In the spring of 2021, Ms. Elaine Green was in the hospital and watching the news when she saw a segment about the Matrix Human Services Healthy Senior Living Initiative. "Actually I was in the hospital and it came across the television, the Healthy Senior Living...
Detroit Mom Receives Laptop 21 Years After Achieving GED From Matrix
Back in 2001, Ms. Vivian Gray was a young mom living in Detroit and pregnant with her son. At that point in life, Ms. Gray was preoccupied with raising a family but decided to take classes at The Matrix Center to achieve her GED as well. "I never really thought it was...
KeyBank Donates $200,000 To Matrix Online High School Diploma Program
On Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022, KeyBank visited The Matrix Center to present a check for $200,000 to Matrix Human Services' President & CEO, Brad Coulter, and Vice President of Marketing and Development, Kerrie Mitchell to bring The Matrix Human Services Online High...
12 Year Old Discovers Matrix At Crucial Time
Like most kids starting middle school, 12-year-old London was a bit nervous and seeing girls putting on makeup in class for the first time did not make her feel comfortable. London had always been an honor roll student but her grades began to slip a bit once she...
Head Start Family On Verge of Eviction Receives Rent Assistance
Up until 2021, life was relatively smooth for the Williams family. Dad was working for Great Lakes Water Authority as a technician while Mom took care of her daughters, the youngest of which was born at the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the...
Single Mom Of Three Receives Gift Of A Lifetime – A Furnished New Home
Rashidah Odom's story with Matrix Human Services goes all the way back to her childhood when her grandmother used to take her to a program called The Grandparents Program at our community center on Detroit's Eastside called The Matrix Center. "I just remember the...
Mother of Five Secures Rent Assistance In A New Home
Africia is a 38-year-old Detroit native and mother of five children. As a single mom, she has been strong and resilient to support the family, however, when she lost her house, holding it all together became one of the greatest struggles of her life. For years the...
Matrix Celebrates Final Online High School Diploma Graduating Class
Friday, July 2nd, was a big day for The Matrix Career Online High School Diploma graduates, who decided to achieve their high school diploma later in life, as adults. However, it was also a big day for the program itself, which celebrated its final round of graduates...
Family Buys Their House Back with Help From Matrix
Renetta and her family had been living at their home in Detroit for 18 years, however, when her husband lost his job, the family was unable to afford the taxes on their home. Eventually, the day came when Renetta received a letter on the door saying the house had been...
10-Year-Old Learns About Life Skills From Home
Mrs. Burns, a mother of six living in Detroit, was extremely disappointed to learn she had contracted COVID-19 for the second time at the start of 2021. She had already recovered from it once after experiencing life-threatening symptoms. This time around, they told...
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