How Gov. Whitmer’s Universal PreK Plan Impacts Early Childhood

<p>Michigan’s Children’s Speaking for Kids Host Matt Gillard explores Governor</p><p>Gretchen Whitmer’s “universal PreK plan” to expand access and eligibility to the</p><p>state’s Great Start Readiness Program to all interested families of 4-year-olds.</p><p>Presented in the Governor’s recent State of the State address, it’s a bold plan that</p><p>has raised interest and some concern among early childhood providers and</p><p>advocates. Listen in as Matt welcomes Dawne Bell, CEO of Michigan’s Early</p><p>Childhood Investment Corporation, one of the state’s leading voices on early care</p><p>and education, and Jeff Capizanno, founder of the Washington, D.C.-based Policy</p><p>Equity Group. Capizanno is working with Michigan’s early childhood community</p><p>to evaluate how to implement the proposal in Michigan.</p>