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Julius Buzzard, Rebecca Mackey, Christopher Hallett, and Doug Reith at Growing Hope's tool lending library.
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Longform Teacher helping child at NEST Child Care and Parent Institute in Detroit Second Wave - MichiganKids and Education

خارطة طريق "التعليم ما قبل الابتدائي للجميع" تتخذ منهجًا شاملًا لإطلاق برنامج "التعليم ما قبل الاب

Joanne Bailey-BoorsmaTuesday, April 2, 2024
في يناير 2023، أعلنت الحاكمة غريتشن ويتمر عن خطتها "التعليم ما قبل الابتدائي للجميع"، والتي ستوفر الوصول إلى التعليم ما قبل الابتدائي المجاني لجميع الأطفال البالغين من العمر أربع سنوات في ميشيغان بحلول عام 2027. في فبراير 2024، أصدرت دائرة التعليم مدى الحياة، التقدم، والإمكانيات في ميشيغان (MiLEAP) خطة الطريق مع توصيات حول كيف يمكن للولاية تحقيق هذا الهدف. شاركت مجموعة السياسات العادلة، وهي منظمة استشارية تعليمية في واشنطن العاصمة تركز على سياسات الرعاية والتعليم المبكرة، في تأليف خارطة الطريق.
Longform Robin Beasley is the director of Garden of Dreams Preschool inside First Congregational Church. Second Wave - MichiganKids and Education

Tri-Share makes quality child care more affordable for working parents

Jaishree DrepaulTuesday, April 2, 2024
MI Tri-Share is a first-of-its-kind cost-sharing funding model. The state, the employee, and their employer each chip in for one-third of the price of child care.
Longform Josh Williams Community Development

Addressing the Gap: The need for increased mental health support for LGBTQ Michiganders

Valerie LegoTuesday, April 2, 2024
With all the positive work being done, the fact remains that 51% of LGBTQ Youth in Michigan are afraid to talk about their mental health with someone else. 
Longform PRISM Quartet. Arts and Culture

From a one-sentence book to new saxophone works: Local orgs receive state arts grants

Natalia HoltzmanFriday, March 29, 2024
Here’s a look at just three of the Washtenaw County organizations recently awarded funding by the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, and their plans for their grant money.
Longform Wilson Marine Brighton apprentice Jason Williams. Entrepreneurship

Apprenticeships for everyone: Non-traditional industries find effective way to train next generation

Rylee BarnsdaleThursday, March 28, 2024
While the term may conjure thoughts of medieval craftsmen, apprenticeships are beginning to crop up in all businesses and industries to help employees build careers and employers pass on important skills.
Longform Teacher helping child at NEST Child Care and Parent Institute in Detroit Second Wave - MichiganKids and Education

PreK For All Roadmap takes a holistic approach to rolling out PreK For All

Joanne Bailey-BoorsmaWednesday, March 27, 2024
The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) has released the PreK for All Roadmap plan with recommendations on how the state can achieve universal pre-K for all 4-year-olds in Michigan.
Longform Teacher helping child at NEST Child Care and Parent Institute in Detroit Second Wave - MichiganKids and Education

La Hoja de Ruta de PreK Para Todos adopta un enfoque holístico para el despliegue de PreK Para Todos

Joanne Bailey-BoorsmaWednesday, March 27, 2024
En enero de 2023, la gobernadora Gretchen Whitmer anunció su plan PreK para Todos, que proporcionaría acceso a la educación preescolar gratuita a todos los niños de cuatro años de Michigan para 2027. En febrero de 2024, el Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) publicó el plan de la Hoja de Ruta con recomendaciones
Longform Home of New Vision’s Chris Sudduth with a naloxone vending machine at YDL's Whittaker Road branch. Healthy Communities

Naloxone machines and other harm reduction efforts aim to reduce Ypsi-area opioid overdose deaths

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, March 27, 2024
Ypsi-area residents can now find free naloxone and fentanyl test strips at vending machines throughout the city and township of Ypsilanti. 
Innovation News Alexandria Daniels and Amanda Moore hope to open Bloom Studio this spring. Arts and Culture

Ypsi artists seek to open studio, gallery, and shop for fellow creatives

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, March 27, 2024
Amanda Moore and Alexandria Daniels have launched a GoFundMe campaign to support their concept, known as Bloom Studio.
Innovation News The executive board of the Michigan Fashion Media Summit. Entrepreneurship

U-M student-run fashion media summit to host Condé Nast board chair

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, March 27, 2024
The University of Michigan student-led Michigan Fashion Media Summit will return April 5 to the Stephen M. Ross School of Business in Ann Arbor. 
Innovation News Bison at Domino's Farms. Sustainability

Iconic Ann Arbor Township bison herd wins 11 awards in regional show

Jaishree DrepaulWednesday, March 27, 2024
Domino's Farms' bison have brought home high honors at the Eastern Bison Association Show for the past 12 years, but this year they outdid themselves.
Innovation News A Visteon car in a tunnel on the American Center for Mobility facility. Community Development

Chelsea firehouse, Ypsi mobility testing ground, Dexter community center, and more get federal funds

Jaishree DrepaulWednesday, March 27, 2024
Several important Washtenaw County projects are getting a financial leg up after recently receiving federal funding under the Community Project Funding system. 
Partner Content Rochelle Riley presenting at the 2023 gala. Second Wave - MichiganEquity

Autism Alliance of Michigan gala will help build “A Brighter Tomorrow”

Joseph GoralTuesday, March 26, 2024
The Autism Alliance of Michigan (AAoM) is hosting its 13th annual Michigan Shines for Autism Gala on Saturday, April 20 at the MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit. This year’s theme is “A Brighter Tomorrow.” 
Longform John Fuse, Community Health Worker with the Berrien County Health Department, stands outside the department’s building in Benton Harbor. Second Wave - MichiganCommunity Development

Community Health Workers: Michigan's public health messengers

Sarah SpohnTuesday, March 26, 2024
Community health workers perform essential roles in delivering physical and mental health care and increasing health care access for Michigan residents. 
Feature Story Amber Desgranges and Rachel Ruddock of the Michigan Primary Care Association. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

New initiative offers Michigan nursing students opportunity to build careers in underserved areas

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, March 25, 2024
The Michigan Primary Care Association is collaborating with nine of Michigan’s state universities to provide nursing students with opportunities to train in Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics.
Feature Story Small-Jae-Gerhart Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

How local healthcare systems leverage local farms for healthy food options

Kelsey SandersMonday, March 25, 2024
Medical institutions around Michigan are using their local resources to bring real food to their staff and patients.
Feature Story Samara Joy. Arts and Culture

After winning 3 Grammys by age 24, jazz vocalist Samara Joy comes to Ann Arbor

Natalia HoltzmanThursday, March 21, 2024
"As wonderful as it is, it didn't change me," Samara Joy says of her sudden rise to fame. "It only reaffirmed the fact that I can be myself."
Longform Christine Sauvé. Second Wave - MichiganHealthy Communities

New state law will help ensure health care access for non-English-speaking Michiganders

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, March 21, 2024
Michigan's new Statewide Meaningful Language Access Coordination Act will require public services to be more accessible to non-English speakers. 
Longform Protests at EMU in 1970. Community Development

'60s and '70s protest movements on EMU campus chronicled in new oral history projects

Sarah RiggWednesday, March 20, 2024
Two new oral history projects cover the Black Student Association's activities in 1969 and protests in Ypsilanti after the 1970 Kent State shootings.
Longform Washtenaw County Advisory Council on Reparations chair Andre Watson at the James L. Crawford Elks Lodge. Community Development

Ann Arbor's Black Elks lodge launches fundraiser to renovate building after a century of service

Jaishree DrepaulWednesday, March 20, 2024
A new campaign associated with Ann Arbor's bicentennial seeks to raise $370,000 for the organization, which has long served Ann Arbor's Black community and many others.
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Hasini and Harshini Anand are members of Corner Health Center's Youth Leadership Council and mental health advocates.

 


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