Clare-Gladwin Great Start Collaborative Receives Grant

The Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC), a statewide organization serving all 83 counties in Michigan, proudly announces nearly $160,000 in funding for 16 communities as part of the Think Babies Michigan initiative, made possible by a generous investment from The MolinaCares Accord (“MolinaCares”), in collaboration with Molina Healthcare of Michigan, and the Pritzker Children’s Initiative.

Through this initiative, ECIC is awarding grants up to $10,000 to community organizations and parent-led initiatives to pilot and test outreach and navigation efforts that focus on helping pregnant women and families with children under the age of 3 navigate and enroll in services like child care, home visiting, Medicaid, Head Start, and Early On.

The 16 grant recipients include:

ACCESS (Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services)

Chaldean Community Foundation

Clare-Gladwin Great Start Collaborative

Delta Schoolcraft Growing Families Home Visiting

Generations Ahead

Gratiot-Isabella Great Start Collaborative

Grow Benzie

Help Me Grow Macomb

Huron Intermediate School District

Keweenaw Family Resource Center

Lapeer County Community Foundation

Learn Lactate Grow

Miigwech Inc.

MomsBloom

Voices for Children Advocacy Center

Washtenaw Success by 6 Great Start Collaborative

The grantees will work with parent leaders from across the state to improve their projects in real time and their learnings will contribute to a report with policy recommendations to strengthen how families learn about and access early childhood programs and services.