Parent Resource Guide
Great Start to Quality helps families find the best early learning settings for their children and helps educators improve the care they give to children.
The Office of Child Development and Care (CDC) provides access to affordable high-quality child care and afterschool programs to support low-income working families.
The Kent ISD Bright Beginnings - The Kent ISD -
Bright Beginnings partners with Kent ISD and its constituent districts to provide services to families with children from birth to kindergarten throughout Kent county. The Bright Beginnings program includes the following services;
● Personal Home Visits
● Playgroups/Parent Meetings
● Developmental Screening
● Resource Network
● Nutrition Information Resources
Early On Michigan- Support for children birth to age 3 -
Early On is Michigan's system for helping families of children birth to age 3 who have developmental delay(s) and/or disabilities. Early On supports and partners with families to promote developmental areas, such as:
● physical (reaching, rolling, crawling, and walking)
● cognitive (thinking, learning, solving problems)
● communication (talking, listening, understanding, gesturing)
● social-emotional (feeling secure, able to calm, playing with others)
● self-help (eating, dressing)
Build Up Michigan- Learning Support for Preschoolers -
Build Up helps provide additional educational support for parents and their children, ages 3 through 5, as they prepare for kindergarten. Build Up is an initiative of the Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education.
United Way 211
A free, confidential service that connects people to local resources, including emergency food, housing, childcare, and transportation. You can call 2-1-1 or 1-800-887-1107.
Maternal Infant Health Program
A free program that offers health and parenting education, counseling, and referrals for pregnant women and families with infants. You can call (616) 632-7058 for more information.
Crisis Text Line
A service that offers crisis counseling by texting HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States.
Protect Young Eyes Creating Safer Digital Spaces -
PYE helps families, schools, and churches create safer digital spaces and offers practical solutions so children are prepared and protected online.