Early Childhood Services

Early childhood education provides programs and services within Ingham County, through inter-agency collaboration, to promote school readiness of children birth through age eight. Programs and services support Michigan's Early Childhood Outcomes. Children are 1) Born healthy; 2)Healthy, thriving, and developmentally on track from birth to grade 3; 3) Developmentally ready to succeed in school at the time of school entry; and 3) Prepared to succeed in grade 4 and beyond by reading proficiently by the end of grade three.