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Gov. Whitmer Announces Grants to Help Communities Expand Access to Low or No-Cost Child Care 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2023          Contact: press@michigan.gov Gov. Whitmer Announces Grants to Help Communities Expand Access to Low or No-Cost Child Care Investments will benefit children, families, and small businesses in 81 counties, every region LANSING, MI. — Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that 16 organizations serving Michiganders in 81 counties are receiving $2.4 …

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The Right Place and Vibrant Futures Plan Regional Child Care Expansion

PRESS RELEASE                                                                          Contact: Barbara Berens, March 13, 2023                                                                                                Vibrant Futures                                                                                                                      451-8281, ext. 227   Childcare Shortage Choking Michigan Growth The Right Place and Vibrant Futures Plan Regional Expansion   As Michigan tackles several complex challenges constraining workforce participation and growth, two unlikely partners are teaming up with a simple, straightforward, and strategic fix: …

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Vibrant Futures Selected to Lead Governor’s Expansion of Tri-Share Program in Kent County Aimed at Improving Child Care Affordability for Families

FEBRUARY 22, 2022 For Immediate Release Vibrant Futures Selected to Lead Governor’s Expansion of Tri-Share Program in Kent County Aimed at Improving Child Care Affordability for Families Grand Rapids, Michigan (February 21, 2022) Governor Whitmer announced the MI Tri-Share Child Care Pilot Program expansion to include Vibrant Futures as Kent County’s innovation lead and new “facilitator …

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Expanded Programs Funding Announcement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Barbara Berens Development & Special Projects Manager barbarab@vibrantfuturesmi.org 616.451.8281 x227   Local Non-Profit to Ensure More Children are Ready for School through Partnerships with Parents and Families Ready by Five Early Childhood Millage awards $608,000 to Vibrant Futures (Grand Rapids, Mich., January 27, 2022) The families in Kent County will be …

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