Help available for young homeless in Northeast Michigan
JULIE RIDDLE, The Alpena News
June 13, 2021
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Emily Weiss talks at Mich-e-ke-wis Park pn May 25, 2021, in Alpena, Mich., about confronting homelessness as a young person. At age 16, Weiss left her home because of family issues and moved in with her sister, 24 years her senior. Like Weiss, now 19, hundreds of children and teens in Northeast Michigan live in other people s homes, shelters, or places not fit for human habitation. Scores of local housing advocates are poised to provide counseling, connections, and encouragement to help young people in Northeast Michigan get back into homes. (Julie Riddle/The Alpena News via AP)Julie Riddle/AP
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News Photo by Darby Hinkley Stephanie Dettloff, executive director of Child and Family Services of Northeast Michigan, talks about the Red Sand Project human trafficking awareness event planned for today at Rotary Island Mill Park.
ALPENA – Human trafficking happens right here in Northeast Michigan, and organizers of an awareness event want the community to learn how to spot the warning signs.
Child and Family Services of Northeast Michigan and Hope Shores Alliance have teamed up to present the event, called the Red Sand Project, at 6 p.m. today at Rotary Island Mill Park in Alpena.
“There have been concerns about whether or not children are being trafficked in our region, and we know that it’s happening, and we know that human trafficking is probably becoming one of the fastest-growing crimes,” said Child and Family Services Executive Director Stephanie Dettloff. “We want to make sure there is community awareness for all of us, because it
Everyone should consider fostering a child if they’re able. “There is a huge, huge, huge need in our region for foster home providers,” Stephanie Dettlo
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Stacey Gildner smiles big as she holds her newly adopted son, Gavin, whom she and her husband have fostered since he was 24 hours old.
ALPENA – “Michigan Heart Gallery” will likely pull at the heartstrings of visitors to Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan. The exhibit opens today and will be on display all month.
“The ‘Heart Gallery’ is a traveling exhibit that we are fortunate to bring here to Alpena to highlight the children in foster care waiting for an adoptive family,” said Stephanie Dettloff, executive director of Child and Family Services of Northeast Michigan in Alpena.