Lutheran Social Services of Michigan

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Lutheran Michigan Social Services is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, human services organization serving the entire Lower Peninsula Michigan with over 70 site programs, including adoption, community centers, foster care, family preservation, independent care and rehabilitation centers for elderly, skilled nursing centers, refugee resettlement and employment services, subsidized housing, and services for homelessness and developmental disabilities. It is the largest faith-based nonprofit religious service organization in Michigan, but provides assistance to everyone in need regardless of religion, age, sexual orientation or national origin. Lutheran Social Services of Michigan is the largest personal care agency in Michigan, and is also the largest refugee service provider in Michigan and the fourth largest in the United States.

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History

The Lutheran Michigan Social Service (LSSM) is rooted in the efforts of Lutheran immigrants from Germany and Scandinavia who settled in Detroit in the late 19th century. In 1909, the Missionsbund (Mission Federation) was formed. In 1934, the Lutheran Inner Mission League of Greater Detroit was founded. The following year, the name was changed to The Lutheran Charities. Organizational focus includes child welfare, services for the elderly, and housing homes. The Lutheran Charities joined a similar group in 1959 and was reborn as Lutheran Social Services of Michigan to offer programs across the state of Lower Peninsula. The organization began work in West Michigan in 1965 when it acquired The Lutheran Old Folks Home in downtown Grand Rapids, renamed Luther Home (and MapleCreek in 2007).

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Affiliate

Lutheran Social Services of Michigan is a member of the Lutheran Services social services organization in America and a partner of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Although not owned by the ELCA, LSSM is governed by a Board of Directors whose members represent parishes in ELCA's Southeast Michigan Synod and North/West Lower Michigan Synod.