• Information on development of children from birth to age five.
• Methods to enhance parent/child interaction that promote social and emotional development of infant and toddlers, and age-appropriate language, mathematics, and early reading skills.
• Promotion of access to needed community services through a community-school-home partnership.
• Provide parents with examples of learning opportunities to promote intellectual, physical, and social growth of children, five years of age and younger.

This grant builds upon the experience gained through the All Students Achieve Program - Parent Involvement in Education (ASAP-PIE) grants.

Forms/Reports:

• 2007-2008 Continuation Plan Instructions , Forms  and Forms (Word format)
  due February 12, 2008

Training Opportunities:

Resources and Related Information:

• 2007-2008 List of Grantees 
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Best of the Web - Parenting Resources 
• Born Learning
• Brainwonders: Helping Babies Grow and Develop
• Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Prekindergarten 
• Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Infant and Toddler Programs
• Great Parents, Great Start Grant Program Criteria 
• Income Guidelines   (July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008)
• NAEYC List of Accredited Centers
• Parenting Activities County-Wide
• Project Great Start
• Postpartum Depression (Mayo Clinic) 
• Public Act 137 of 2007
  (Great Parents, Great Start, Section 32j) 
• School Personnel Guide for Reporting Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect 

Staff:

Reneé DeMars-Johnson or Cheryl Hall
517-373-8483
demars-johnsonr@michigan.gov or hallc7@michigan.gov