where to go for help
Financial Issues/Emergency Aid
University Resources:
UMHS Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
For health system employees
The UMHS Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a confidential, no cost service for UMHS faculty, staff, and their families as well as U-M staff and faculty located near UMHS. Our goal is to inspire ongoing individual and organizational development, while contributing to the health and well-being of the Health System community. We do this by providing brief counseling and coaching services, mediation services, crisis intervention, assessment and referral, educational and training programs, and supervisory, staff, and team consultation.
hr.umich.edu/mhealthy/programs/mental_emotional/eap.html
(734) 763-5409
Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FASAP)
For campus employees in Ann Arbor, Dearborn, & Flint
The University of Michigan Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FASAP) offers a number of services to help staff, faculty, and their immediate family members with personal difficulties encountered at both work and home. All services are free of charge and confidential and include: short-term counseling on personal, emotional, family and work place issues; personalized coaching services to assist with achieving professional or personal goals; critical incident, trauma and grief counseling; and educational presentations on a variety of emotional and mental health topics.
www.umich.edu/~fasap
Central Campus (734) 936-8660 TTY (734) 647-1388
Flint Campus (734) 936-8660 TTY (734) 647-1388
Dearborn Campus (313) 593-5430
Community Resources:
Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS)
The Department of Human Services (DHS) is Michigan's public assistance, child and family welfare agency. DHS operates numerous public assistance and service programs through a network of over100 county offices around the state.
http://www.michigan.gov/dhs
(517) 373-2035
Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS)
Michigan Rehabilitation Services (MRS) helps Michigan residents with disabilities achieve employment and self-sufficiency. A person with a disability may be eligible for MRS services if the disability causes problems in preparing for, finding, or keeping a job. Any person with a disability who is interested in receiving job rehabilitation services may call the nearest MRS office.
http://www.michigan.gov/mrs
Toll Free 1-800-605-6722
TTY 1-888-605-6722
SOS Community Services
SOS Community Services responds with care and respect to families in need by working in partnerships that result in economic, family, and residential stability. SOS offers services to families and individuals in Washtenaw County who are homeless or who are experiencing housing-related crises. Our Housing Crisis Services include: housing relocation, eviction prevention, short-term case management, shelter location assistance, utility assistance, distribution of emergency food and personal care items, housing-related transportation assistance, and referrals to other community resources.
http://www.soscs.org/
(734) 484-4300
Support Groups/ Self-Help Groups:
Note: If you don’t find the support group or self-help group you’re looking for, search on the more general sites listed under the Support Groups/ Self-Help Groups category. There are many more potentially relevant groups than can be included here.
Cleptomaniacs and Shoplifters Anonymous (CASA)
Cleptomaniacs and Shoplifters Anonymous (CASA) is a unique, independent and secular weekly self-help group. It was founded in Detroit, MI in September 1992 by a recovering shoplifter who felt such a group could help himself, others, and the community as a whole. CASA's purpose is to provide a safe, confidential and non-judgmental space for compassion, understanding and recovery from "addictive-compulsive" dishonest behavior, primarily shoplifting, fraud, kleptomania and embezzlement. CASA's goal is to educate individuals in the group and the community at large about the complex motivations and recovery treatment process for these behaviors, while emphasizing personal responsibility and accountability. We have helped many and want to do more.
http://www.kleptomaniacsanonymous.com/
Debtors Anonymous (DA)
Debtors Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from compulsive debting. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop incurring unsecured debt. There are no dues or fees for DA membership.
http://www.debtorsanonymous.org/find_meeting/find.htm
Gamblers Anonymous
Gamblers anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from a gambling problem. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop gambling. There are no dues or fees for Gamblers Anonymous membership. Gamblers Anonymous is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any cause. Our primary purpose is to stop gambling and to help other compulsive gamblers do the same.
http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/mtgdirTOP.html
