• Three Noble Hands

    Committed to providing aid and assistance to young women in the Detroit Metropolitan Area.

    Call: 313.431.0678

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History

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The inspiration for Three Noble Hands came into existence in June 2022, when founder and CEO Sheila Cheeks, a former foster care worker and recipient rights advisor along with clergy and woman who had aged out of foster care began to share concerns about the alarming increase in aging out of foster care young women becoming homeless, substance abusers or becoming involved with human trafficking:

Mission

To give aid and assistance to young women aging out of foster care. Three Noble Hands will provide safe and affordable housing, job training, job readiness training, and opportunities for young women in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. Three Noble Hands is committed to serving this vulnerable population as a leader to develop improved opportunities and employability, and provide improved programs and services that will make them more productive, citizens:

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Goals

According to homeless Hud: (Transitional housing refers to a supportive temporary accommodation that is meant to bridge the gap from uninformed to informed by offering structure, supervision, support for mental health, life skills, and education). Three Noble Hands will offer temporary housing to permanent housing by offering structure, supervision, support in health care, life skills, education, hygiene orientation, and gardening training. Three Noble Hands will recruit potential consumers from Orchards Children services, Development Center for Foster Children, and the Detroit Metropolitan Area. To offer these programs and/or services and to increase awareness of this population. Three Noble Hands will always look to support innovative ideas and efforts that align with our priorities to ensure all consumers and communities regardless of race, sex or income have an opportunity to reach their full potential.

Three Noble Hands will assist aging-out foster care young adult women from the ages of 18 to 25 with safe housing, workshops, resume building, preparing for mock interviews for employment, and providing support for independent living. This program will take place on the west side of Detroit at 1600 Pingree Detroit, Michigan 48206. The program will run year-round Monday through Friday from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm. Monday-Thursday participants will be in training and on Friday participants will go job seeking.

Three Noble Hands have determined three community needs:

-The need for safe and affordable housing

-Training programs to assist participants with employment

-Assistance with proper communication and planning for the future

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The need for safe and affordable housing
Training programs to assist participants with employment
Assistance with proper communication and planning for the future

Youth aging out of care at 18, by the numbers…

• 1 in 5 were homeless

• 18% had been homeless at least once since exiting care; more than half had been homeless more than
once

• 1/3 lived in at least 3 different places; 20% had lived in 4 or more

• Only 58% graduated high school by 19 (compared with 87% of all 19-year old)

• Under 2% earned a college degree by age 25 (compared to 28% of all 25-year old)

• 1 in 4 were involved in the criminal justice system within 2 years of leaving care

• Nearly ¼ did not have a high school diploma or GED by 21

Board Members

Sheila Cheeks

CEO

Contact

Phone: 313.431.0678

Board of Directors

Diana Gonzalez

President
Academic Dean Wayne County Community College

Rhonda Moulder

Secretary/Treasurer

Louis Guyton

Dr. Charmaine Johnson

Professor Wayne County Community College

Nicole Curl

Judge Rebekah Coleman

Dr. Walter Cheeks

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Therapist

John Birge

Accountant

Clintona Jackson

Turner- Accountant/Tax Preparer

Jeanne Wardford

Marissa Morgan

Sheila Cheeks

CEO

Sheila Cheeks

Board of Directors

Diana Gonzalez

President
Academic Dean Wayne County Community College

Rhonda Moulder

Secretary/Treasurer

Louis Guyton

Dr. Charmaine Johnson

Professor Wayne County Community College

Nicole Curl

Judge Rebecca Coleman

Dr. Walter Cheeks

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Therapist

John Birge

Accountant

Clintona Jackson

Turner- Accountant/Tax Preparer

Jeanne Wardford

Marissa Morgan

Contact

Phone: 313.431.0678