Southwest Solutions in southwest Detroit: Contact and locations. New St. Paul Tabernacle Headstart Agency, Inc. Head Start Birth-to-Five pilot shows strong push for earlier care and education. Duggan to tackle infant mortality in wake of News' study. In March, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will roll out a massive campaign to attack infant mortality in the city, he told The Detroit News Friday.
Duggan’s announcement follows a Detroit News study, published Thursday and Friday, that found a greater percentage of children 18 and younger die in Detroit than in any city in America its size or larger. The vast majority of those deaths occur before a child’s first birthday. Homicide ranks second as the most frequent cause of children’s deaths. Detroit kids died at a rate of 120 per 100,000 in 2010, the most recent year comprehensive national data is available. It was the only city to top a death rate of 100 per 100,000 children. Asked about The News’ findings at the Michigan Press Association conference Friday in Grand Rapids, Gov.
“We’ve actively been working that issue,” Snyder said. “… There’s a whole series of things that we’re working hard on in terms of dealing with that issue.” Vision & History. Global Detroit is an effort to revitalize southeast Michigan’s economy by pursuing strategies that strengthen Detroit’s connections to the world and make the region more attractive and welcoming to immigrants, internationals, and foreign trade and investment as a means to produce jobs and regional economic growth.
Originally funded by the New Economy Initiative of Southeast Michigan, the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the Skillman Foundation, a comprehensive Global Detroit study was released in May 2010 that documented the impacts that immigrants have on the regional economy and identified eleven strategic initiatives to revitalize the regional economy.
To date, the Global Detroit Initiative has helped launch over a half dozen distinct initiatives in southeast Michigan to make the region more welcoming and to capitalize on the economic opportunity that our international population and connections bring. United Way for Southeastern Michigan - Welcome. United Way for Southeastern Michigan. To find an ELC near you, call United Way 2-1-1.
United Way for Southeastern Michigan is proud to be a Great Start Regional Resource Center. Visit EarlyChildhoodSEM.org to learn more about our professional development and training opportunities for childcare providers. Why it matters Ninety percent of brain connections develop in the first three years of life.1 Yet by age three, a child in poverty hears 30 million fewer words than a child from a middle-income home.2 A child growing up in a middle class family benefits from being exposed to 1,000 to 1,700 hours of one-on-one picture book reading. The average child from a low-income family is exposed to 25 hours.3 Today, the emerging science of resilience is beginning to reveal how children learn and become problem solvers, even during uncertainty and challenging circumstances. What we’re doing We have 65 neighborhood-based ELC’s, located in 10 of Greater Detroit’s high need communities. Our goals This year Related Blog Entries Go to the blog »
United Way for Southeastern Michigan. Why it matters Less than 50 percent of children born into poor communities, including the Greater Detroit region, are prepared for kindergarten ready to learn.1 Of those kids, less than 50 percent will graduate high school.2 Ninety percent of brain connections develop in the first three years of life.3 Yet by age three, a child in poverty hears 30 million fewer words than a child from a middle-income home.4 By third grade, children born into low-income families lacking strong communication skills have one-third of the vocabulary of their peers.5 A child born into a low-income home has only a 48% chance of educational success; that success rate drops to 10% by age three if the child is not stimulated through reading and creative play.1 Closing the gap begins at birth, and by cultivating positive, nurturing relationships during a child's first three years, we can greatly affect school success.
What we're doing Our goals. Detroit Catholic Pastoral Allianc. Catholic archdiocese appoints new superintendent of its 96 schools. Detroit-area Catholic schools are getting a new superintendent.
Brian Dougherty, who resigned Friday as superintendent from the cash-strapped Pontiac public schools, was appointed Wednesday by Archbishop Allen Vigneron to oversee 96 grade schools and high schools in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe, St. Clair and Lapeer counties. Focus: HOPE Leadership Team. City of Detroit.
Fleming Early Learning Neighborhood Center - Detroit Public Schools. About Us Fleming Center Brochure Fleming Early Learning Neighborhood Center is a child-centered school that provides a challenging FULL-DAY Pre-Kindergarten curriculum, where students participate in reading, math, science and social studies classes.
The students’ day is filled with exciting activities to assist the students in learning about music, reading, writing, painting, how things work, how things are put together, how things live, and observing changes in many areas. The focus is on supporting the students socially, emotionally, physically, mentally and academically. Students also have access to current technology and are able to utilize computers throughout the day.
Some of the Fleming Early Learning Neighborhood Center offerings Research based High Scope CurriculumPNC Grow UP Great programParent InvolvementVolunteer Reading Corps Tutoring programStudent Support ServicesHighly qualified Staff. DHS - Child Care. Foundation for Early Learners - Detroit Public Schools. Detroit Public Schools Foundation for Early Learners provides a high quality early learning experience for special needs and general education students 4 years of age by November 1st. The Early Childhood Programs are comprised of three prekindergarten programs: the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP), Project Head Start and Title I.
Students selected for the Great Start Readiness Program must have at least two (2) risk factors or meet the income guidelines. The selection process for Project Head Start is income based, and the Title I students are selected based on the needs of the school community. Detroit Public Schools’ prekindergarten classroom curriculum is aligned with the National Early Childhood Standards and Michigan State Board of Education, Early Childhood Standards of Quality. To ensure fidelity to the standards, the early childhood programs are monitored through an inclusive and collaborative approach. Early Learners and Care. The Office of Great Start has been charged with ensuring that all children birth to age eight, especially those in highest need, have access to high-quality early learning and development programs and enter kindergarten prepared for success.
The Governor outlined a single set of early childhood outcomes against which all public investments will be assessed: Children born healthy;Children healthy, thriving, and developmentally on track from birth to third grade;Children developmentally ready to succeed in school at the time of school entry; andChildren prepared to succeed in fourth grade and beyond by reading proficiently by the end of third grade. Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge GrantThe Office of Great Start and partners have received several requests for information on the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant (RTT-ELC). Currently we are in the process of finalizing the scope of work for approval to proceed with implementation. 32p Block Grant.