Improve the quality of early childhood education programs by assisting family, friend and neighbor providers in making improvements to facilities and operations to serve more children and families in Grand Rapids

Thriving Children
Jan. 1, 2021 - Dec. 31, 2024

Address racial and structural inequities for children of color by conducting community-based research with Black and Latinx communities across the nation to develop responsive policy priorities, report back to and mobilize communities, and shift narratives through community storytelling

Thriving Children
Jan. 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022

Accelerate progress in achieving solidarity across difference by fostering spaces where bridging and belonging can occur and supporting research and advocacy in partnership with communities to address systemic issues

Equitable Communities
March 1, 2020 - Feb. 1, 2022