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transitional housing project of Cass
Community United Methodist
Church & Center.
Travelers Aid Society assists
approximately 2,000 people in cri-
sis each year. Some 70 percent are
homeless and 90 percent are unem-
ployed or have annual incomes of
less than $2,000. Many are tran-
sients or need specific assistance to
alleviate their crises and prevent
homelessness. Services for the
homeless and victims of domestic
violence include:
• Financial assistance for docu-
ments necessary for enrollment in
entitlement, job training and edu-
cational programs, and for job and
housing applications.
• Comprehensive case manage-
ment and short- and long-term
counseling.
• Food, clothing and furniture
referrals.
• Literacy and employment
training referrals.
• Housing placement.
Alfred Gittleman, senior vice
president of Redstone Architects in
Southfield, serves on the Travelers
Aid board and recalls that before
joining the group he had heard the
name but didn't know what the
organization did. Gittleman helped
the group land its new home in the
David Stott Building on Griswold
in Detroit. He believes one of the
society's greatest functions is its
ability to help people with transi-
tional housing and employment.
Gittleman and others credit the
organization's 50 volunteers and the
TASD director, Ernestine Coates.
She's very knowledgeable in the
area of taking care of people who
are disadvantaged. And she's a great
manager. This agency is very well-
run," Gittleman says, adding that
TASD plans to expand and
strengthen its funding. "Right now,
we rely somewhat on the United
Way [5315,000 annually], but
we're applying for grants from the
state and the city and we're doing a
lot of our own fund raising. It
would be nice to have an endow-
ment that is self-sustaining.
In the four years that Warshay
-has been the group's resource devel-
opment director, United Way con-
tributions have gone from one-half
to one-fourth of the budget. "I've
increased the budget through
grants, contracts and fundraisers,"
says Warshay.

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