Avalon Housing manages 25 properties across Washtenaw County and provides affordable housing, crisis intervention, case management, peer recovery support, in-home primary care, and community building to single adults, youth, and families. The millage provided $558,000 to Avalon Housing between 2019 and 2022 to house more residents and hire needed support staff.
With this funding, Avalon was able to hire four new staff members: two support coordinators, one team leader, and one administrator.
After Avalon's three years of millage funding expired, the Millage Advisory Committee committed an additional $558,000 to support services for the next three years.
In 2019, the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County (SAWC) was awarded $240,000 from the millage, primarily to support its housing crisis stabilization program.
Over the next three years, SAWC was able to add more shelter beds for clients in immediate need of housing and provide services–including medication management and individualized service plans–to help clients stabilize after mental health crises.
SAWC also used millage funding to hire a crisis coordinator, who works with Washtenaw County Community Mental Health to support clients in need of housing, coordinating their care and providing case management. In 2022, the Millage Advisory Committee committed an additional $240,000 to the shelter.
Ozone House is a supportive housing agency specifically designed to serve Washtenaw County’s youth population. In 2019, the millage awarded Ozone House $360,000 to support its transitional living program, which provides supportive services–including housing, case management, life-skills training, and therapy–to 17-24 year olds.
With this funding, Ozone House expanded its transitional living program to serve approximately 25 youth per year. Ozone House was also able to hire more youth specialists, who manage and work with youth-in-residence, and a case manager, who helps unhoused young adults find safe and secure housing.
In 2022, the Millage Advisory Committee committed an additional $360,000 to Ozone House.
Ypsilanti Housing Commission (YHC) is a supportive housing agency that provides resources and services to low-income families and individuals in Ypsilanti. In 2019, the millage awarded YHC $132,500 to support its Family Empowerment Program and New Parkridge location, which offers permanent housing to chronically homeless individuals.
The funding allowed YHC to obtain 86 new housing vouchers—23 designed to permanently house individuals and the other 63 designed to provide temporary housing. Additionally, YHC was able to hire two new staff, who provide intensive case management, wraparound services, and other programming for their clients. In 2022, the Millage Advisory Committee committed an additional $132,500 to the Ypsilanti Housing Commission.
