Child Care Network

Family Support Program - The Family Support Program provides short-term child care tuition scholarships to help eligible families access safe, high-quality early care and education. By reducing the financial burden of child care, the program helps families reduce stress, maintain employment or pursue education, and move toward greater financial stability. Scholarships are awarded in Branch, Genesee, Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, and Washtenaw counties. During the fiscal year, FSP leverage public and private funds to present early learning scholarship to 266 children. The tuition was provided to 102 early learning businesses.

Great Start to Quality Southeast Resource Center (GSQ SE RC) - The GSQ SE RC supports early childhood educators of all types through on-site consultation and coaching, resources, and training opportunities, with the goal of improving the quality of care provided to young children. During the fiscal year, RC staff directly supported 227 licensed programs with quality improvement goals and engagement in the Great Start to Quality Levels. These programs have a combined license capacity of 14,216, which represents the potential number of young children positively impacted by this work. At the end of FY25, 43% of the 298 licensed home programs and 56% of the 485 licensed centers were engaged in quality improvement work beyond the foundational Level of Quality, Maintaining Health & Safety. For License Exempt Providers (LEPs), RC staff facilitated a total of 14 License Exempt Provider Pre-Service Trainings (LEPPTs) that were offered statewide via Zoom, with a total of 264 LEP attendees.