In early 2005, a group of concerned community members voiced a need for Mason County children to have greater access to services being offered through the Andre' Bosse Center of Oceana County. The Andre' Bosse Center was approached with the idea of opening an additional center in Mason County that would be guided by an Advisory Committee made up of individuals from local law enforcement agencies, the courts, protective services and other concerned citizens. The donation of the former Manpower building in Ludington allowed us to open the Andre' Bosse Center Kid's House of Mason County in November 2005.

The Kid's House currently is offering the following programs to better serve the immediate needs of neglected, abused and at-risk children in our community: child & family advocates, supervised visitation, parent support groups, forensic interviews and placement support for Foster or Adoptive families who have given a home to a child who have been abused.

2007 finds the Kid's House experiencing growing pains. We are hoping to secure funding needed to remodel our building to better utilize our existing space, create an on-site forensic interview room and become handicap accessible.

We invite you to learn about the Center and the work we do first hand, please stop by during our monthly open houses.