Supporting Social-Emotional Needs at Head Start
Social-emotional support for kids, families and agency staff has been a key focus on Head Start Innovation Fund investments. Several key agencies, including the two that serve all of Macomb...
Jun 29th 2018
Supporting New Moms at Head Start
With a larger number of Early Head Start seats available in Detroit for newborns, the Innovation Fund made some key, early investments for agencies to better support and connect to...
Jun 25th 2018
Building a Pipeline of Teachers for Head Start
The Head Start Innovation Fund has supported a variety of strategies to build the pipeline of teachers into the system, allowing different agencies to test different models. One approach, built...
Jun 15th 2018
Mr. Quevie: A Head Start Superhero
One target population for the Head Start Innovation Fund’s talent recruitment efforts has been men. While men have not traditionally been encouraged to pursue careers in early childhood education, they...
Jun 4th 2018
Special Needs Being Met At Head Start
Part of the Head Start Innovation Fund’s work has been to bridge systems. While Detroit Public Schools is not a direct provider of Head Start, they are a critical partner...
May 22nd 2018
Increasing Collaboration, Recruitment, and Retention at Head Start
Cheryl McFall has been a Head Start booster for many years: first as a mother with five children in Head Start classrooms. Then inspired, she became a Head Start teacher...
May 7th 2018
Supporting Families
Meet Larissa and her daughter Zenaida. They receive Early Head Start services at the Vistas Nuevas Center in southwest Detroit. Early Head Start is a program that begins with support...
Jul 22nd 2016
Data-Driven Decisions
In 2015, we commissioned a comprehensive study about early childhood resources which highlights gaps in service in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. The data enabled Head Start agencies and other...
Jul 29th 2016
Mentoring Programs Making a Difference
The Community Foundation supports a remarkable variety of mentoring programs, each with a distinctive approach to a common goal providing guidance and support to people who are attempting to gain...
Mar 18th 2016
Fostering Innovation in Detroit Head Start Programs
A One-of-a-Kind Collaboration A one-of-a-kind collaboration among eight regional foundations, housed at the Community Foundation, will grant more than $4 million over two years to support high quality Head Start...
Sep 22nd 2014