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Our Mission
Don Bosco Hall is a private non-profit agency, which provides supportive human services to enhance the quality of life for youth, and their families residing in the Metropolitan Detroit-Wayne County Community.
Our Vision
Don Bosco Hall will utilize the most effective therapeutic modalities and interventions available to achieve the desired outcomes for the client populations it serves. The agency’s service delivery systems will focus on family reunification, youth rehabilitations, youth protective service, mentorship, recreation and preparing youth with the interpersonal, technological and educational skills which enhance their ability to reach their greatest potential. The agency will collaborate with other community organizations and business to provide an effective network of services to the local community. Don Bosco Hall is committed to advocate an effective for social and child welfare policy reforms and practices that will have supportive outcomes for youth and families. All of Don Bosco Hall’s services will carry out the Catholic Charities/ Archdiocese of Detroit’s mission of effective professional and Christian social services to respond to human needs through direct service and advocacy.
Our History
Don Bosco Hall was founded by the Rev. John J. Finnegan, pastor of St. Patrick Church in 1954. The agency is named for St. John Bosco, a Roman Catholic priest who was canonized in 1934. He is known for his work among the youth in Turin Italy, in the last century.
Since 1954 Don Bosco Hall has worked to establish family relationships and has touched the lives of over 50,000 children. Don Bosco Hall is dedicated to keeping youngsters out of trouble by keeping them occupied and off the streets.
Don Bosco Hall serves over 2,500 youth and their families annually through a variety of programs.
*Don Bosco Hall is accredited through the Council on Accreditation (COA), and is licensed through the State of Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services.
Where do we go from here? The many challenges that continue to confront our children and youth are a major concern for Don Bosco Hall. Currently, many youth in urban communities continue to underachieve academically and be without positive dreams for a brighter tomorrow. As the technology and service needs of our community continue to grow, the need for a well-trained work force is more relevant. Far too many youths are not ready for adulthood. Their young lives are cut short through violence and preventable acts.
Families in our communities continue to struggle to provide for the basic needs of their children. Issues such as substance abuse, child abuse, neglect, poverty, domestic violence, health related concerns and juvenile delinquency continue to have a negative impact on the stability of families.
Don Bosco Hall continues to meet its mission. Don Bosco Hall's services annually reach more than 2,500 children, youth and families within the metropolitan Detroit area. Don Bosco Hall's full continuum of services has had a positive impact on all types of children and youth. Some of our community's most troubled youth are benefiting from the supportive services at Don Bosco Hall. Many of our community's most promising children and youth benefited from the caring hands at Don Bosco Hall.
Don Bosco Hall provided supportive educational services to address the many remedial academic needs of children and youth that were not striving in today's educational systems. Don Bosco Hall expanded its prevention programs to provide more community counseling and neighborhood enhancement services. The agency's fatherhood support program has helped to strengthen the family structure within our community. Don Bosco Hall's mentoring program continued services to give more youth in our community the opportunity to meet positive role models.
The physical, social, spiritual and emotional development needs of the children and youth of our community are under attack. A collective partnership between government and all sections of the private sector in needed to build a safety net for our young people. Don Bosco Hall continues to stand ready to provide a leadership role in serving the children, youth and families of our community.
Charles D. Small
President/CEO
Officers
Melvin Byrd - President
Betty J. Howard - Vice President
Craig Burres - Treasurer
David E. Joseph - Secretary
Members
Robert Roy Amori
Edna Bell
Joseph Cazeno, Jr.
Dr. Adrian Christie
Douglass Doggett, Sr.
Thomas Dorsey
Jordan Field, Esq.
Elliott S. Hall, Esq.
Teola Hunter
Mark Jacobs, Esq.
Michael Layne
Katherine Luckett-Watson
Donald McSwain
Emily A. Minns, Esq.
Albert Springer
Lee Turner, Esq.
Patricia Watkins
Charles D. Small - President/CEO
csmall@donboscohall.org
JoAnne Woodard - Associate Director
jwoodard@donboscohall.org
Duane Carter - Program Director
dcarter@donboscohall.org
Sheyi Olojo - Accounting/Finance Department
solojo@donboscohall.org
Christine Gavin-Patterson (Christine Gavin & Company)
- Don Bosco Hall, Community Relations, Marketing & Philanthropy
Angela Lenear
Don Bosco Hall’s
Director of Residential Programs
Angela Lenear has been with Don Bosco Hall (DBH) for almost 12 years. As the Director of Residential Programs, she oversees a staff of nearly 85, which includes, social workers, counselors, cooks, maintenance staff workers, program managers and direct care. With a maximum of 108 boys between the ages of 12 and 17 to daily house, feed, and oversee, Ms. Lenear manages to do it all.
On a weekly basis, she moves effortlessly and graciously between Don Bosco Hall’s three locations. Angela may begin her day at any of the DBH facilities. At DBH-West, this residential program works with youth coming from homes where there has been abuse and/or neglect. A few blocks away, Angela manages Sutton House. This residential facility serves young men who have been removed from their home because they are beginning to engage in delinquency issues and misdemeanor offenses. The work done at Sutton House is to help redirect the focus of the young men to more positive behavior. At the DePaul Treatment Center, these young men are troubled with having emotional and psychological difficulties, due to chemical imbalances, trouble managing their anger and have engaged in acts of delinquency. Psychological counseling is mandatory and the youths’ needs are much greater at this location.
Before joining Don Bosco Hall, Angela had been working Vista Maria and the Judson Center. It was through a co-worker she met at Judson, whom had left Judson and began his employment at Don Bosco. He invited her to meet Don Bosco Hall’s President/CEO, Charles Small. She said, although, I had vowed not to continue working in residential services, Charles Small encouraged her to come aboard.
Her number one goal is to make sure every youth achieves more than they can see for themselves. She said that the biggest challenge however is the environment they may be returning to may make it difficult for them to continue with the positive changes that have been made.
When asked how it is to work with young men, she said she finds young men to be easier than working with females . Angela manages her staff and the young men with a compassionate but firm hand.
She attributes her success to a great management team. She loves working with her co-workers.
Services
Residential Programs
Provides housing and comprehensive therapeutic services for youth (12 to 18 years of age) who require a structured environment due to behavioral and emotional difficulties.
Dadz Connection Program
Provides supportive services to non-custodial fathers. Overall goal of the program is to increase parent-child positive interaction.
Supervised Independent Living Program
Provides supportive services for older teenagers who need assistance as they prepare for independence. Services in the areas of employment, career planning, interpersonal skills and housing are provided.
Transitional Living Programs
Provides unique and innovative approaches to assist young people in becoming independent and self-supportive (e.g. - employability skills, job placement, life skills and financial management).
Community Enrichment Programs
Provides preventative services to children and youth through community counseling, tutoring, recreation and cultural arts services.
Mentoring Programs
Provides at-risk young children and youth with consistent adult contact through bonding activities in career development, cultural development and community awareness, employment counseling, academic and employment assistance, etc.
Accredited by the Council On Accreditation