AFSC Michigan staff and volunteers at a June workday at Healing Homes Farm Candice Tudor
All long-serving women deserve a safe, welcoming place to begin anew after coming out of prison. Yet formerly incarcerated women face many barriers when they return to our communities. That is especially true for those who have served long sentences.
For years, AFSC's Michigan Criminal Justice Program has supported women on their path to freedom. Now, with the support of dozens of donors and volunteers, we’ve launched a new housing project rooted in healing and love.
Volunteers construct a chicken coop at Healing Homes Farm. Danielle Cook
In March 2026, women serving long-time inside Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Center in Ypsilanti wrote an open letter proposing the Women’s Clemency and Resentencing Initiative. This plan of actionable solutions will ultimately result in the reform and release of approximately 800 women over a three-year period.
AFSC’s Healing Homes Farm Project grew out of their proposal. Here’s what the women of Huron Valley envision:
“This project is being developed to provide supportive housing with wraparound services and peer-led programming for long-serving women returning to the community.
Healing Homes Farm is a project founded in understanding the power of transformation, the importance of staying connected to loved ones and community, the love in liberation, and the possibility of always healing.”
Healing Homes Farm Project is the culmination of AFSC’s Freedom Hub work that accompanies long-serving women through our Good Neighbor project, which includes commutation writing. We support non-punitive, restorative approaches that treat people with dignity and facilitate healing.
Recently, 43 people donated over $36,000 to Healing Homes Farm Project. Their gifts match an initial $25,000 donation.
How many liberation advocates does it take to change a lightbulb’s wiring? Come to our next workday to find out! Candice Tudor
In June and July, AFSC is hosting Volunteer Days at the farm in cooperation with Second Chance Battalion, our partner organization. Over a dozen volunteers joined AFSC staff in clearing trees, burning brush, hanging drywall and laying flooring in the farmhouse on the property.
If you're in the area, please join us for our next workday on Sunday, July 26. And mark your calendar for an Open House on Saturday, September 19. We'd love to see you in person. Contact us at Michigan@afsc.org for more information.
Thanks again to everyone who are supporting women on their journey to liberation.
AFSC Michigan staff Adalia Kirby and Skylar Gillette clear brush at Healing Homes Farm during a June 2026 workday. Candice Tudor