Separating Fact From Fiction Regarding Gov. Whitmer's Nursing Home Policies During Pandemic wdet.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wdet.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Naima Turner arrived in Michigan in August 2009. She had an eight-day-old newborn and three other children aged ten, nine and two and was facing a new life as a single mother after separating from her husband. She had no income, no car, no furniture, and her only support system was her mother.
Turner had one thing going for her, though, and that was her certainty that she knew what she wanted to become, though she wasn’t quite sure how she would get there – yet. She was starting her life over again with nothing but love and determination.
She and her children stayed in her mother’s one room basement for three months until she got her own place in a trailer home. She had to ask for assistance from the Michigan Department of Human Services to survive. In order to get help from Michigan Works she needed to volunteer. So, she volunteered, cared for children, and started going to school full time at SC4, taking the prerequisite courses needed to get into the Associate Degree Nursi
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Detroit Service Learning Academy Celebrates Learn & Serve Challenge Kick Off
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Detroit, Michigan - Today, Michigan Community Service Commission Executive Director, Paula Kaiser VanDam, was on hand to recognize the 3
rd Annual 2009 National Learn & Serve Challenge at Detroit s Service Learning Academy (DLSA). VanDam will join 250 students in a kick off celebration at the DLSA at 3:00 p.m. During the celebration, she will present a proclamation from Governor Jennifer M. Granholm recognizing Learn & Serve Challenge Kick Off.
Service learning provides an opportunity to learn and reinforce academics while addressing community needs, said VanDam. This type of unique programming is a perfect way to build a foundation of civic engagement to provide students relevant and important learning experiences.
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GRAND RAPIDS Grand Rapids-based Bethany Christian Services will begin adopting children to LGBTQ couples.
The announcement of a new inclusivity policy came Monday from Bethany, which as a faith-based organization previously did not adopt out to same-sex couples. It was first reported by The New York Times.
It had already been adopting to LGBTQ families in Michigan since May 2019, after Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel reached an agreement with the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan that would require the Michigan Department of Human Services to end state contracts with agencies if they discriminate against same-sex couples. The inclusivity policy includes the entire organization in-state and across the country.
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