Local Initiatives:
LISC organized the residents of Springwells Village to create a Quality of Life plan that identifies what the community is committed to improving in their neighborhood.
Local Initiatives:
The idea behind the plan is to commit LISC resources and leverage additional investments for projects in Springwells Village that will most directly improve the neighborhood’s quality of life.
Local Initiatives:
LISC helped to create the White Picket Fence Program that allows residents to purchase abandoned and blighted lots adjacent to their homes.
Local Initiatives:
Detroit LISC provided Community Health and Social Services Center (CHASS) with $3 million to build a new facility that can now serve three times as many patients as their previous capacity would allow.
Local Initiatives:
The new state-of-the art health center provides preventative and primary care to uninsured and underinsured patients in SW Detroit.
Local Initiatives:
Detroit LISC supports nine Centers for Working Families, which to date have served over 5,600 families.
Local Initiatives:
This national network of facilities and comprehensive programs provides low-income families with the tools to find employment, obtain public benefits, and establish a budget.
Local Initiatives:
Investing in youth: Detroit LISC supported the renovation and expansion of a Cultural Center that is adjacent to a college-prep school for under-privileged youth.
Local Initiatives:
Fostering youth creativity: Youth art programs encourage creativity, instill confidence and give children a sense of place in their neighborhood.
Local Initiatives:
When you invest in youth, they invest in their community: Youth that feel like they're a part of their community show pride by making sure their streets and alleys stay clean.
Local Initiatives:
Appreciating what's theirs: Detroit LISC supports the Southwest Urban Arts Mural Project, which brought together Springwells Village neighbors to beautify alleyways and blighted buildings.