MI Families

MI Families shares the work of community organizations, healthcare providers, educators, employers, and other Michiganders as they work to create better health, educational access, and economic security for all Michigan families. It is made possible with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Michigan’s free universal pre-K program could serve 70,000 4-year-olds this school year

Launched in 2023, PreK for All now has no income qualifications.

Is PreK for All meeting its goals?

Roadmap co-author encouraged by how the state is expanding its Great Start Readiness Program into universal pre-K.

How are Michigan’s families doing?

Rising costs, child care shortages and barriers to health care are straining Michigan families. What could help?

Rx Kids အစီအစဉ်ကိုမီချီဂန်ပြည်နယ်ရှိလူမှုအသိုင်းအဝိုင်းပေါင်း၆၀သို့တိုးချဲ့ခြင်းကမိသားစုများ၏ငွေကြေးအခက်အခဲကိုလျှော့ချပေးပြီးပိုမိုကျန်းမာသောကလေးငယ်များမွေးဖွားလာစေရန်အထောက်အကူပြုပါသည်။

အနှစ်ချုပ်-မီချီဂန်ပြည်နယ်၏ဤအစီအစဉ်သည်နိုင်ငံအတွင်းအနာဂါတ်ကိုယ်ဝန်ဆောင် မိဘများအတွက်သတ်မှတ်ချက်မရှိဘဲငွေသားထောက်ပံ့ပေးသည့်အကြီးမားဆုံးအစီအစဉ်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။

How public libraries instill literacy in littles

Libraries' children’s programming builds kindergarten readiness and a lifelong love for reading.

Childcare fraud myth misses the larger story

The disproven allegations have burdened providers and threaten access as fewer seek to enter the field.

Little Michiganders need more investment in early interventions

Michigan legislature’s FY 2027 state budget includes a much needed $1.45 million increase for Early On.

Why early childhood belongs on every Michigan voter’s ballot

Why Michigan voters should pay attention candidates' stands on childcare and early learning.

El mito del fraude en el cuidado infantil oculta una problemática más grande

Según el Departamento de Educación, Avance y Potencial para Toda la Vida de Michigan (MiLEAP, por sus siglas en inglés), las acusaciones eran falsas.

خرافة الاحتيال في رعاية الأطفال تُغفل القصة الأكبر

فبالنسبة للأغلبية الساحقة من مقدّمي الخدمة العاملين بصورة شرعية، لا يضيف التدقيق الإضافي سوى مزيد من الضغط على نظام مُجهَد أصلاً.

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