A Hoarding Alliance local resource guide

Hoarding support in Mount Clemens, Michigan.

A respectful place to begin, whether you are looking for support for yourself, worried about someone you love, or trying to respond to a safety, housing, health, or practical concern in Mount Clemens or elsewhere in Macomb County.

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Our virtual groups give people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns a place to connect from Mount Clemens, Macomb County, and nearby communities. We can help you think through what is happening and what kind of next step may fit.

For immediate danger

Call 911 for a medical emergency, fire, violence, or immediate threat. Macomb County Community Mental Health provides free, confidential 24-hour crisis support at 586-307-9100; call or text 988 for nationwide crisis support. For a Macomb County housing crisis, call Macomb Community Action Coordinated Entry at 586-469-5656.

First conversations

A few good places to start

You do not need to know the perfect service name before reaching out. These organizations can help you understand the landscape and identify a next step.

Qualified public mental-health, substance-use, and developmental-disability assessment and care connection - Macomb County; clinical need, insurance, Medicaid, income, program, and capacity rules apply

Macomb County Community Mental Health - Non-Emergency Access

MCCMH provides walk-in screenings, intake assessments, case management, psychiatric evaluation, medication review, and other qualified services for Macomb County residents. Call during published weekday access hours or review walk-in locations. Ask whether hoarding concerns fit, what coverage or sliding-fee rules apply, and what documentation is needed. This is qualified care, not organizing or cleanup.

County relief, advocacy, housing, food, emergency assistance, utilities, transportation, and family-resource navigation - Macomb County; income, residence, funding, documentation, program, and capacity rules apply

Macomb Community Action

Macomb Community Action connects county residents with housing services, emergency assistance, food, weatherization, transportation, Head Start, water-bill support, and other programs. Ask which Mount Clemens pathway fits and confirm current eligibility, funding, documents, hours, and waitlists. It is not emergency dispatch or a guaranteed payment, shelter placement, repair, or cleanup service.

Person-centered aging, benefits, housing, caregiver, meals, transportation, home-safety, and maintenance navigation - Macomb County residents age 60 and older; intake, program, donation, waitlist, and service rules vary

Macomb County Office of Senior Services

Senior Services can help older Macomb County residents and families identify needs and connect with benefits, meals, transportation, caregiver support, housing resources, Handy Helpers, and Safe at Home. Call for an intake and ask what serves Mount Clemens. Services are not emergency dispatch, and eligibility, waitlists, donations, scope, and property-type limits vary by program.

Free peer-led family support - virtual Macomb County group for adult family members, caregivers, and loved ones; registration and current schedule apply

NAMI Metro Macomb Family Support Group

NAMI Metro publishes a Macomb family support group led by trained family peers. It is designed for adults supporting someone living with a mental-health condition and is not hoarding-specific treatment, crisis response, or cleanup. Confirm the current meeting date and registration instructions before relying on the listing.

Free, confidential, 24/7 community-resource navigation - Michigan, including Mount Clemens and Macomb County; provider eligibility, funding, hours, and capacity vary

Michigan 211

Call 211 or search Michigan 211 for current housing, shelter, food, utilities, health care, transportation, benefits, and other local services. Ask for Mount Clemens or Macomb County options and confirm details with each provider. A referral does not guarantee funding, an appointment, shelter, transportation, or another placement, and 211 is not emergency dispatch.

Qualified-care, organizer, taskforce, and support search - national directory with Michigan and telehealth options; listings are not endorsements and licensure, cost, insurance, waitlist, and service-area rules vary

IOCDF Hoarding Resource Directory

The International OCD Foundation directory can be searched for clinicians, programs, support groups, organizers, and taskforces that identify hoarding-related experience. Providers submit their information and IOCDF does not endorse their competence. Verify credentials, fees, insurance, privacy, availability, and whether in-home or telehealth work fits. This is not emergency response.

Safety and stability

When the concern involves safety, housing, or crisis

These pathways serve different situations. Read the labels carefully before calling, especially when a response may involve crisis care, protective services, shelter, housing rules, legal advocacy, or emergency dispatch.

Immediate police, fire, or medical dispatch - Mount Clemens and surrounding jurisdictions; use for fire, serious injury, violence, or an immediate threat

911 Emergency Services

Call 911 when there is immediate danger, fire, a medical emergency, violence, or a threat that cannot wait for a planned service. Emergency dispatch is not a hoarding-support program, counseling service, housing placement, or cleanup provider.

Free, confidential 24/7 crisis counseling, assessment, referral, and local crisis-system connection - anyone in Macomb County; clinical triage and response limits apply

Macomb County Community Mental Health Crisis Services

MCCMH's Crisis Center is available around the clock to anyone in Macomb County for suicidal thoughts, emotional distress, substance-use concerns, family problems, or concern about another person. Call 911 for fire, serious injury, violence, or another immediate threat. Crisis services are not housing placement, organizing, or cleanup.

Free, confidential, 24/7 emotional-distress, mental-health, and substance-use crisis support - Michigan; trained crisis counselors, with local routing that varies by caller area code

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline / Michigan Crisis and Access Line

Call or text 988 for suicidal thoughts, emotional distress, a mental-health or substance-use crisis, or concern about someone else. Michigan's crisis line also connects people with statewide support. Call 911 for fire, serious injury, violence, or another immediate threat; 988 does not replace emergency dispatch.

24/7 reporting, assessment, referral, and protection for suspected abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults - Michigan, including Mount Clemens and Macomb County; statutory screening and response criteria apply

Michigan Adult Protective Services

Michigan Adult Protective Services accepts reports when a vulnerable adult may be experiencing abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or exploitation. APS coordinates accepted concerns with local systems while respecting applicable self-determination rights. It is not a general cleanup line; call 911 for immediate danger.

Free, confidential 24/7 domestic-violence, sexual-violence, and human-trafficking hotline, shelter, housing, counseling, and legal advocacy - Macomb County; safe-contact, intake, shelter-capacity, and program rules apply

Turning Point

Turning Point serves survivors in Macomb County through a 24-hour hotline and pathways that include emergency shelter, housing, counseling, forensic nursing, and legal advocacy. Use a safe device or phone when privacy is a concern. Call 911 for immediate danger. Shelter is not guaranteed, and Turning Point is not hoarding-specific care or cleanup.

Homelessness assessment, shelter referral, housing navigation, and case-management pathway - Macomb County, with MCREST shelter in Mount Clemens; assessment, household, documentation, priority, referral, and bed-capacity rules apply

Macomb County Coordinated Entry and MCREST

Macomb Community Action's Coordinated Entry System is the first step for county homelessness services and can assess a household for shelter and housing referrals. MCREST operates a Mount Clemens shelter and case-management program, but entry begins through Coordinated Entry and a bed is not guaranteed. Call 911 for immediate danger; this is not a cleanup or code-enforcement service.

Blight, property-maintenance, administrative-hearing, fine, and compliance authority - Mount Clemens city limits; complaint, notice, hearing, appeal, fee, lien, and enforcement consequences may apply

City of Mount Clemens Code Enforcement

Mount Clemens Code Enforcement and its Administrative Hearings Bureau address city blight and ordinance concerns. This is a regulatory pathway that may lead to inspections, notices, hearings, fines, or charges added to property taxes. Consider safety, housing stability, consent, and available support before using it. It is not emergency dispatch, legal representation, organizing help, or guaranteed relocation.

Building, trade, rental, and vacant-property inspection and permitting authority - Mount Clemens city limits; permit, fee, contractor, inspection, compliance, and scheduling rules apply

City of Mount Clemens Building and Rental Inspections

The city provides building, rental, and vacant-property inspections through its Community Development process. Use it for a genuine permit, unsafe-building, rental, or code question and ask what inspection or document is required. Regulatory contact may affect housing or property status; it is not an emergency, legal advice, cleanup, or financial-assistance program.

Fire suppression, rescue, EMS, hazardous-material response, fire inspection, and safety education - Mount Clemens; emergency dispatch and inspection limits apply

Mount Clemens Fire and Emergency Services

The Mount Clemens Fire Department handles fire suppression, rescue, emergency medical response, hazardous-material mitigation, fire inspection, and safety education. Call 911 for an active fire, serious injury, immediate hazard, or emergency. The department is not a planned hoarding-support, organizing, housing, or cleanup service.

Environmental-health information, healthy-homes, lead, wells, septic, complaints, inspections, and hazard-navigation - Macomb County, with office in Mount Clemens; appointment, jurisdiction, fee, evidence, and program rules vary

Macomb County Health Department Environmental Health Services

Environmental Health Services publishes pathways for healthy homes, lead, wells, septic systems, environmental complaints, hazardous materials, and related safety questions. Call to ask whether a Mount Clemens concern fits and what agency has jurisdiction. It is not emergency dispatch, a mold-remediation promise, code defense, organizing, or cleanup.

24/7 emergency and non-emergency police, fire, and EMS dispatch for Mount Clemens and other served communities - jurisdiction, incident, priority, and response rules apply

Macomb County Sheriff's Office Dispatch

The Macomb County Sheriff's Dispatch Center serves Mount Clemens and publishes a non-emergency dispatch number for planned public-safety questions or reports. Call or text 911 for an active crime, fire, medical emergency, or immediate threat. Law-enforcement contact is not hoarding treatment, housing help, organizing, or guaranteed cleanup.

People and practical help

Housing, food, care, transportation, and ongoing support

These listings connect the local community with housing, food, behavioral health, benefits, transit, survivor advocacy, disability support, peer support, and practical resources. Ask about current availability, cost, scope, consent, and safety before relying on them.

Home-repair grant and deferred-loan program - eligible low-to-moderate-income owner-occupants in Mount Clemens and participating Macomb County communities; income, ownership, insurance, tax, mortgage, floodplain, lien, inspection, scope, and funding rules apply

Macomb County Comprehensive Housing Rehabilitation Program

The county program can help qualifying owner-occupants address repairs such as roofing, plumbing, electrical, structural work, energy efficiency, and accessibility. Assistance is split between a grant and a zero-interest deferred loan secured by the property. Confirm current limits, funding, eligibility, inspection, lien, contractor, and denial rules before applying. It is not emergency repair or whole-home cleanup.

No-cost energy-efficiency improvements for qualifying Macomb County households - income, residence, ownership or landlord, documentation, audit, property-sale, scope, and capacity rules apply

Macomb Community Action Weatherization Assistance

Macomb Community Action's Weatherization Assistance Program may provide qualifying households with insulation, air-leakage reduction, furnace repair or replacement, and other energy-saving measures after an audit. Services are free for eligible households, but scope depends on the assessment and funding. It is not emergency utility restoration, general remodeling, organizing, or cleanup.

Limited household maintenance and heavy-duty cleaning - Macomb County residents age 60 and older; intake, waitlist, property type, task scope, safety, donation, and capacity rules apply

Macomb County Handy Helpers

Handy Helpers offers limited, non-recurring maintenance tasks and defined heavy-duty cleaning for eligible older adults, including some appliance, floor, wall, carpet, and window cleaning. The program does not clean an entire home or provide ongoing service, and it currently publishes a waitlist. Ask about safe scope, rental or multifamily limits, suggested donations, and whether the requested task fits.

Rent, mortgage, utility, water, financial-empowerment, and resource-navigation programs - income-eligible Macomb County residents; application, documentation, funding, deadline, provider, and capacity rules apply

Macomb Community Action Emergency Services

MCA Emergency Services connects qualifying county residents with action centers and programs involving rent, mortgage, utilities, water, and financial guidance. Ask which current program serves a Mount Clemens household and what documents, notices, income limits, deadlines, and available funds apply. Assistance is not guaranteed and this is not emergency dispatch or shelter placement.

County food-bank and mobile-pantry network - Macomb County, including a published Mount Clemens distribution; schedule, cancellation, site, supply, household, and program rules apply

Community Food Bank of Macomb County

The Community Food Bank publishes a county food-resource map and a 2026 mobile-pantry schedule that includes a Mount Clemens stop. The mobile distribution is described as open without an appointment, but dates can change or be canceled. Confirm the current location, date, time, accessibility, household information, and supply before traveling. It is not emergency dispatch or guaranteed food delivery.

Home-delivered weekday meals and wellness contact - qualifying homebound Macomb County residents age 60 and older; intake, route, holiday, caregiver, nutrition, delivery, and capacity rules apply

Macomb County Meals on Wheels

Macomb County Senior Services delivers a ready-to-eat weekday meal to qualifying homebound older adults. Call for an intake and ask about Mount Clemens availability, homebound criteria, delivery timing, holidays, caregiver meals, dietary limits, and current capacity. It is not emergency food delivery, personal care, organizing, or cleanup.

Local curb-to-curb, senior shopping, fixed-route, Flex, Connector, and ADA transportation - Mount Clemens and regional service areas; fare, reservation, age, disability, route, trip-purpose, service-hour, and capacity rules vary

Mount Clemens Dial-A-Ride and SMART

Mount Clemens publishes Dial-A-Ride within the city and nearby portions of Clinton Township, plus Senior Shopper service for residents of specified senior buildings. SMART also serves Mount Clemens through fixed routes, Flex, Connector, and ADA paratransit. Confirm current fares, boundaries, reservations, accessibility, companion rules, pickup windows, and the right service before relying on a trip. These are non-emergency services.

Advance-scheduled transportation to essential medical and specified destinations - eligible Macomb County residents; income, documented need, household vehicle, caregiver, destination, notice, schedule, and capacity rules apply

Macomb Community Action Transportation Program

MCA provides rides for qualifying county residents to essential medical appointments and selected other destinations, primarily within Macomb County. Applications and advance scheduling are required, and some riders must bring caregiver assistance. Confirm eligibility, notice, wheelchair access, pickup, cancellation, and return-trip arrangements. This is not emergency transportation.

Free court self-help tools, forms, instructions, and referrals - 16th Judicial Circuit Court in Mount Clemens; staff cannot give legal advice and court, filing, deadline, case, eligibility, and representation rules apply

Macomb County Legal Self-Help Center

The Legal Self-Help Center provides computers and trained staff who can help visitors find Michigan Legal Help information, forms, instructions, and community referrals. Staff cannot provide legal advice or representation. Confirm current hours, courthouse access, filing fees, deadlines, accommodations, and whether a lawyer is needed for a housing, property, benefits, or safety issue.

Civil legal-aid and law-related program search by county and issue - Michigan, including Macomb County; intake, income, case type, conflict, court, documentation, capacity, and representation rules apply

State Bar of Michigan Legal Aid Search

Use the State Bar's county search to identify current legal-aid and referral programs for landlord-tenant, housing, consumer, family, disability, benefits, or other civil matters. A listing does not guarantee advice or representation. Confirm eligibility, deadlines, costs, privacy, conflicts, and whether the organization handles the specific Macomb County issue.

City curbside trash, recycling, brush, construction-material, mattress, appliance, and bulk-item rules - Mount Clemens service addresses; schedule, weight, packaging, placement, exclusion, contractor, and material rules apply

Mount Clemens Garbage, Recycling, and Bulk Pickup

The city publishes curbside rules for household trash, recycling, some bundled construction materials, furniture, appliances, mattresses, brush, and other bulk items. Confirm the address, pickup day, 50-pound limits, packaging, appliance preparation, and exclusions before moving anything. Hazardous waste, liquids, car parts, and concrete require other arrangements. This is not an in-home cleanup or hauling service.

No-cost scheduled household hazardous-waste collection for Macomb County residents - Mount Clemens collection site; appointment, date, weather, residence, household-only, quantity, packaging, transport, and accepted-item rules apply

Macomb County Household Hazardous Waste Collection

The county schedules outdoor household hazardous-waste events at a Mount Clemens-area collection site for residents. The program does not accept business waste and excludes some common materials. Book an appointment and confirm the date, weather status, residence proof, quantities, transport safety, and current accepted list before moving chemicals or other hazards. Call 911 for an active spill, fire, poisoning, or immediate danger.

Lead education, child blood-lead response, environmental investigation, testing, and state lead-hazard-control referral - Macomb County; age, test result, housing age, income, pregnancy, ownership or rental, inspection, and funding rules apply

Macomb County Lead Investigation and Lead-Safe Navigation

The Health Department responds to elevated blood-lead cases involving county children and publishes guidance on home testing and the state Lead Safe Home Program. Call for current testing, investigation, eligibility, landlord, grant, and referral requirements before disturbing old paint or dust. This is not emergency medical care, a general home inspection, or guaranteed abatement funding.

Seasonal respite locations and heating-emergency navigation - Macomb County, with published Mount Clemens sites; season, activation, hours, accessibility, weather, building, and capacity rules apply

Macomb County Cooling and Warming Center Navigation

Macomb County publishes seasonal center lists that include Mount Clemens locations and directs people facing a heating emergency or homelessness to Macomb Community Action. Confirm the current season, site, hours, accessibility, permitted belongings, weather closure, and available help before traveling. A center is not overnight shelter, medical care, emergency dispatch, or guaranteed housing.

County disaster planning, warning systems, preparedness, sheltering guidance, and response coordination - Macomb County, including Mount Clemens; alert, activation, hazard, agency, and response limits apply

Macomb County Emergency Management and Public Alerts

Emergency Management coordinates county preparedness and publishes information about severe-weather sirens, alerts, sheltering, and disaster planning. Mount Clemens participates in the countywide outdoor-warning system, which is designed primarily for people outdoors and does not provide an all-clear. Use trusted alerts and call 911 for an immediate emergency; this office is not individual cleanup or housing placement.

Private-pay nonclinical hoarding and clutter support, organizing help, groups, and family guidance - broader service area; scope, cost, scheduling, travel, consent, safety, and capacity rules apply

The Peer Tree

The Peer Tree is the separate private-pay pathway for practical, peer-centered hoarding and clutter support, including organizing help, groups, and guidance for friends and family. Ask about current availability in Mount Clemens, service area, scope, pacing, privacy, travel, and fees. It is not therapy, emergency response, or a promise of local in-person service.

Digital peer-support pathway for people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns and friends or family supporters - online; current account, feature, group, cost, and availability terms apply; not therapy or emergency support

Unburied

Unburied, owned by The Peer Tree, offers a judgment-free digital pathway with peer support, structured tools, groups, and separate personal and supporter experiences. It can be used from Mount Clemens or elsewhere, but it is not therapy, clinical care, crisis response, emergency service, housing placement, or cleanup.

A note from the Alliance

Start with the person. Then decide what the situation needs.

This guide is anchored in Mount Clemens, Michigan, and includes city, county, state, nonprofit, national, and independent pathways. A listing here does not mean Fight the Blight endorses every provider or can guarantee availability. The Hoarding Alliance is not a city or county agency, therapy practice, emergency service, or cleanup company. We will keep reviewing this page, but please confirm details directly before relying on them.

Need help choosing a path? Contact Fight the Blight