Neighborhood Service Organization
Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO) was established in 1955 as a private non-profit human service agency. The Mission of NSO is to provide diverse and innovative community development programs and community services to meet the changing needs of the regions population. Prevention and training are fundamental components of our programs. These components empower consumers and enhance the skills of other professionals.
NSO Awarded Three-Year CARF Accreditation
We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded with a Three-Year CARF Accreditation for our addiction and mental health programs. This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization. CARF, formerly known as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, is an international accrediting body that establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services.
We were accredited, through October 2014, in four categories:
• Case Management/Services Coordination: Alcohol and Other Drugs/Addictions (Adults)
• Crisis Intervention: Mental Health (Adults)
• Outpatient Treatment:
-Alcohol and Other Drugs/Addictions (Adults)
-Integrated Developmental Disabilities (DD) /Mental Health (Adults)
- Integrated DD/Mental Health (Children and Adolescents)
-Mental Health (Adults)
• Supported Living: Mental Health (Adults)
A Place to Call Home Housewarming Party
A Place to Call Home Housewarming Party is an opportunity for an individual, family, business, faith-based organization, club, school or community group to invite friends, relatives, co-workers and members to donate quality, new, household items needed to make an apartment a home in the NSO Bell Building. By hosting a party you will make a difference in the life of a formerly homeless neighbor. Click on the house to learn more.
A Place to Call Home…
The Place to Call Home campaign is an important part of the $10 million fundraising effort to support the transformation of the former Michigan Bell Telephone Building into an innovative permanent, supportive housing program that will help end homelessness in Detroit. A Place to Call Home is focused specifically on the renovation of each of the 155 apartments.
Your $5,000 pledge will provide a home!
Individuals, families, businesses, congregations, school and community groups can pledge to sponsor one of the 155 apartments in the NSO Bell Building. Your pledge of $5,000 will help NSO fully renovate an apartment and help provide vital support services.
A Place to Call Home sponsors will become a member of Friends of NSO Bell and will receive special recognition, including a plaque placed by the door of the sponsored apartment and in the building’s public lobby. A Place to Call Home sponsors will also receive a commemorative tile and an invitation to a special ribbon-cutting event to officially welcome residents to their new homes in the fall of 2012.
Learn More Today!
Contact Michelle Bosau at 313-961-4890 x 1023 or mbosau@nso-mi.org.


