Wolverine
Human Services is a social service agency providing safety, sustenance,
and nurturing and therapeutic intervention to children. Wolverine’s
programs focus on adolescents suffering from the social injustices
of abuse and neglect and those involved in delinquent activities.
Our mission is to offer the most appropriate settings and most
effective services to children, their families and their communities.
Our purpose is to take part in a mutual effort, assisting those
in need to overcome social and economic barriers, to capitalize
on their personal strengths, and to contribute to their own healing.
Our approach is eclectic and is founded on the premise of “unconditional”
care. Wolverine’s continuum of services and effective network
of referral sources provide a responsive and cost-effective system
accessible at the community level. We continue to use new treatment
approaches, expand our services, reach out to collaborate with
other service providers and utilize input from our many clients,
constituents, funders and supporters.
Wolverine
has been the fastest growing child care agency in the state of
Michigan. St. Jude’s Home for Boys, a 40 bed facility for
males, opened February 4, 1987. In January 1988, Wolverine opened
the Wolverine Diagnostic, Assessment and Treatment Center, which now houses 20, 6-18 year old males
in need of emergency shelter care and the Wolverine Sexually Reactive
Program, a 14 bed intensive treatment program for cognitively
impaired sexually reactive males. The Wolverine Diagnostic, Assessment and Treatment Center is also
located on the East Side of 
Detroit.
In September, 1988, Wolverine opened three programs: Victors Center,
Pioneer Work and Learn Center (PWLC) and Community Case Management Services (CCMS).
Victors Center is a 42 bed group facility which houses cognitively
impaired, adolescent males is located on the East Side of Detroit.
Pioneer Work and Learn Centers located in Vassar, MI, houses 216
adolescent males in three separate and distinct programs. Community
Case Management Services offers Foster Care services, Specialized
Independent Living services and Family First of Michigan programming.
In 1991, Wolverine
opened the Wolverine Community Center and Soup Kitchen, now named
the John S. Vitale Center in honor of its late center director.
The center provides after school activities for neighborhood youth
and hot meals for those in need. The Wolverine Specialized Day
Treatment program, a co-ed program for Wayne County juvenile justice
youth is also located at the Community Center. In 1997, Wolverine
opened up the Wolverine Secure Treatment Center (WSTC) in Buena Vista
Township which houses 80 adolescent males in need of secure residential
treatment for serious delinquent offenses. In 1998, the Clarence
Fischer Leadership Academy (CFLA) opened in Vassar on property
adjacent to the Pioneer programs. CFLA, which houses 72 adolescent
males, is a military leadership academy designed to instill self-discipline,
structure and physical fitness.
Wolverine Human Services currently provides services
for more than 700 male and female clients between the ages of
0 and 21 and their families, from more than 48 Michigan counties.
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