Even Start is a family literacy early childhood initiative funded through federal Title I funds. Eligible families must have a child aged 0-7 years and a parent/guardian who is eligible for adult basic education or is functionally illiterate. The program must provide adult literacy education, early childhood education and parent/child education. A school district/public school academy must collaborate with a non-district agency to provide the program. Funding level is a maximum of $225,000 per year (over the four-year period of the grant, with increasing local match from 10% to 65%.
This grant program is to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by improving the educational opportunities of the nation's low-income families by integrating early childhood education, adult literacy or adult basic education, and parenting education into a unified family literacy program. A district and a community organization must apply as a collaborative entity. Increasing matching funds are required of the local grant program during the four-year grant cycle.
Office of Early Childhood Education & Family Services (517) 373-8483.
2009-2010 Even Start Competitive Application Instructions & Forms or Forms
(Word format) Due March 20, 2009
November 1, 2009- Local Evaluator's Report due to MDE
November 20, 2009 - Michigan Student Data System (MSDS) Early Childhood Collection Snapshot Date
December 9, 2009 - MSDS Early Childhood Collection Certification Date
February 1, 2010 - Interim Data Report available online
February 1, 2010 - Michigan Even Start 2010-2011 Competitive Application available on web
February 19, 2010 - Interim Data report DUE
March 1, 2010 - Michigan Even Start 2010-2011 Continutation Application available on web and in MEGS
March 19, 2010 - Michigan Even Start 2010-2011 Competitive Application due
April 9, 2010 - Michigan Even Start 2010-2011 Continuation Application due
June 15, 2010 - Final Data Report available online
Even Start Resources
Training Opportunities
December 4-6, 2009 - Zero to Three - Annual National Training Institute, Dallas, TX
December 4-8, 2009 - National Head Start Association - 26th Annual Parent Training Conference, San Jose, CA
January 27-29, 2010 - Michigan Collaborative Early Childhood Conference, Dearborn
February 3, 2010 - Michigan Even Start Consortium, Kellogg Center, East Lansing (Even Start grantees only)
February 3-6, 2010 - National Association for Bilingual Education - Annual Conference, Denver, CO
March 9-13, 2010 - National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies - National Policy Symposium, Washington, DC
March 20-22, 2010 - Michigan Reading Association (MRA) Annual Conference, Cobo Hall, Detroit
March 25-27, 2010 - Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference, Grand Rapids
April 11-13, 2010 - National Conference on Family Literacy, San Antonio, TX
April 28, 2010 - Michigan Even Start Consortium, Kellogg Center, East Lansing (Even Start grantees only)
May 3-8, 2010 - National Head Start Association - 37th Annual Head Start Conference, Dallas, TX
June 6-9, 2010 - National Association for the Education of Young Children - National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development, Phoenix, AZ
December 10-14, 2010 - National Head Start Association - 27th Annual Parent Training Conference, Virginia Beach, VA
Even Start Guide to Local Evaluation
- Draft The following files are available in PDF format only.
Chapter 1
Background
Chapter 2
Framework for Planning Even Start Family Literacy Program Evaluations
Chapter 3
Participant Learning Outcomes
Chapter 4
Refining the Program Design
Chapter 5
Program Content and Implementation
Chapter 6
Program Intensity and Participant Attendance
Chapter 7
Learning Milestones
Chapter 8
Selecting an Independent Evaluator
Chapter 9
Working with an Evaluator
Chapter 10
Planning a Focused Inquiry
Chapter 11
Reporting and Using Evaluation Findings
Chapter 12
State Coordinator's Role in Local Evaluations
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