Rooted in Compassion
Guided by Faith
Our Mission is to bring hope, promote change, and help people live free, healthy, and productive lives.
Holy Cross Services
How Can You Help?
Why Does HCS Care?
How Have We Helped?
Welcome to Holy Cross
We provide Michigan families with trauma recovery for children and families engaged in the child welfare system as well as support for our homeless neighbors, as well as offering safe shelter to the unhoused in our community.
How We Help
Our programs are designed with positive outcomes in mind and reflect our Mission.
Providing safety and support while we nurture and help to instill purpose.
Foster Care +
Youth Transition
Our foster care programs find permanency for children engaged in the system. Our Independent Living programs rally support behind youth leaving care.
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Residential +
Family Care
Holy Cross provides safety, structure, and trama-informed care within its treatment programs. We help families reunify and prepare youth for independent living.
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Independent
Living
Our ILP programs provide life skills training to help youth to be successful in living independently.
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Sheltering +
Community Care
New Hope Community Center provides 24/7 shelter, warm meals, and veteran services while we support them in securing safe and stable housing.
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Foster
Care
“Holy Cross knows how to treat us. People tend to think that kids in foster care are needy and don’t have normal lives like everyone else. They (Staff) don’t think of us like that. They treat us like who we are – normal kids who are just having a hard time in life.”
“That’s what else is great about the staff here. They don’t pretend like everything is okay when we first arrive. They understand that this is a very hard process. They sit us down and ask, ‘Are you okay?’ The staff actually care about us and understand that it isn’t easy to adapt right away.”
– Jenna H.
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Shelter &
Community
“I am an Army Vet and I was the first woman in the Veterans’ Housing Program. It’s the best program. The staff there did everything they could to help me find safe, stable permanent housing. They helped get the support I needed mentally and helped with whatever I needed. They talked to me. They hooked me up with people that could help me. I didn’t have any help before. Anything I needed they found for me.”
“They were very big on supporting me on getting out of there. I couldn’t ask for a better group of people. This is the most important group of people you could think of when looking for information. It is a very much needed program here in Lansing and the people that work there have heart and are very supportive and have a great set of ears.”
– Donna T.
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Independent
Living
“When I came to Holy Cross, I didn’t have any other options after I aged out of the system. I didn’t have anyone I could really trust that I knew was on my side, all the time, no matter what was happening.”
“The staff helped me a lot when I was there. Being independent was a scary thing for me, but the more I learned, and was able to trust the people around me, I started to have more confidence in myself and knowing that I was able to keep my support system meant a lot to me.”
“I am really thankful to the program and the staff. They treated me with respect and although I’m not real religious, I do believe there is a Higher Power that helped me to get here and get a second lease on life.”
– Ramon R.
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Residential &
Family
“The people here are very supportive and it is a good, helpful community. The staff all help me. When I feel down, they help lift me up with my confidence and they encourage me to never give up. They helped me with finding 2 jobs and I am now caught up in school.
I am happy I came here because I now have a better chance at being successful in life.”
