Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness

Crisis Center, Inc, known and doing business as Listening Ear Crisis Center, is a private, nonprofit, multi-county human service agency based in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Governed by a volunteer board of directors, the organization is licensed by the State of Michigan and accredited by the Council on Accreditation for Families and Children, IncSince its inception in 1969, Listening Ear has grown and evolved from a single service agency providing 24-hour crisis services for 200 persons, to a multi-service organization serving over 20, 000 persons annually.The mission of Listening Ear Crisis Center, guided by the communities served, "is to provide mid and northern Michigan with human services and housing that satisfy, support, and promote both dignity and well being."The agency's purpose: "We are in the vocation of supporting and improving human life. All of our actions must be measured by our success in achieving this."Listening Ear is committed to its values and its slogan "Focusing on What People Can Do" which best illustrates the organization's approach.

The Association for Child Development is a nonprofit organization that educates parents and caregivers on nutrition to promote the development of children and establish healthy eating habits. The association is the largest sponsor of the Child and Adult Care Food Program in the United States, sponsoring child care providers in the states of Michigan and Illinois. The firm organizes various child-centered nutrition and physical activity programs. It publishes subscription-based monthly children's health and nutrition newsletter, Potpourri, which provides children s health articles, child-specific nutrition information, recipes and fun activities for kids. The association also provides C-K Kids computer software that includes food program planner, food menu planning, record keeping and tax planning.