Latest OLHSA News

2022 News

• Event - Oakland County Community Calendar: Head Start Enrollment Fair (7.3.22) - https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2022/07/03/oakland-county-community-calendar-july-3-and-beyond/
• Program/Partnership - Oakland County Schools To Feed Students This Summer (6.25.22) - https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2022/06/26/oakland-county-schools-to-feed-students-this-summer/
• Program/Partnership - Summer Food Service (6.22.22) - https://clarkstonnews.com/summer-food-service/

• Sponsorship - Brighton Optimist Club Presents Checks To Local Charities (5.23.22) - https://www.whmi.com/news/article/brighton-optimist-eternity-love-inc-walk-for-warmth-euchre

• Partnership - Financial Literacy Arts Contest (5.20.22) - https://www.oakgov.com/treasurer/financial-empowerment-center/art-contest/Pages/default.aspx?utm_sq=h2e8axvia5

• Programs - Rising water rates hurt Michigan’s poorest residents (5.10.22) - https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/rising-water-rates-hurt-michigans-poorest-residents

• Programs - High Cost of Water Hits Home (5.10.22) - https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/high-cost-water-hits-home-michigan/
• Program/Partnership - City of Detroit | HIV Program (4.28.22) - https://detroitmi.gov/departments/detroit-health-department/programs-and-services/hivsti-program/hiv-program

• Program/Partnership - Federal Assistance Program Aims To Help Local Homeowners (3.7.22) - https://www.whmi.com/news/article/livingston-united-way-olhsa-treasurer-homeowners-assistance-program

• Fundraisers - OLHSA Walk For Warmth Coming In May (3.3.22) - https://www.whmi.com/news/article/olhsa-walk-warmth-hartland

• Partnership - Community Catalysts 'saved' Connection Youth Services shelter (2.13.22) - https://www.livingstondaily.com/story/news/local/community/howell/2022/02/13/local-organization-saved-housing-youth-facing-homelessness-connection-youth-services-catalysts/6737444001/

2021 News

• Community Needs Alert - Livingston's lack of affordable housing: Waitlists, evictions and tough choices (Livingston Daily) 9.30.21-https://www.livingstondaily.com/story/news/local/2021/09/30/without-affordable-housing-brighton-man-fears-he-evicted-livingston-county-low-income/5467828001/

• Community Needs Alert - SNAP benefit increases help, but still not enough to cover meal costs in many cases - (Oakland Press) 8/30/21 - https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2021/08/30/snap-benefit-increases-help-but-still-not-enough-to-cover-meal-costs-in-many-cases/

• Events/Fundraisers – Golf Fore Change Calendar Event Listing (Oakland Press) 8/29/21- https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2021/08/29/oakland-county-community-calendar-aug-29-and-beyond/

• Programs/Funding - Oakland County using $6.6M from American Rescue Plan to support childcare and workforce development – BRN (Oakland Press) 6/29/21 - https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2021/06/29/top-l-skilledworkforce-0628/

• Partnerships - Developer investing $17 million to transform old Pontiac school into community center (Oakland Press) 6.22.21 - https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2021/06/22/developer-investing-17-million-to-transform-old-pontiac-school-into-community-center/

• Programs - Local groups promote free financial education (C & G News) 5/29/21 - https://www.candgnews.com/news/local-groups-promote-free-financial-education-120772

• Events/Fundraisers – (Walk for Warmth-Liv) Annual Fundraising Walk Set This Weekend (WHMI) 5/12/21 - https://www.whmi.com/news/article/annual-fundraising-walk-set-this-weekend-w4w-2021

• Programs/Partnerships - Three Oakland County Orgs. Distributing Rental Assistance Funds (Oakland County Times) 5.9.21 - CERA- http://oaklandcounty115.com/2021/05/09/three-oakland-county-orgs-distributing-rental-assistance-funds/

• Programs - Oakland County Residents to Receive Federal COVID Emergency Rental Assistance (DB Business) 4.24.21 - https://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/dbusiness-daily-update-bridgewater-and-hancock-to-headline-detroit-jazz-fest-michigan-science-center-to-open-new-exhibit-april-24-and-more/

• Partnerships - Annual Count Gives Snapshot Of Local Homeless – Livingston County Homeless Continuum of Care (WHMI) 2.2.21- https://www.whmi.com/news/article/homeless-continuum-care-pit-count-2021

2020 News

• Program - Financial Assistance (12.22.20) https://www.wxyz.com/news/rebound-detroit-need-financial-assistance-list-of-resources-across-metro-detroit

• Program - WRAP offers water bill relief to residents of Madison Heights, Hazel Park (C & G News) 11.18.20 - https://www.candgnews.com/news/wrap-offers-water-bill-relief-to-residents-of-madison-heights-hazel-park-119233

• Partnerships - COVID Eviction Diversion – (MSHDA/Livingston County) 7.20.20 - https://www.whmi.com/news/article/eviction-diversion-program-edp-tenant-landlord

• Partnerships - COVID HOMELESSNESS (4.10.20) https://www.whmi.com/news/article/covid-shutdown-forces-shelter-network-to-cease-operations

• Partnerships - Oakland County 360 Offers Health-care to Uninsured/Underinsured (2.10.20) https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2020/02/10/oakland-county-offer-health-care-uninsured-underinsured/4715189002/