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Matrix Officially Partners with The Detroit Land Bank Authority (DLBA) Housing Buy-Back Program

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Head Start Parent Gives Birth Early and Receives Replacement Furnace During Coronavirus

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Matrix Manufacturing Bootcamp Graduate Finds Life Line During COVID-19 Pandemic

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Matrix Director of Adult & Senior Programs Selected For The Detroit Workforce Leadership Academy Fellowship

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[et_pb_section fb_built=\”1\” _builder_version=\”4.3.2\”][et_pb_row _builder_version=\”4.3.2\”][et_pb_column type=\”4_4\” _builder_version=\”4.3.2\”][et_pb_image src=\”https://matrixhumanservices.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Greg-McPherson-PRO-sshot-super-crop.jpg\” _builder_version=\”4.3.2\”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\”4.3.2\” hover_enabled=\”0\”] On Tuesday, February 25th, our Director of Adult and Senior Programs, Mr. Gregory McPherson, was selected to the Detroit Workforce Leadership Academy Fellowship. The fellowship lasts 12 months and is developed through the partnership with the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program, which is \”designed to

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Displaced Family of Five Receives New House After Contacting Matrix Home Buyer Program

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Online High School Diploma Program Celebrates Last Graduating Class of 2019

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  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 from any other high school graduate. During 2019, a total of 13

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Manufacturing Boot Camp Graduate Overcomes Criminal Background to Land Skilled Career in Manufacturing

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  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 employers from asking about an applicants criminal history, many of them do.    

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Matrix Home Buyer Program Assists Man Living Without Running Water for 2 Years

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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 without running water prepared him for

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The Incredible Survival Story of Leslie Guinn

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“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 story of Leslie Guinn’s

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Grandmother Graduates with Grandson from The Matrix Manufacturing Boot Camp

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