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When someone is working to rebuild their life, success often depends on more than just determination. You can have a job lined up, support, and be ready for a fresh start — but if you can’t get there, none of it works. That’s the reality many of the individuals Samaritas serves face every day. Transportation…
What began as a simple phone call about donating leftover food quietly grew into something much bigger. Four years ago, Reva Constantine was looking for a place to ensure food from her events wouldn’t go to waste. That search led her to Samaritas’ Westland Family Center and to a partnership rooted in generosity, dignity, and…
Samaritas Names Jody Waits as its Chief Advancement Officer, a role previously held by Kelli Dobner, now the organization’s Chief Growth Officer. Waits brings more than 20 years of nonprofit leadership experience to the role, including executive positions with Make-A-Wish Michigan and Starfish Family Services, as well as YouthCare and Pride Foundation, both in Seattle,…
Samaritas is now an official network partner of Ascend at the Aspen Institute — a national initiative advancing two-generation (2Gen) strategies to improve family economic security, health, and well-being. This recognition reflects Samaritas’ expanding role in collaborative, statewide initiatives such as MiFamily Together, a family preservation pilot designed to prevent family separation and strengthen long-term…
Discover the impact Samaritas is making in Michigan — from affordable housing to refugee resettlement, senior care to foster services. The winter issue of Our Hands highlights how your support is transforming lives. Read the digital magazine now!
New collaborative incubator space connects tech start-ups to the nonprofit sector DETROIT (October 23, 2025) – Samaritas, the 92-year-old statewide, nonprofit human services organization, announces the opening of the House of Innovation, a new hub inside the organization’s Detroit headquarters where entrepreneurs, technologists, and social service leaders come together to spark bold solutions to transform how care…