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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.
Find the Family Literacy Program in your County - click here.
Find more Michigan information - click here.
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.
Local Public Health Department Locator
Office of Special Education & Early Intervention Services (OSE-EIS)
Advocacy Organizations for Children with Disabilities - click here.
For the substance abuse treatment facility nearest you, click here.
Covering Kids & Families works to reduce the number of uninsured children and adults who are eligible for public health care coverage programs but not enrolled. To find low-cost and free health care for children call 1-877-KIDS-NOW.
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.
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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/
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.
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.
Miracle League of Plymouth "because every child deserves a chance to play baseball."
My Chance to Dance is a dance/exercise program designed for children and adults with physical and/or developmental disabilities.
Gymboree of Downriver
O Events from the Jewish Community Center of Metro Detroit: Choose from Martial Arts, Swimming, Gymnastics, Art, and more! Visit http://jccdet.org/specialtyprograms/specialneeds.shtml for this season's schedule. With notice, the Center is able to provide individual "inclusion counselors" for children with special needs to enable their successful participation in recreational classes and camps. A caregiver or support person may accompany child or adult members with special needs when using the center's facilities independent of structured classes or programs. For additional information, please call Nancy Furgang, Special Needs Director at 248-432-5585.
Michigan Creative After-School Experiences (MiCASE) - a listing by community of arts agencies, museums, zoos, science centers, orchestras, libraries, nature centers and theaters that offer after-school programming for kids.
Click here for more news related to Detroit/Wayne. Also, see the Bridges4Kids Breaking News Section.
MI Audits of Privatized Program Show Overpayments, Conflicts of Interest - Five years after Wayne County became the first in Michigan to hire private companies to care for delinquent youths, its juvenile justice system is awash in accusations of financial mismanagement, cronyism and fraud.
The Mental
Illness Needs Discussion Sessions (MINDS) organization is an awareness
program that aims at educating young people about mental illness. To
achieve this goal, MINDS conducts free seminars in high schools throughout
the Detroit metropolitan area. The MINDS curriculum includes a hands-on
look at a model brain, discussion of the symptoms of mental illnesses, and
interactive activities that allow students to participate actively during
the seminars.
The Arc Downriver New Generations
Kids At The Club - play therapy for children with special needs in Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods. To register, call the Neighborhood Club, 313-885-4600, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. http://www.neighborhoodclub.com
Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services (ACCESS)
Detroit-Wayne County Community Mental Health
Calendar of events at the Detroit Public Library - includes events taking place at the main building along with special activities taking place at the Children's Library.
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. |
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 -
Things to do and places to see with a child
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County In The News
Resources specific to this county