News & Stories

MATCH: Helping Detroit kids suffering with asthma to breath easier

A new grant is expanding access to asthma care for uninsured families in Detroit—because every child deserves to grow up healthy.

Ruth Ellis Center: Driving health and hope forward

LGBTQ+ youth in Detroit face steep health disparities—and transportation is often a major barrier. With support from the Children’s Foundation, Ruth Ellis Center’s TransPort to Health program is helping young people access lifesaving care by providing safe, reliable transportation.

Caleb’s Kids: Breaking the silence on youth mental health

Caleb’s Kids is creating a lifeline for deaf and hard-of-hearing youth through accessible mental health programs—supported by the Children’s Foundation.

Children’s Foundation inaugural Behavioral Health Scholarship recipient announced

With generous donations from several Children’s Foundation Trustees, The Foundation has established a Behavioral Health Scholarship to be awarded annually. The goal is to support a student in Michigan pursuing a doctoral degree in a mental health field, specifically focusing on a practice that will serve children and adolescents in behavioral health.

Screen-time success: teletherapy enables breakthroughs for kids struggling with sobriety

Samaritas knew there was a need for teletherapy for teens in fosters homes struggling with substance abuse disorders during the COVID-19 crisis. However, they did not expect to see such outstanding progress.

Central City Integrated Health initiative provides PPE, testing kits

When Central City Integrated Health received its emergency funding from The Children’s Foundation, it used it for key supplies that were – and continue to be — in high demand: testing and screening kits, as well as personal protection equipment.

Love for a Child supports foster families through COVID-19

Emergency funding from The Children’s Foundation is “sealing a crack” in taking care of families with foster children during COVID-19, said Joe Savalle, founder of Oxford-based Love for a Child.

Chaldean Community Foundation continues work with online support groups

Last year, The Children’s Foundation helped provide funding for the Chaldean Community Foundation to add a family fitness center to its Sterling Heights site. Now, through its COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, it is helping the organization with services for at-risk youth and their families dealing with stress and anxiety during COVID-19.

LAHC provides grocery gift cards for those in need

Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities used its emergency funding from The Children's Foundation's COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund to provide Meijer and Kroger gift cards to families impacted by the pandemic.

A letter from Larry – June 2020

Hello and welcome to the start of summer! We have been extremely busy during these challenging times and are very proud of the impact we have made during the COVID-19 crisis.

Donor Story: Patricia H. Rodzik gives $1.5 million to support mental health services for children and young adults

In August 2019, The Children’s Foundation received a generous gift from Patricia H. Rodzik totaling more than $1.5 million to establish an endowed chair.

Emergency funding helps Forgotten Harvest deliver food, formula

When struggling families in two Detroit neighborhoods received healthy meal deliveries in early April, local farmers benefited, too.

A Donor Story: Six-year-old boy steps-up amid Coronavirus pandemic

In many ways, six-year-old Owen Melancon of Livonia, Mich. is like most other kids his age spending shelter-in-place days riding bikes and playing in the back yard. But he is also finding ways to raise money so he can help doctors fight Coronavirus.

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