A PLACE FOR REFUGE
Transitional Housing
Southeast Michigan
A place-based nonprofit strengthening neighborhoods by stabilizing residents and activating community-led solutions. APOR was originally founded to serve young men aging out of the foster care system, a population facing disproportionate housing instability, and this commitment remains a permanent priority embedded in all programming.
A PLACE FOR REFUGE
Building lives and community for a greater Detroit.
A Place of Refuge’s mission is to provide safe transitional housing and supportive pathways to self-sufficiency while empowering residents to strengthen and lead their neighborhoods—ensuring that individuals and communities can stabilize, heal, and thrive together.
Services We Offer
A nurturing environment professionally, and personally.
Housing
We offer comfortable housing to ensure a healthy home for our young men.
Education
Education is the backbone to well-rounded individuals. Our inhouse staff is well-versed in every subject essential to a young man’s growth.
Career Development
A Place for Refuge has developed partnerships with prospering Detroit business to help young men find meaningful employment.
Personal Development
Our in-house mentors are here to help develop the life skills necessary to be a successful young man.
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A Place of REFUGE
Refuge (noun) shelter or protection from danger or distress: A Place that provides shelter or protection: something to which one has recourse in difficulty.
Psalms 46:1
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble “
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