Catholic Charities West Michigan

Founded in 1887, D. A. Blodgett for Children is a foster care and adoption agency located in Grand Rapids, Mich. It provides various services to orphan, homeless, sick and disabled children. The agency is a member of the Federation of Social Agencies. It runs several programs, such as parent therapist and big brother and big sister programs. The agency has a short-term foster group home for juvenile detention. It also offers the sisters-in-support program to assist adolescent mothers and the family reunification project to support permanency planning and family preservation. D. A. Blodgett for Children has won the Best Foster Care Agency Performance Award and the Best Agency Adoption Performance Award. The agency is approved by the Council On Accreditation of Services for Families and Children.

Catholic Charities - West Michigan is affiliated with the Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids, Mich. It has been serving Lake, Mason, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana and Ottawa Counties in Michigan since 1947. The organization is a member of the Catholic Social Services USA. Catholic Charities - West Michigan offers a range of pregnancy and adoption services, such as counseling and teen parenting and health families programs. The organization also offers foster care, parenting assistance, mental health services, and family, individual and child therapies. Catholic Charities - West Michigan is a nonprofit organization founded as a collaboration of Catholic Social Services Grand Rapids, Catholic Social Services of Muskegon and Catholic Human Development Outreach. It maintains a location in Muskegon, Mich.