Sanilac County at-risk children are the big winners with the announcement of a $200,000 grant from the Michigan Children’s Trust Fund. The money has been awarded to the Sanilac Intermediate School District’s Parents As Teachers Home Visiting Program.
The grant will be spread out over four years and will be used to enhance and grow the program. According to the Sanilac ISD, the program utilizes the Strengthening Families Framework to empower families with parenting and developmental knowledge, social connections, resilience tools, and concrete support in times of need.
The Michigan’s Home Visiting Initiative’s 2020 Home Visiting Needs Assessment reported, “Home visiting could positively impact many outcomes of certain areas of Sanilac County. Home visiting and other parenting education supports are limited but needed considering parenting risk factors in the county such as lower levels of education and use of substances. Additionally, 40% of children have experienced two or more Adverse Child Experiences, and the rate of child maltreatment is higher in Sanilac than the state average.”
There are currently 21 children enrolled in the program.
Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland
