LANSING – Michigan’s Children is urging Congress to take immediate action to extend provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act providing relief to the millions of children and families throughout the nation, including hundreds of thousands in Michigan, and staving off another potential state budget crisis in the upcoming fiscal year.

LANSING - An estimated 4,600 four-year-olds across Michigan were turned away from the state-funded Great Start Readiness Program after lawmakers cut $7.6 million from the preschool program in the current fiscal year budget and allowed school districts to redirect $8.1 million for other purposes...

LANSING - A group of 25 state and community children’s and human services organizations delivered a letter today to the State Board of Education ...

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LANSING - An estimated 4,600 four-year-olds across Michigan were turned away from the state-funded Great Start Readiness Program after lawmakers cut $7.6 million from the preschool program in the current fiscal year budget and allowed school districts to redirect $8.1 million for other purposes...