Children, Youth, and Families

Economic Mobility Webinar

Event
Apr.27
04/27/2020 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
Location: Webinar

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is currently working on an initiative to promote economic mobility. In this webinar we will discuss the initiative and highlight best practices of foundations who are supporting economic mobility work. We will also explore ways foundations may partner to engage in this space.

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Event type: Webinar
Audience: All Members
Funding Area: Human Services, Children, Youth, and Families, Advocacy, Community Development


$250,000 Michigan Health Endowment Fund Grant to Benefit Vulnerable Children and Families

News
Published: 02/19/2016
Kalamazoo Community Foundation President Carrie Pickett-Erway and Family and Children Services CEO Rosemary Gardiner discuss the benefits of the MHEF grant.
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News type: From the Web
Funding Area: Children, Youth, and Families


Parent University In Grand Rapids Is Changing Lives & Improving Student Outcomes

News
Published: 08/13/2015
Led by support from the Believe 2 Become Initiative of the Doug & Maria DeVos Foundation, Grand Rapid’s fledgling Parent University is changing lives and children’s futures for the better.
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News type: Newswire
Audience: All Members
Funding Area: Children, Youth, and Families


Improving Michigan’s Educational System Linked To Strengthened Workforce, Economy

News
Published: 07/20/2015
Government, private sector & philanthropy are working together to improve educational system, strengthen Michigan’s workforce and bolster state’s economy.
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News type: Newswire
Audience: P-20 Education, Government Funder, Policy Makers
Funding Area: Early Childhood, Elementary/Secondary Schools, Teacher Education, Children, Youth, and Families


New 5-Year Study of Michigan's Double Up Food Bucks

News
Published: 08/19/2014

A new report shows that SNAP incentives offer a successful and scalable approach to increasing access to affordable, healthy food for low-income families, boosting farmer income, and strengthening local economies.

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News type: From the Web
Audience: All Members
Funding Area: Children, Youth, and Families, Food, Nutrition, Agriculture


Great Grants - R.E. Olds Foundation

News
Published: 05/23/2014
Diana Tarpoff, foundation president, talks about her favorite "great grant" - support for Annie's Big Nature Lesson at the Woldumar Nature Center in Lansing!
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News type: Member Highlights
Audience: All Members, Family Foundation
Topic: Great Grants
Funding Area: Children, Youth, and Families, Education


Race for Results: MI Largest Racial Groups Far Below Nat'l Average

News
Published: 04/01/2014
Released 4/1/14, this report demonstrates how much state averages mask the dramatically different outcomes and conditions experienced by children of diverse races/ethnicity.
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News type: From the Web
Audience: Affinity Groups, All Members
Topic: Michigan Data
Funding Area: Children, Youth, and Families, Education


Great Grants: Allegan Community Foundation

News
Published: 03/22/2014
Theresa Bray talks about their support of a food pantry delivering 1.4 million pounds to the community in 2013.
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News type: Member Highlights
Audience: All Members, Community Foundation, Media, Nonprofit Staff
Funding Area: Children, Youth, and Families, Food, Nutrition, Agriculture


2013 Kids Count Michigan Report

News
Published: 12/17/2013

More kids in Michigan are growing up in families struggling to make ends meet and more are suffering from abuse and neglect, according to the 2013 Kids Count in Michigan report, which also offers clear recommendations for a brighter future for those children.

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News type: From the Web
Audience: All Members, Media, Nonprofit Staff, Policy Makers
Funding Area: Children, Youth, and Families


State of Opportunity? The Road Ahead for Michigan - Examining Access & Equity for Michigan's Children and Young People, Cradle to Career

Resource
Released: 03/2012

This report was commissioned to provide research and examples for a 2012 convening organized by the Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF) designed to explore the road ahead for Michigan’s young people, with a focus on what the state’s foundations can do to help that road be a prosperous one.

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Resource Type: CMF Publication, Report
Audience: All Members
Topic: Facts, Figures, Trends, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Strengthening Nonprofit Organizations, Regional
Funding Area: Children, Youth, and Families


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