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Great Start Readiness is a free preschool program for children age 4 and below. It's sponsored with funds from the Michigan Department of Education and currently serves more than 1,700 children statewide.
The Michigan Great Start Readiness Program costs $103 million and enrolls about 30,000 4-year-olds, according to the Michigan Early Childhood Investment Corp. It is also one of about $200 million in early-childhood-services programs targeted for cuts by the Michigan Senate.
According to the Kalamazoo Gazette, the program is considered especially effective for several reasons: It targets students who could most benefit from high-quality preschool; the instructors are certified teachers, which is unusual among preschool programs; the curriculum is specifically geared toward kindergarten readiness; the ratio of adults to students is no more than 10 to 1, and having the preschool classes in elementary school buildings connects families and preschool staff with a larger school community.
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Current aide and relative Child Care providers can now earn $.25 more per child!
Beginning in 2010, all aide and relative care providers will now have the opportunity to earn an extra 25 cents per hour in reimbursement for child care provided (up to $585 more per year) by completing 10 additional hours of approved training per year.
This second level of training is called Tier 2 Training and includes further education in:
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