Home to stay receives $10,000 from service club alliance

Home To Stay Housing Assistance Center has been awarded a grant in the total amount of $10,000 from the Service Club Alliance, an effort of the Midland Area Community Foundation. The award was given by Kiawassee Kiwanis Foundation, Midland Noon Rotary – Community Needs, Midland Rotary Foundation, Midland Noon Exchange Club and the Zonta Club to support Home To Stay’s Shelter Diversion program.

Home To Stay works towards its mission through the implementation of key programs like Shelter Diversion which falls under Homeless Prevention programs. Homeless Prevention programs include case management, rental assistance, advocacy, housing resource information and referrals. Another program at Home To Stay is the Home Repair program, which aims to enhance the safety and accessibility of homes by helping to fund health- and safety-related repairs for seniors and income-eligible Midland County residents. Outreach programs include the Vital Statistics, P.O. Box, Furniture and Appliance programs.

The Service Club Alliance, an effort of the Midland Area Community Foundation, is a partnership between Midland area service clubs that coordinates efforts and simplifies grantmaking for community organizations. “The Alliance simplifies the grant process by using a joint application for applicants who provide support for Midland County residents,” said Alysia Christy, Director of Community Impact at the Midland Area Community Foundation. Christy added, “The Service Club Alliance is not responsible, as an organization, for the grantmaking made by any of its participants. It is merely the convener of this process. Each service club is responsible for their individual grantmaking efforts.”

​Joe Coffey, CEO at Home To Stay shared, “The work and goals of Shelter Diversion support our mission of promoting self-sufficiency to Midland County residents in need of stable housing and support services. It allows us the opportunity to expand our work in a way we have not been able to do before.”