In December of 2008, S.A.Y. Detroit, the organization formed by Mitch Albom to aid the homeless in Detroit, and the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries opened the first ever free medical clinic devoted entirely to homeless children and their mothers. Open 24/7, the clinic will provide maintenance and preventive healthcare, including immunizations, diabetes screening, and blood pressure testing, and with special attention to their most common health problems. The clinic will operate with a staff of nurse practitioners and on-call physicians including a pediatrics specialist, OB/GYN specialist, and a nutritionist. Offering a wide range of health services, the clinic will accept walk-ins and run a pick-up service at several Detroit shelters.

 
Over half a million people in Detroit remain uninsured, and nearly 100,000 of them children under the age of 10. With little or no finances and inadequate access to information and transportation, too many children are denied basic health care. Worse, the parents of homeless children are often reluctant to take their children to hospitals out of shame or fear that their children will be taken away. S.A.Y. Detroit Family Health Clinic provides a safe and comfortable environment for the community’s most vulnerable members.

The facilities have been refurbished, equipped, and decorated through the efforts of S.A.Y Detroit, ATime to Help volunteers, and the generosity and hard work of local citizens and businesses.

 

 

 

S.A.Y. Detroit Family Health Clinic
211 Glendale
Highland Park, MI

 

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S.A.Y. Detroit (which stands for Super All Year Detroit) is a fully formed 501(c) (3) charity and operates as an umbrella organization for charities dedicating to improving the lives of the neediest, including A Time to Help, S.A.Y. Detroit Family Health Clinic, and A Hole in the Roof Foundation.