Crossroads of Michigan, a social service outreach agency, was established in Detroit in 1971. Its mission is to support the surrounding community by providing emergency assistance and advocacy and to respond to other needs in the community as they are able to. Crossroads Associate Director Ashleigh Mitchell says that while providing basic necessities to needy families, the organization's staff began a dialogue with its clients to find out what needs were not being met in the community and how Crossroads of Michigan could help. "There are other barriers that come along with just needing f...