What
Anchors Us
75 years ago, Holy Cross Services (HCS) was founded to meet the needs of Michigan’s children with nowhere else to turn.
Over the years, as the needs of children and families changed, as we learned more about healing and social justice, and as more communities requested our partnership, HCS’s services morphed into the statewide wraparound supports we provide today.
HCS specializes in empowerment and trauma recovery for children and families engaged in the child welfare system and supporting our neighbors to end their episodes of homelessness. Although these areas of service have significant intersection, we operate our programs through three functional arms:
- Division of Family-Based Care and Youth Transition
- Division of Residential Care and Family Healing
- Division of Housing and Community Advocacy
Our Vision
We envision a future where family and home are certainties for everyone.
Our Mission
Our Mission is to bring hope, promote change, and help people live free, healthy, and productive lives.
OUR CORE VALUES
SAFETY
Physical Safety
The people we serve, and many of our coworkers, have hurt before they came to us. We work hard to ensure people will not hurt in our care.
Felt Safety
We create an environment where the people we serve and our coworkers feel safe from physical and psychological harm.
SHARED POWER
Meaningful Engagement
We recognize and actively counter the complex power dynamics within our work. We meaningfully engage the people we serve and our coworkers in decision-making.
Equity
We actively identify and counter inequities within our organization and externally in our communities. We recognize inaction perpetuates racism, sexism, ableism, and other forms of discrimination.
Advocacy
We are not the Voice of the Voiceless: the people we serve and our coworkers have their own voices. We amplify one another so that decision-makers hear us and act. We see diversity of perspectives as a strength.
NURTURE
Strengths
We all want to succeed, to be appreciated, and to be seen by others as “good.” We honor that need in ourselves, in our colleagues, and in the people we serve.
Connection
Relationship – trust – is at the core of all we do, and it is the first step we take. We cannot correct before we connect.
Growth
We continuously strive to improve and actively pursue personal growth. We hold ourselves, our coworkers, and the people we serve accountable, even when accountability feels difficult.
Personal Wellness
We care for ourselves and for our team. We value personal wellness as a necessary component to our service. We model the positive family nurturing we support our program participants to achieve.
PURPOSE
Intentionality
No “checking the box” – we act with intention. Our words, interventions, relationships, and strategies have a deliberate, positive purpose.
Outcomes
We have clear goals and benchmarks that signify quality, not just contract compliance. We see the bigger picture and strive to continuously improve our practice.
Stewardship
Our work necessitates and values partnership with community members, including funders. We responsibly honor the resources they give us, just as we honor their shared commitment to the people we serve.
Our Licenses
and Accreditation
HCS is a fully CARF accredited agency. We are a licensed Child Placing Agency through the State of Michigan and operate multiple licensed Child Caring Institution locations.
Financials
Transparency builds trust. HCS posts our complete 990 to our website to help our community see their dollars at work.
Download 990
Our
Heritage
HCS’s faith-inspired founding – developed in partnership with the Knights of Columbus 75 years ago – has supported our organization to grow the roots that keep us steady. Our Catholic heritage is reflected in our name, demonstrating our deep appreciation for our origins and the faith that upholds our mission. Encouraged by our roots, our identity has grown to honor all faiths and beliefs, and our team reflects the diversity of faith that we see in the communities we serve. Our heritage inspires us. Our communities define us.
Non-Discrimination
and Inclusive Partnership
HCS abides by non-discrimination practices for employees and community members of any race, ethnicity, ancestry, faith, age, sex, pregnancy status, gender identity, gender expression, ability, and veteran status, as required by law. Importantly, HCS recognizes that simply the absence of illegal harm is insufficient. Inclusive, even-powered partnership is a necessary component of safety and healing. HCS strives to create a welcoming culture whereby all children, families, neighbors, and employees feel safe with us.
Welcome Home
Download the Holy Cross Services brochure.
ABOUT HOLY CROSS SERVICES
HCS specializes in empowerment and trauma recovery for children and families engaged in the child welfare system and supporting our neighbors to end their episodes of homelessness. Although these areas of service have significant intersection, we operate our programs through three functional arms:
- Division of Family-Based Care and Youth Transition
- Division of Residential Care and Family Healing
- Division of Housing and Community Advocacy
QUICK LINKS
Holy Cross Services is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation
EIN #38-1368326
