How I fell in love with ILH.
It all began in 1998, During this time I had the pleasure of enriching my love walk. My journey in life had me to meet Ms. Ruth Shortie, President and founder of Independent Living Housing. It started as a client relationship that made me admire her mission that she performed on the west side of Detroit. This woman was a mentor, councilor, social worker, life skills teacher all rolled up into one. The places that she serviced were Covenant House, Catholic Social Services, Cooley High, Cerveny Middle School, Winship and Rutherford Elementary &…
She provided parents and students tutoring, life skills, food, personal need products, goodie bags and love as was needed. She blessed those whom she came in contact with encouraging self esteem and being a friend. Ruth works tirelessly without a salary and continues to this day
Working with the learning disabled and those living below the poverty level. She remains a crusader striving to purchase an apartment building to house forty families or more. I believe that ILH services are needed for the Detroit and surrounding area. I vow to work with this organization until we as a community see the need for the importance of mental health awareness. I nominate Independent Living Housing for a spirit of excellence to strive forward into 2020 touching more lives than ever before.
Beverly Rugley McClore
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- EIN 38-3391411
- 313-778-6022
- 33 E. Forest Avenue Street Detroit MI 48201 USA
- www.independentlivinghousing.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Community & Neighborhood Development, Economic Development
Mission: We would like to change the ways the world views the learning disabled and the way they view the world by provide them with a safe, decent and secured apartment while they receive coursework training in writing, reading, English, math, science, social science and leadership development up to a 6th grades level, and individual, family and group therapy to promote higher self-esteem. ILH offers a mult front approach to improvement
Results: As a result, 99% of program participants have report positive change in overall attitude, behavior and self-esteem. 85% increase in interpersonal skills, 63% demonstrated three grade level increase in reading, where 50% showed a substantial improvement in citizenship and attendance
Target demographics: The person with a learning disabilities and family with learning disabilities
Direct beneficiaries per year: We referral 50 families to Good Fellow for Christmas Gifts, we also referral 75 person to subsidize houses waiting list.
Geographic areas served: We would like to change the ways the world views the learning disabled and the way they view the world by provide with a safe, decent, secured apartment while they receive individual, group and family therapy. They will also receive academic traing in reading, english, math, science, social science, writing, and leadership development.
Programs: Our ultimate goal is to develop and nurture program participants emotionally, physically, and intellectually through our holistic approach. IlHI intends to regularly assess and reassess the success of the program through appropriate behavioral health analysis tools, which will be set, administered, and regulated by our team of trained behavioral health specialists. We will ensure therapists are specialized in the treatment of learning disabled individual. We will continue to work directly with state and federal agencies in order to remain in compliance with therapy and enrichment standards for learning disabled intervention protocol. We will work closely with our beneficiaries and families to insure their needs being met to their satisfaction as well. Their overall experience IlHI's beneficiaries will be monitored through the use of regular surveys. We will continue to be considerate, responsive, and flexible when it comes to meeting and exceeding the needs of our beneficiaries.