Families will benefit from $1.9 million in funding to pilot resource centers in six locations.
Children Trust Michigan and the Children’s Services Agency, both within the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), will fund the family resource center initiative.
The six founding pilot sites include:
• Washtenaw County – SOS Community Services.
• Kent County – Family Futures.
•Baraga/Houghton/ Keweenaw Counties – Keweenaw Family Resource Center.
• Calhoun County – Help Me Grow Family Resource Center.
• Genesee County – Voices for Children.
• Macomb County – Care House.
Family resource centers are community-based resource hubs where people and families can access formal and informal supports to promote their health and well-being. They build parenting skills, connect families to resources and develop parent and community leadership.
Children Trust Michigan chose the pilot locations based on populations who experience overrepresentation in the child welfare system, high poverty rates, or lack of access to health, behavioral, and social services, and geographic diversity.
With the newly funded initiatives, combined with other multi-year grant commitments and the statewide network of local councils, Children Trust Michigan has distributed more than $2.6 million in 2022.
Visit Michigan.gov/ChildrenTrustMichigan for additional information.
