Learning from Youth Archive

Forty students from the Alternative Education Program at Houghton Lake Community Education traveled to Lansing in May to have a private meeting with State Schools Superintendent Brian Whiston. They spoke…

Michigan’s Children hosted a panel discussion at the 2015 Michigan Pre-College and Youth Outreach Conference that brought together a handful of youth with inspiring stories of overcoming daunting odds to…

Michigan’s Children and the School and Community Health Association of Michigan (SCHA-MI) joined researchers from Wayne State University’s School of Social Work to release a new report, listen to the…

Michigan’s Children, Wayne State University’s Law School and School of Social Work, the Transition to Independence Program (TIP Wayne State), the Michigan Youth Opportunity Initiative (MYOI) and the Foster Care…

Now that the election is over, Michigan’s Children and our candidate forum partners are building relationships with the winning candidates, now our elected officials. Senator Margaret O’Brien, Representatives Jon Hoadley…

The Foster Care Alumni of America-Michigan Chapter, Michigan Youth Opportunity Initiative, Michigan’s Children, Oakland County Board of Commissioners, the Park West Foundation, and our hosts, Oakland County Commissioner Janet Jackson…

Through the 2014 Election season, Michigan’s Children worked through our Sandbox Party to listen to what candidates were saying and tried to engage more informed voters. However, we didn’t often…