Jan 8, 2020 | Adult Programs, Adults, Family, Featured, MatrixMission, News, Parents, Sponsor Stories, Success Story, The Matrix Center
After the Taylor family was displaced when their landlord lost their house to foreclosure, Ms. Taylor decided to move the family in with her sister. It was not easy fitting herself and four children into her sister’s two-bedroom flat. After receiving an email...
Nov 15, 2019 | Adult Programs, Adults, Featured, High School Completion, News, Parents, Programs, Success Story
The Matrix Online High School Diploma Program gives a person of any educational background the opportunity to achieve their high school diploma long after high school ends. A high school diploma is separate from a GED, so graduates will not be distinguished...
Nov 11, 2019 | Adults, Community, Early Childhood, Family, Featured, News, Success Story
On Friday, October 25th, LaShawn Bridges opened a new Head Start location in an under-served area of Detroit on E. 8 Mile rd. called “Blessed Beginnings Learning Center” after years of running an Early Head Start from her own home! The Ribbon...
Nov 1, 2019 | Adult Programs, Adults, Careers, Featured, News, Poverty, Success Story, The Matrix Center
Ladaisha Cotton has had her share of struggles that has kept employment further from reach than the average job seeker. With a criminal history including felonies, Ladaisha couldn’t even find work at McDonalds. Since there is no federal law that prohibits...
Oct 31, 2019 | Adult Programs, Adults, Community, Featured, News, Poverty, Success Story
Meet Albert, who for decades, was living in a home previously owned by his aunt but was lost to tax foreclosure because of a job loss. Because of financial circumstances, Albert lived without running water in the home for about two years due to a shut off. Growing up...
Oct 30, 2019 | Adult Programs, Adults, Community, Featured, HIV/AIDS, Matrix Ryan White, News, Success Story
“I had a compound fracture of my tibia from an auto-mobile accident in.. early 80’s, and I was told back then, that next morning when I came-to in the hospital, that I had a compound fracture of my tibia, I’d been hit by a car… ‘oh, and you’re HIV positive.’” The...
