP Or, visit: www.optionline.org/(This is the national, 24-hour hotline number, and they will redirect the

  • caller to a local crisis center  after having counseled him or her.)
  • Pregnancy Help Center (734-975-HELP or 734-975-4357)
  • Pregnancy Counseling Center (734-434-3088)

  • Mental Health or Psychiatric Helpor Recovery from Drugs & Alcohol, contact: 

    TEMPORARY JOB, call:
    • Labor Ready (248-541-3744)
    • FasTemps Inc.  (734-484-3668)
    • Michigan Works Service Center - Work First (734-484-7247)
    • Roddy Staffing Services (734-485-2855)
    LEGAL SERVICES, call:
    • Washtenaw County/EMU - Legal Resource Center (734-994-0160)

    • 110 N. Fourth Avenue, Suite 100
      Ann Arbor, MI 48104
      Mr. Frank Fleischmann, Exec. Dir.
       
    • Michigan Poverty Law Program- Legal Services   (734-998-6100) 

    • 611 Church Street, Suite 4A, Ann Arbor,  MI  48104-3000 
      www.mplp.org/
       
    • Legal Services of Southern Michigan runs the Michigan Poverty Law Program  (665-6181)

    • 420 N. Fourth Ave.,  Ann Arbor,  MI  48104
       www.mplp.org/ 
    • Budgeting Strategies & Budget Counseling:  Call: Washtenaw County MSU Extension, 734-997-1678 or 734-222-3943.
    To learn more about our parish St. Vincent de Paul Society Click Here:

    Questions about information on this page should be directed to Scott Wright (734-821-2121) 
    Parish Social Ministry Director, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. 


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