Detroit is helping to lead the way on a new model for the early childhood learning program Head Start. Officials say just two years into a five-year pilot program, the...
Total investment increases to over $11 million over five years and expands geographic reach DETROIT, MI – The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan today announced that the Head Start Innovation Fund...
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...
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...
Funding prioritizes attracting, training and retaining additional Head Start teachers to city’s 65 centers DETROIT – The Southeast Michigan Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, a group of funders working together to...
The first grants from the $4.5 million Detroit Head Start Early Childhood Innovation Fund will support the launch of a common data collection effort to identify best practices among five...
DETROIT— The Detroit Head Start Early Childhood Innovation Fund announced the awarding of nearly $2 million in grants to Head Start providers in Detroit during a news conference today at...
More Slots, Quality Improvements and Community-specific Strategies Recommended Detroit, MI—The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and Midwest nonprofit IFF today released a comprehensive needs assessment of early childhood care and...
Southeast Michigan Funders Leverage a History of Partnership Last month, the Detroit Head Start Early Childhood Education Innovation Fund received some recognition from the White House when Cecelia Muñoz, the...
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...