A statewide discount savings program for early childhood care and education providers is currently being tested by 20 providers around the state ahead of its official launch later this summer.

The program is led by the Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC) through seed funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF). The initiative has also received strategic support from several other CMF members, including the Battle Creek Community Foundation, Frey Foundation, Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation and Steelcase Foundation, in addition to dozens of local early childhood community