2009 Grants — Enhancing the Lives of Children and Their Families
The following is a list of all current year grant awards in this program area. In addition, archived grant lists are available by selecting 2006-08 Grants.
Action Against Crime and Violence Education Fund - $10,000
www.fightcrime.orgSupport to develop and disseminate to Michigan policy makers research that documents the line between early care and eduation and crime prevention.
Children's Assessment Center - $800
www.cac-kent.orgSupport for strategic planning and to strengthen the organizational capacity to more effectively serve child victims of suspected sexual assault.
Harbor Springs Community Daycare & Preschool, Inc. - $15,000
www.holychildhoodchurch.org/daycare.htmA challenge grant to support continuity and expansion during the relocation of the Harbor Springs Community Daycare & Preschool.
Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance - $8,000
www.ethnicdiversity.orgExpansion of the Migrant Mentoring program to include reading readiness for preschool children.
Literacy Center of West Michigan - $45,000
www.literacycenterwm.orgA challenge grant to support the expansion and sustainability of the Family Literacy Program.
MomsBloom - $10,000
www.momsbloom.orgFunding to implement a comprehensive sustainability plan for the emergent Flourishing Families program.
Northwest Michigan Community Health Agency - $6,000
www.nwhealth.orgSupport to develop a child and adolescent school-based health center on the campus of Pellston middle/high school.
VSA Arts Grand Rapids - $9,000
www.vsagr.orgSupport for "Early Childhood Art Explorations", a pilot project providing a customized arts education program to three Grand Rapids Early Childhood Special Education preschools.