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Priorities
The future of Christ Child House has three distinct priorities: a new House, a new Recreation Center and Endowment to support Program Enhancements. The total construction costs are approximately $11 million.
We are humbled and honored to announce the exciting news of a fully funded $3.8 million Endowment. This has been made possible by the generosity and commitment of the Pulte Family Foundation.
Rooted In Hope
With challenge comes opportunity.
The time has come for a new Christ Child House.

The current House is crumbling, having experienced an electrical fire and flooding during the past year


Christ Child House has been home to more than 3,000 children over the past 73 years
Christ Child House provides real world life skills training, money management, a focus on the trades and higher education.
There are countless success stories of children who first walked through our doors having suffered severe trauma.
Christ Child Society of Detroit is a non-profit, multidenominational organization of volunteers changing the lives of children-in-need across metro Detroit for more than a century.
One of 45 chapters of the National Christ Child Society, the Detroit Chapter manages three arms of outreach; the Layette House, Literacy Program and, unique to the Detroit Chapter, the Christ Child House, a residential treatment center for boys, aged 5-16, who are victims of severe abuse and neglect.
Each program is supported by the 300+ women members of Christ Child Society Detroit. Further support is received from a co-ed Junior Christ Child Society of high school students, and Christ Child 313, a group of dedicated 20–40-year-old men and women.
In addition to giving thousands of volunteer hours to Layettes, Literacy and the House, Christ Child members plan annual fundraising events that are critical to Christ Child’s success.
- pour les enfants Spring Luncheon
- Night of Angels Fall Dinner
- Autumn Cup Golf Outing
- Christmas Home Tour and Holiday Boutique

Above all, we believe it’s never too late for a happy childhood.
Christ Child House is an intensive residential treatment center licensed by the State of Michigan providing care for boys, ages 5 through 16.
We are, first and foremost, a home. And the people who live under our roof become like family.
Abuse, neglect and unspeakable trauma have derailed their childhood. It is our mission to rebuild healthy lives and restore hope and joy completely... body, mind, heart, soul and spirit.
The severity of the boys’ problems requires the expertise of a highly trained professional staff. The team, which includes clinical therapists, youth specialists, education counselors, recreation staff and a medical liaison, creates a highly structured treatment plan for each child to help rebuild his life.
Our trauma-informed residential treatment programs include:
- Family-oriented treatment focused on permanency planning and adoption services
- Clinical Therapy services for children and families
- Coordinated after-care services
- Consulting psychiatrist and pediatrician
- Art Therapy
- On-campus tutoring and summer school program
- Centralized food service program and nutritional planning
- Therapy dog visits
- Summer Camp program
- Horticulture program
- STEM Programming
- Extensive volunteer and recreation programming
Christ Child House is accredited by the Council on Accreditation for Families and Children (COA) and a member of the Michigan Federation for Children and Families. Licensed and contracted by the State of Michigan, Bureau of Children and Adult Licensing, CCH provides services to boys of every race, creed and national origin.

Where Love Leads to Action...

109 years of Layettes... delivered into hands of more than 50,000 mothers-in-need

12 years of Literacy... more than 5,000 books distributed

73 years of Christ Child House... helped raise more than 3,000 boys
