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Connecting Schools & Communities
On January 22, 2010 Michigan's Children partnered with the Early Childhood Investment Corporation, Calhoun County Community and Early Childhood Services, and eight additional statewide organizations to provide a technical assistance meeting.
Twenty-six community teams of 3 to 6 members each from every part of the state gathered in Lansing for the day; an additional three communities participated via live webcast.
Michigan’s Children was one of eleven first-round grantees from around the country to be awarded a Ready Kids, Ready Schools Ready Communities Planning Grant from the Communications Consortium Media Center, with support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.
The grants were awarded to nonprofit community organizations and agencies to help them collaborate with others in their community and state to prepare and apply for ARRA and related funding to link early care and learning to the early grades, and to strengthen the foundation for success for all children, especially the most vulnerable. There are now 41 grantees that include community-based and state-focused organizations working in 20 states.
Our goal for the meeting was to provide broad-based community collaborative teams an opportunity to:
- Learn about federal and related funding opportunities that support ready kids-ready schools linkages
- Learn about innovative comprehensive community models in Michigan and across the nation
- Begin a planning process for strengthening existing collaborations as a base for developing a collaborative funding proposal
View a webcast of the Ready Kids Ready Schools Ready Communities meeting |
