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Hear how MCREST helped families like Freshauna and her son.

Through MCREST’s assistance, Freshauna was able to secure permanent housing and became a children’s book author.

MCREST Has a New Building!

MCREST has fed and sheltered individuals, families, and children experiencing homelessness in Macomb County for nearly 35 years. And along the way, the support we offer has continuously evolved to better serve the community.

By partnering with foundations, private donors, and the public, MCREST is successfully renovating a Mt. Clemens building to serve as a permanent women and children’s shelter. The new shelter will be opened to guests in early 2022 and will serve more than 45 women and children with emergency shelter, reducing the traumatic impact of homelessness in children by giving families a stable location to
transition to self-reliance. Men experiencing homelessness will continue to be sheltered and receive support services through MCREST’s partner churches.

More than 1,000 children are experiencing homelessness right now in Macomb County.

As they transition to self-reliance, women and children in the new facility will be offered wraparound services, including transportation and childcare assistance, self-improvement classes, student tutoring, and job readiness and job placement support. MCREST also will expand its Learning & Resource Center at the new shelter to better serve individuals experiencing homelessness in Macomb County with job readiness and job placement support services. The expansion of the Learning & Resource Center aligns with MCREST’s focus during recent years on “housing first” interventions, as well as improving opportunities for economic self-sufficiency. MCREST is committed to assisting every individual and family entering our program to successfully transition to self-reliance.