Regional organizations help determine the childcare landscape within their own communities
The East-Central Michigan Child Care Coalition is working on expanding childcare organizations, serve more parents, and lower costs to families.
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To build a mental wellness plan, take it one step at a time
Michigan mental health professionals share tips on building a mental wellness plan for 2024.
Michigan busca crear una mejor trayectoria profesional para los educadores de la primera infancia
Mientras Michigan trabaja hacia un programa PreK para Todos o PreK for All, que ampliará las opciones voluntarias de preescolar para que cada niño de cuatro años en Michigan pueda acceder a una educación preescolar gratuita en 2027, una preocupación que Meyers y otros educadores preescolares plantean es el desarrollo de la fuerza laboral para los maestros de educación preescolar.
Underfunding early child care has far-reaching impacts
The U.S economy loses an estimated $122 billion a year through lost earnings, productivity, and tax revenue because of the challenge parents have in finding early child care.
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow and community mental health
Q&A with U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow shares why she has worked so hard and so long to improve community mental health.
Community Mental Health has made big strides over the past 12 months in Michigan
New partnerships, expanding programs with schools and law enforcement, and the designation of 17 community mental health organizations (CMHs) as Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic demonstration sites are a few of the highlights Michiganders
NAMI Michigan’s Kevin Fischer, “Michigan’s CMHs are the front door”
MI Mental Health recently had a chance to talk with Kevin Fischer, executive director, NAMI Michigan, about the important role that community mental health agencies play in Michiganders’ mental health.
Child care providers face funding cliff as ARPA dollars fall away
ARPA funding had brought a stabilization to early childhood care that needs to be maintained.
Living with disabilities can impact mental health
People with a disability report experiencing frequent mental distress almost five times as often as adults without disabilities. Community mental health agencies can help.
Michigan looks to create a better career path for early childhood educators
Improved career pathways, state incentives, and improved wages are essential to recruiting and retaining the early education workforce needed for the PreK for All roll-out.
