Who we help

OUR SUCCESS STORIES

Covenant House Michigan empowers young people to overcome homelessness and trafficking, and find hope and progress by strengthening their resilience through relentless support, unconditional love, and absolute respect. While their stories may be different, we are absolutely committed to providing them a path toward independence and success.

OUR SUCCESS STORIES

The kids and young adults we serve feel unloved and unwanted. They have been abused, neglected and abandoned. We find them on the streets, living in abandoned houses, cars, sleeping on friends’ couches, among other places. They come from all over Michigan searching for a way out of their desperate situations. Their stories are heart-breaking yet admirable. They are survivors.
Read their stories, take notice, remember and share them with others.

Raymond

Twenty-two year old resident Raymond, is determined to buy a house. “I’d like to own a home – I’m tired of apartments – and I want to buy a car.” His social worker in the Rights of Passage program backs him up, “He’s a hard worker. He sets his sights on his goals and he is very motivated and determined,” she stated. “I have no doubt he will reach his goals.”…

Raymond

Twenty-two year old resident Raymond, is determined to buy a house. “I’d like to own a home – I’m tired of apartments – and I want to buy a car.” His social worker in the Rights of Passage program backs him up, “He’s a hard worker. He sets his sights on his goals and he is very motivated and determined,” she stated. “I have no doubt he will reach his goals.”…

Tiana

By the time she finished high school, Tiana’s family relationships were shaky so she moved in with a friend after high school. “I was babysitting her kids and trying to look for work on the side but the kids took up a lot of time.” Once she found a job, her living situation got complicated…

Natisha

“I felt like a throw away child,” Natisha started out. Abandon by her mom at birth, her dad in prison and unaware of her existence, she began her young life in foster care. Although quite young, she can still remember the day her dad came to collect her from her foster parents…

Natisha

“I felt like a throw away child,” Natisha started out. Abandon by her mom at birth, her dad in prison and unaware of her existence, she began her young life in foster care. Although quite young, she can still remember the day her dad came to collect her from her foster parents…

Nathan

Ever since he can remember, Nathan’s family moved around a lot. When he was 13, they moved to Texas for his mom’s new job. In addition to his siblings, him mom’s boyfriend traveled with them, intending to join the household…

Arianna

It was December, just a few weeks before Christmas and raining outside when Arianna left her family home. “I put on extra layers of clothes and packed a bag with some of my stuff…

Arianna

It was December, just a few weeks before Christmas and raining outside when Arianna left her family home. “I put on extra layers of clothes and packed a bag with some of my stuff…

Nadia

Nadia is just 18 years and is new to Covenant House Michigan. When you ask about her life, she talks about being adopted from a foreign country at the age of four. “My mom and I really love each other, but I don’t feel like we bonded the way a biological family does.”…

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