Agency Details:

OLHSA Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency

OLHSA enables low-income, elderly and disabled persons living in Oakland and Livingston Counties to become more self-sufficient.

In pursuit of this mission we will...

1. Advocate on clients' behalf to provide more opportunities and fewer barriers.
   
   
2. Provide educational and economic resources to increase client self-sufficiency.
   
   
3. Help reduce the causes and effects of poverty.
   
   
4. Foster citizen participation to initiate programs and improve existing services based upon local community needs.
   
   

Description:
Did you know....

*OLHSA is a private not-for-profit agency with 501(c)(3) status?
*OLHSA is one of 30 Michigan Community Action Agencies?
*1,100 cities are served by Community Action Agencies?
*Community Action Agencies serve more than 11.5 million people, or about every 3 Americans living in poverty?
*Community Action Agencies are the nation’s largest federally assisted network of organizations whose sole purpose is to eliminate the causes and conditions of poverty?

Our services include:

In Oakland County...
Older Adult Services
Housing & Energy Assistance
AIDS Home Support & Housing
Community Services (Outreach & Emergency Services)
Family Support Services
Early Childhood Services
Maternal Child Health Services
In Livingston County...
Community Services (Outreach & Emergency Services)
Older Adult Services
Housing Assistance
Guardian Services
Food Programs
Livingston County Help Now
Prisoner Re-Entry




History:
OLHSA was founded in 1964 as a part of Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. Currently, we have 74 programs to assist families and individuals on their road to self-sufficiency. Our programs are designed specifically for our Oakland and Livingston County communities and include: early childhood education, HIV/AIDS support services, prisoner re-entry services, chore assistance services, emergency services, Weatherization and asset development.


Contact person: Marie Verheyen, CPRP, Assistant Director, (phone), (email)

Address:


196 Cesar E. Chavez Avenue Pontiac, MI 48343 (See a map)


Web Site: http://www.olhsa.org

Last updated on February 1, 2010