Parent Leadership Opportunity – Caring for MI Future Regional Child Care Planning Grant
The Michigan Department of Education is leading a comprehensive, statewide effort – Caring for MI Future – to increase the number of licensed child care programs across the state.
The purpose of the Child Care Regional Planning grants is to accelerate community-level efforts to address the child care crisis, and ultimately expand access to quality, affordable child care for working families in a region of Michigan.
Regional Child Care Planning grants may be used for a variety of activities including, but not limited to, developing new partnerships, convening a Regional Child Care Planning Coalition, assessing, and understanding regional child care needs, including the child care needs and preferences of working families, and the development and implementation of a regional child care action plan that addresses the needs and preferences of working families.
Please complete this FORM if you are interested in being connected to this opportunity. ECIC will connect all interested parent leaders to potential lead grantees within the region they reside. In the unlikely event that a county or region is not represented by a Regional Child Care Planning Coalition, we will keep your information for other related parent leadership opportunities as they arise.
Important Information and Reminders
- The lead grantee will provide compensation to parent leaders recruited for this opportunity for their time/expertise.
- Parent leaders recruited for this opportunity will participate in up to four sessions of technical assistance (provided by ECIC).
- Parent leaders MUST have recent expertise (extensive experience) in seeking and utilizing high quality (licensed) child care for children (birth-6). They MUST be parents of children who are currently ages birth-6.
