Serving Detroit From Birth to Senior Age
We're on a mission to revitalize Detroit.
Matrix Human Services is Educating Children, Supporting Families and Rebuilding Neighborhoods in Detroit.
Operating multiple programs in more than 35 Detroit locations, Matrix provides services to more than 25,000 individuals and families annually and operates the largest Head Start program in Detroit serving more than 1,900 children.
We’re Busy Making an Impact
Former Felon Overcomes Employment Barriers Thanks To Matrix Skills For Life Program
Marcus Fleming is one of the most humble men you could ever meet. You could describe him as a loving father, or a happy grandfather, or a faithful husband, but to employers, he was seen simply as a convicted felon. Marcus makes no excuses about his criminal history...
Matrix Home Buyer Program Celebrates 34 New Home Owners
As a part of Matrix Human Services' mission to eradicate poverty and rebuild neighborhoods across Detroit, obtaining home ownership is one of the most impactful moves an individual or family can make. Of the many hurdles a person might experience to become a home...
Matrix Boxing Program Comes Back To Life After COVID
- Carlos Chambers, Matrix Human Services Boxing Program CoachIf you live on the Eastside of Detroit, you might recognize Mr. Carlos Chambers as your local mailman, delivering for the United States Postal Service (USPS) for the past 28 years. But in the evenings,...
Senior Inspired To Make Fresh Meals After Joining Matrix Healthy Senior Program
In the spring of 2021, Ms. Elaine Green was in the hospital and watching the news when she saw a segment about the Matrix Human Services Healthy Senior Living Initiative. "Actually I was in the hospital and it came across the television, the Healthy Senior Living...
Detroit Mom Receives Laptop 21 Years After Achieving GED From Matrix
Back in 2001, Ms. Vivian Gray was a young mom living in Detroit and pregnant with her son. At that point in life, Ms. Gray was preoccupied with raising a family but decided to take classes at The Matrix Center to achieve her GED as well. "I never really thought it was...
Matrix Human Services Spent One Million Dollars With Minority Owned Businesses in 2021
Matrix Human Services is known across Detroit for a large variety of different human service programs and depending on who you talk to, you may get a different answer. Many parents with young children might mention our Head Start Program, the largest in the city....