Resources
Family Matters Resources from MDE/OSE
The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Office of Special Education (OSE) requests your help sharing
Family Matters resources that provide parents and families with information about Michigan’s special education system. The resources are on the Family Matters webpage, which offers multiple Family Matters fact sheets. The fact sheets are easy to read, give
links to more in-depth resources intended to enhance public understanding of Michigan's special education system, and are available in English, Arabic, and Spanish.
No Kid Hungry: Nutrition Programs in Libraries
If you facilitate library participation in child nutrition programs, and/or simply have an interest in connecting kids and families with basic needs support through libraries, you are warmly encouraged to
join the upcoming meeting of an informal network organized by
No Kid Hungry (NKH) that brings together librarians with NKH to discuss all topics related to libraries and child nutrition programs. If you want to receive direct announcement of these quarterly meetings, contact Chelsea MacCormack at NKH,
cmaccormack@strength.org, to ask to be added to the Nutrition Programs in Libraries distribution list.
No Kid Hungry: Nutrition Programs in Libraries
Thursday, September 12, 2:00-3:00 pm ET (1:00 CT / Noon MT / 11:00 am PT)
https://strength.zoom.us/j/97476976866?from=addon
Meeting ID: 974 7697 6866
Agenda:
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No Kid Hungry updates
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Summer 2024 recap
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Guiding questions:
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How did summer programming go this year? Did you/your libraries utilize the increased rural non-congregate areas to offer non-congregate at your sites?
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How did participation numbers look this year versus the past two years?
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What did your / your libraries’ programming and meal service look like this year?
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What sort of feedback did you/your libraries hear from families this year?
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In the News…
Report finds fewer kids in poverty, but also fewer in preschool
and reading by 3rd grade – Michigan Radio, 8/22/24
Parents know they should read to their kids. Daily math talk is important, too
– PBS/NPR/KQED, 8/5/24
Thank you,
Cathy Lancaster
Youth Services Coordinator
Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48915
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Nourishing Michigan’s Future during the summer! Find a Summer Food Service Program site nearest you and encourage Michigan’s children to Meet Up and Eat Up! www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup
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