Education/ Food
Education/ Food
Days: December 11- December 12. 2024 Time: 1:00 – 2:30 PM (two-part class) each day Contact: Kara Lynch, lynchka4@msu.edu, (989) 330-0789 or Laurie Messing, lmessing@msu.edu, (989) 269-9949 Learn the best practices for food safety in order for you to keep the children in your care safe. Food safety education topics discussed in the class include...
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Family Coalition/ Food/ Literacy/ Parent Coalition/ Talking is Teaching
Family Coalition/ Food/ Literacy/ Parent Coalition/ Talking is Teaching
Cooking with a Croc is a program designed to unite children and their parents in a fun and creative cooking experience. Utilizing the Talking is Teaching method, you and your children will have the opportunity to cook together while incorporating reading and communication skills. This is an eight-week pilot...
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Summer EBT for Michigan Students
Family Coalition/ Food/ Parent Coalition/ Parent Resources
Family Coalition/ Food/ Parent Coalition/ Parent Resources
This upcoming summer, eligible families will be able to receive money for select food items through the new Summer EBT program. The Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) program has officially ended. However, the United States Department of Agriculture has approved a permanent Summer EBT program for eligible households and school districts.  ...
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Food
Food
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 3, 2023 CONTACT: Lynn Sutfin, 517-241-2112, SutfinL1@michigan.gov   Residents receiving food assistance affected by recent poweroutage in Southeast Michigan may receive replacement benefitsMDHHS shares information on how to apply  LANSING, Mich. – Residents who were affected by last week’s storm in Southeast Michigan may be eligible for replacement food...
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Children/ Food/ Infant/ WIC/ Women
Children/ Food/ Infant/ WIC/ Women
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 1, 2023 CONTACT: Lynn Sutfin, 517-241-12112, SutfinL1@michigan.gov Income guidelines for WIC program increased; additional Michigan families may qualify  Lansing, Mich. – Michigan’s income guidelines for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) have increased and additional families may now qualify for the program. “The...
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Food/ Press Release
Food/ Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  March 6, 2023  Contact: press@michigan.gov    Governor Whitmer Proclaims March 6-10, 2023 as School Breakfast Week Education budget includes plan to offer all 1.4 million students in Michigan with free breakfast and lunch      LANSING, Mich. – Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer proclaimed March 6-10, 2023 as School Breakfast Week in Michigan. The governor highlighted her education budget initiative to offer free breakfast...
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