Counties Served:

Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinac

Service Provided:

Child Care

H.O.M.E. of Mackinac County is a HUD Certified Housing Counseling Agency. We provide counseling, education and advocacy by phone and through on-line courses to help community members obtain and/or sustain affordable housing. We can assist homeowners to determine options to prevent property tax or mortgage foreclosure, connect with community resources and or gracefully exit their home. For renters and potential homebuyers, we can assist with creating a plan to pay down debt, clean up their credit report and begin to build savings to help stabilize or improve their  housing situation.

Counties Served:

Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinac

Services Provided:

Community Resources and Resources

Head Start is a federal program for preschool children from low-income families. Head Start provides high quality child and family development services. Head Start serves 80 children with locations at 2076 Shunk Road and 2218 Shunk Road, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and 225 WaSeh, St. Ignace, Mich. Head Start provides breakfast, lunch and limited bus transportation.

The Sault Ste. Marie program provides part-day, part-year classrooms that operate September through May and the Sault Tribe Child Care Center offers a full-day, full-year classroom. St. Ignace is an extended day program offering 7-hour sessions September through June, Monday through Thursday.

Head Start strives to ensure that its children are prepared to enter elementary school ready to learn and succeed. At Head Start, children socialize, solve problems and learn other experiences that help them become self-confident and successful in life.

Head Start Eligibility: Children must be 3 years old by Sept. 1 of each school year. Applicants must meet federal income guidelines and preference is given to members of a federally recognized tribe.

County Served:

Chippewa

Services Provided:

Child Care, Head Start, Preschool, and Child Development & Care