2021

    Affordable childcare options for working parents in Grand Rapids’ southeast neighborhoods are about to expand. IFF, a lender/developer for nonprofits, the Early Learning Neighborhood […]

  GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — Every 2 seconds, someone around the world is forced from their home and wind up seeking asylum in a foreign land. […]

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Three area nonprofits have raised $1.5 million to provide refugee families accessible, culturally aware early childhood education in March 2018. “The Hands […]

  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — Since March, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges for educators and students across the state. Now, it is causing problems with […]

Black and brown children are being forgotten when it comes to early childhood education said Dr. Nkechy Ezeh, a professor of early childhood education for 23 […]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — For nearly seven years, West Michigan’s Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative (ELNC) has made providing early education opportunities to Grand Rapids families. Studies […]

  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Nkechy Ezeh has always had a passion for advocacy. “For some reason I wanted a profession with that kind of power,” […]

(MLIVE) GRAND RAPIDS– With 350 out of 400 needed backpacks filled, a group focused on preschool learning and its volunteers are taking a weight off of […]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., (WOOD) — Several community leaders and volunteers spent Tuesday afternoon packing backpacks for children in need. The Fill-A-Backpack event was put on by […]