Community Partners
Our no cost to many families preschool partners include Great Start Readiness Programs sponsored by:
- AppleTree and Gilden Woods
- Bethlehem Intergenerational Center
- Childtime
- Creative Technologies Academy
- David D. Hunting YMCA
- Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative
- Grand Rapids Community College
- Head Start
- Hope Academy
- Kent ISD
- New Branches
- Rainbow Child Care Center
- West Michigan Academy of Environmental Science
Additional Great Start Readiness Programs
The following school districts also sponsor our program
- Byron Center Public Schools
- Caledonia Community Schools
- Cedar Springs Public Schools
- Comstock Park Public Schools
- Forest Hills Public Schools
- Godfrey Lee Public Schools
- Godwin Heights Public Schools
- Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Grandville Public Schools
- Kelloggsville Public Schools
- Kenowa Hills Public Schools
- Kent City Community Schools
- Kentwood Public Schools
- Lowell Area Schools
- Northview Public Schools
- Rockford Public Schools
- Sparta Area Schools
- Thornapple Kellogg Schools
- Wyoming Public Schools
The districts with the most income-eligible children are Grand Rapids, Godwin Heights, Godfrey Lee, Wyoming, Kelloggsville, Kentwood, and Comstock Park. Last year, school districts within Kent ISD had free preschool openings that went unfilled because not enough qualifying families applied.