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Visit Bridges4Kids
How to volunteer to help a child - click here.
Statewide Resources - click here.
Click on the logo to learn about Michigan's R.E.A.D.Y. (Read, Educate, and Develop Youth) Program.
The Early Hearing Detection and
Intervention program EHDI has assessment sites all over the state of
Michigan.
Click here (PDF) to find your local site. Crisis Prevention Institute - click here.
Reading & Literacy Help for Children - click here.
Reading & Literacy Help for Children - click here.
Find the Family Literacy Program in your County - click here.
Find more Michigan information - click here.
Visit Project PERFORM - Provides information, resources and support to empower individuals, families, professionals, and communities to enhance outcomes for children and young adults with special needs in Michigan.
Reading & Literacy Help for Adults - click here.
Find your local WIC office for information on nutrition and health support for women, infants, and children - click here.
Lead poisoning can cause a failure to learn, ADD, aggressive behavior, brain damage. Click here for more info and county contacts - click here
Local Public Health Department Locator
Office of Special Education & Early Intervention Services (OSE-EIS)
Directory of Resources for the Disabled - Michigan Edition
Advocacy Organizations for Children with Disabilities - click here.
For the substance abuse treatment facility nearest you, click here.
Visit
School Websites -
links to over 70,000 school websites from around the country.
Michigan Department of Education
Parent Help Line for Student Issues
1-800-996-6228 1-800-942-4357 1-866-729-0026 1-313-396-0300 1-517-373-0707 1-800-ASHELTER 1-800-292-5650 1-800-274-3583 1-800-642-3195 1-800-942-4357 1-800-292-4517 1-800-222-8558
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
- A comprehensive community-based Suicide Prevention Program. Call
1-800-615-1245 24 hours a day/7 days a week for Community Mental Health
or 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433).
Are You Eligible?
State Benefit Programs
and
Federal Benefit Programs
Parents as Teachers
(PAT) is an international early childhood parent education and family
support program serving families throughout pregnancy until their child
enters kindergarten.
Find a mentor for a child: www.mentormichigan.org
2005/06 Edition of the Michigan Directory of Service Providers for Infants, Toddlers, and Students With Disabilities - Michigan has combined its early childhood and special education resource directories into one volume. Here you will find name, address, phone number, e-mail, and web listings for the agencies and people responsible for providing services to children with special needs from birth to age 26! |
For more information about Project
Great Start, contact your Intermediate School District (ISD). See the
listings below for your local ISD or 888 Be A Hero contact or visit http://www.migreatparents.org for more resources.
Visit http://1800earlyon.org/About/EOcoordinators.php
Early On is a program for children birth to age 3 who have a disability or developmental delay, or a health condition that might lead to a developmental delay.
Visit http://www.projectfindmichigan.org
Project Find is the "child find"
program of Michigan's special education system and helps children with
disabilities from birth to age 26 get the services and help they need.
Head Start - Head Start is a national program which provides comprehensive developmental services for America's low-income, pre-school children (ages three to five) and social services for their families. Specific services for children focus on education, socio-emotional development, physical and mental health, and nutrition.
Association For Child Development: www.acdcacfp.org
United Way funds programs and agencies that support families, children and communities. Find help available in your community through United Way.
Early Childhood Connections -
Your Connection to Early Childhood Services: Experiences in the first
years of life, ages zero until the child is ready to start school, substantially affect lifelong emotional,
social, intellectual and physical well being. Early Childhood Connections
(ECC) of Eaton County is a network of businesses, services and individuals
committed to ensuring that every child in Eaton County enters school
optimally prepared to learn and grow to the best of his/her ability. Michigan Disability Resources Database (MDRD) - Find local information on disabilities, education, support groups, organizations, transportation, emergency services, etc., by zip code, address, disability, service, or county.
Michigan Assistance and Referral Service (MARS) - This system allows you to find programs offered by the State of Michigan that help families in need with their medical, nutritional, food, day care or other expenses.
Capital Area Community Services, Inc. Services: head start, preschool, early head start 101 E. Willow Lansing, MI 48906 Phone: 517-482-1504 Web: http://www.mcaaa.org/directory/caca.htm
Michigan Community Action Association Services: early childhood education, head start, early head start, Michigan school readiness, emergency food assistance, senior housing outreach, emergency services, "Be Glad You're a Dad" initiative, Meals-on-Wheels, employment services, etc. Office Park West 516 S. Creyts Rd., Suite A Lansing, MI 48917 Phone: 517-321-7500 Email: contact@mcaaa.org |
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Local Early On Coordinator
Local ISD, RESD, or RESA
Local Project Find Coordinator
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Childcare in Your Community
Local United Way Programs -
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