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JPMorgan Chase invests $1.5M to help families in and around 3 southwest Detroit schools, through a partnership of DPS, the State and Southwest Solutions.  Read more  >>

 

Neighborhood Beautification Day on June 1!
 

Please join us for the 7th Annual Beautification Day in southwest Detroit. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, June 1 from 8AM to Noon. Volunteers will work in teams to create and clean up gardens, spruce up parks and lots, and enhance the look and value of venues in southwest Detroit.

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Headlines
Chase $1M grant to Southwest Solutions Learning Lab becomes magnet for "Dreamers" Bloomberg story on Detroit appraisals cites Michigan Lending Lending partnership helps homebuyers in the city Michigan Chronicle features Earn and Learn Two Piquette vets graduate from Vets to Ag Angel ascends at our Adult Learning Lab Piquette hosts leading job developer training
 

 		 Saved from foreclosure, honoring mother's dream Winter Ball for Cornerstone youth Model D features our mixed-used Mack development InSHAPE for our mental health consumers Modeshift: Veterans Blossom at Piquette SquareHernandez and Rivera join top leadership team
 
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Excellence and Efficiency

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- Seth Lloyd, Chairman of the Southwest Solutions' Board		   “Southwest Solutions has earned a national reputation as a leading provider of human services and as a model of community and economic development. We are also known for our cutting-edge and strategic thinking. In 2005, we were named “Best Managed Nonprofit” by Crain’s Detroit. We are committed to excellence, innovation and efficiency in every aspect of our organization and programs.”
 
Southwest Solutions
  • Innovative
  • Caring
  • Resourceful
  • Well-managed
  • Fiscally sound
  • Committed to excellence

Vision

Southwest Solutions is nationally recognized as a model of community building. We are a leading provider of both human services and affordable housing and economic development. Our goal is to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and families, while making southwest Detroit a place where people choose to live because of its vitality and diversity. We help those who were at the margins of society turn the page and write new chapters of resilience and purpose.

Our programs are wide-ranging and work in concert to create a full system of support that promotes recovery and improves quality of life. We serve people of all ages and backgrounds. And, when we cannot accomplish a project or program on our own, we collaborate with other agencies to address identified needs and build effective partnerships.

The structure of Southwest Solutions has three parts, each a 501(c)(3): Counseling, Housing and Administration. The programs that we provide are generally organized under Counseling or Housing, although, quite often, all three parts of Southwest Solutions come into play in a program’s operation. 

Southwest Counseling Solutions is divided into four major program areas or Centers of Excellence: Adult Counseling Services; Early Childhood & Family Literacy; Children, Youth and Families; and Supportive Housing. Each Center of Excellence offers many different programs and services.  

Southwest Housing Solutions is divided into three major program areas: Housing and Real Estate Development; Property Management; and the Housing Opportunity Center. Again, each program area encompasses a broad range of programs and services.

The Administrative Services Organization (ASO) of Southwest Solutions includes our financial operations, Human Resources, and Fund Development and Public Affairs. Our Community Organizing initiative is also part of our ASO.

News

To see news articles and photo essays about our programs, please visit the News page for the particular program by following these links:

Video


This video features Freddie Harris, a talented artist who was homeless for a dozen years before receiving housing and counseling services with us. To see additional videos, please visit out YouTube channel.