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Health/Mental Health
The University of Michigan C. S. Mott Children's Hospital
www.med.umich.edu/mott
As one of the nation's leading pediatric institutions, we are known around the world for excellence of our clinical, educational, and research programs. The hospital provides quality specialized services for sick and injured children from Michigan, across the country, and around the globe.
Medstart
www.umich.edu/~medstart
One of the major goals of Medstart is to expose current and future professionals to children's issues early in their careers. In doing so, we hope that children will have a louder voice in decisions made by business leaders, lawyers, politicians, physicians, teachers, and many others when they are going about the business of shaping our country. We hope to be planting the seeds that allow professionals to learn how to reinvest in their communities and the country's children
Your Child: Development & Behavior Resources
www.med.umich.edu/1libr/yourchild/index.htm
Your Child: Development and Behavior Resources is a website for parents. It is a clearinghouse for comprehensive information on children's development and behavior. We aim to help parents navigate the sea of information available on the Internet and provide parents a means to link up with support groups, agencies, organizations, and other tools and resources. Your Child is a resource parents can trust, because an expert panel of developmental and behavioral pediatricians has evaluated all our information and links.
Center for Motor Behavior and Down Syndrome: Division of Kinesiology
www.umich.edu/~cmbds/reviews/ulrich99.html
We describe complexity as the dynamic interactions of biological and psychological factors that contribute to the overall quality of the individual's motor behavior. As we learn more about the relevant factors that may alter behavior, this information is used to design and test interventions to improve the quality of functioning in people with Down syndrome.
University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry: Child and Adolescent
www.med.umich.edu/psych/child/index.htm
The mission of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is to conduct programmatic research on psychiatric disorders affecting youth and their families; to provide excellent multidisciplinary training to the next generation of mental health providers and investigators; to deliver a broad range of innovative clinical services to young people and their families; to provide subspecialty consultation to clinicians throughout the state of Michigan; and to represent the mental health needs of children and adolescents at all levels of policy planning.
Michigan Center for the Environment and Children's Health (MCECH)
www.sph.umich.edu/mcech/index.html
MCECH is a community-based participatory research initiative, which is seeking to investigate the environmental, pathophysiological and clinical mechanisms of childhood asthma and to evaluate comprehensive community, and household level interventions aimed at reducing asthma-related environmental threats to children, families and neighborhoods
University of Michigan Health System Department of Pediatrics
www.med.umich.edu/pediatrics/index.htm
As one of the nation's leading pediatric institutions, we are known around the world for the excellence of our clinical, educational, and research programs. Our mission is to provide family-centered care and to seek continuous improvement in clinical quality and value by proactively pursuing academic and clinical challenges.
Education
The School of Education-Ann Arbor Campus
www.soe.umich.edu
The School of Education has two primary goals -- to advance educational knowledge and to improve educational practice. In achieving our dual goals, we bring to bear decades of experience and skill blended with innovative programs and resources.
The School of Education-Dearborn Campus
www.soe.umd.umich.edu/
Based upon the Teaching for Understanding model, courses in the School of Education promote active student learning and the construction and development of knowledge through lectures, readings, small and large group discussions, small group activities, field based learning, and projects that require the application of knowledge.
The School of Education-Flint Campus
www.flint.umich.edu/departments/sehs/
The School of Education and Human Services (SEHS) prepares students for careers in education and the human services by offering degrees that blend a broad liberal education with preparation for professional roles. The School offers a variety of baccalaureate degrees, post baccalaureate degrees and certification programs. Currently, the school is comprised of a Department of Education and a Department of Social Work. The Department of Education provides the basic teacher education preparation and the Department of Social Works provides baccalaureate level preparation for social work practice.
The School of Social Work
www.ssw.umich.edu
The Law Welfare Center
www.law.umich.edu/CentersAndPrograms/childlaw/
The mission of the Michigan Child Welfare Law Resource Center is to improve the legal system's handling of child-related cases through professional development.
University of Michigan Children's Center
www.childrenscenters.umich.edu/index.html
The missions of the Children's Centers are: To serve as a resource for the University Faculty's scholarly agenda; to provide University students interested in the development of young children with a setting for observation, participation and research; to provide young children in Ann Arbor and the surrounding area with an exemplary preschool experience.
The Detroit Project
www.umich.edu/~thdp
The mission of The Detroit Project is to build community through increased awareness of, enthusiasm about, and involvement in service, by uniting the University of Michigan and the greater community around the common cause of strengthening Detroit.
The Pound House
www.umich.edu/~pndhouse
The Pound House Children's Center staff sees each child as a unique individual whose potential blossoms best in a child- centered and developmentally sound learning environment. Our focus is on the whole child. The Center's special multicultural environment acknowledges and supports each child's emerging identity. The program fosters cognitive, emotional, social and physical growth in an atmosphere providing all children the dignity, respect and nurturing they deserve.
Program for Educational Opportunity (PEO)
www.umich.edu/~eqtynet/resources.ngo.html
The mission of the Program for Educational Opportunity (PEO) is to help public school districts ensure that all students have an opportunity to succeed in school whatever their race, gender, or national origin. We have provided equity-related assistance to K-12 education since 1970 in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Education. Our programs include technical assistance in educational equity and dissemination of school improvement programs designed to help all students succeed.
Working Papers and Publications
www.isr.umich.edu/src/child-development/publications.html
Various research and published articles related to child development, parenting, children's health and advocacy.
The PSID Bibliography: Authors, Books and Book Chapters
www.isr.umich.edu/src/psid/bibliography/childdevelopment.html
Literature related directly to the education, advocacy and health of children and youth.
University of Michigan-Dearborn Child Development Center
www.soe.umd.umich.edu/soe/about/homepage.html
The CDC is a State of Michigan licensed child care center for young children one to six years of age. The CDC is also accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs. It serves as a teacher-training and child-study facility for students enrolled in a variety of UM-Dearborn education and psychology courses. It also continues to function as a campus child care center.
Children's Time
www.isr.umich.edu/src/child-development/printime.html
Children today spend about two hours more per weekday in a preschool or school program than they did in the early 1980s. This link provides information from University researchers Sandra Hofferth and Jack Sandberg on leisure, work, television, and academics.
Welfare & Social Policy
The Center for Human Growth and Development
www.umich.edu/~chgdwww/programs/p_cip.html
This site has information about the many studies that this organization has conducted on children. Some of the research programs include: Children in Poverty, Development and Mental Health, Culture and Development, and Brain/Behavior Relationships in the Developing Child.
Links of Organizations dealing with Girls/Youth
www.umich.edu/~womenstd/girls/multiservices.html
This site lists multiple organizations that cater to girls, such as Girl Scouts, a community mental health clinic, The Women's Center, and the Neutral Zone, an Ann Arbor teen center. There is information about programs that girls can take part in at these organizations for little or no charge.
Children in Poverty
www.umich.edu/~chgdwww/programs/p_cip.html
The goals of this program are to understand the processes by which poverty affects children's development, including individual and contextual factors that exacerbate or ameliorate negative effects, and to apply this knowledge to improve the lives of poor children.
University of Michigan: Work Life Resource Center
www.umich.edu/~hraa/worklife/expectantparent/childfamwell.htm
The Work/Life Resource Center (WLRC) helps University of Michigan families achieve that balance through connections with campus and community resources that help you integrate your personal life and your work life. Through these programs, our goal is to help recruit and retain the best faculty and staff members at the University. *Serves as good reference for anyone looking for quality care and services in the Ann Arbor area.
The Global Program on Youth
gpy.ssw.umich.edu/index.html
The Global Program on Youth is establishing broad-based groups of scholars, policy makers, and service providers who are working together to address critical and timely issues related to children and youth. This innovative program is addressing the translation from research to practice in an effort to make research more accessible and applicable to policy makers and practitioners.
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
www.fordschool.umich.edu/
Coursework at the Ford School is interdisciplinary in nature, with a strong emphasis on analytic skills, and is designed to prepare the student to work effectively in the increasingly complex world of policy analysis and public management. The program also offers considerable flexibility for students to develop areas of specialization. In pursuing their specialties, students are able to draw upon the offerings of many other departments and programs at the University of Michigan.
Institute for Social Research
www.isr.umich.edu/src/child-development/fullrep.html
A Report on the 1997 Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Prevention Center of Michigan: Improving Health in Partnership with Families and Communities
www.sph.umich.edu/prc/products/conference_presentations.html
Consistent with its theme, Closing Gaps and Improving Health in Partnership with Families and Communities, the Center conducts community-based participatory prevention research aimed at improving the health status and reducing morbidity and mortality.
National Web Sites
Health/Mental Health
National Resource Center for Health & Safety in Child Care
nrc.uchsc.edu/
Includes states' childcare licensing regulations and health and safety standards.
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
www.aacap.org
This site is designed to serve both AACAP Members and parents and families. Information is provided as a public service to aid in the understanding and treatment of the developmental, behavioral, and mental disorders which affect an estimated 7 to 12 million children and adolescents at any given time in the United States. You will find information on child and adolescent psychiatry, fact sheets for parents and caregivers, AACAP membership, current research, practice guidelines, managed care information, awards and fellowship descriptions, meeting information, and much more.
Bright Futures
www.brightfutures.org
A national initiative to promote and improve the health and well-being of infants, children, and adolescents. Bright Futures is dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy and that optimal health involves a trusting relationship between the health professional, the child, the family, and the community as partners in health practice.
The National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
www.nichd.nih.gov
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) seeks to assure that every individual is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no adverse consequence from the reproductive process, and that all children have the opportunity to fulfill their potential for a healthy and productive life unhampered by disease or disability. In pursuit of this mission, the NICHD conducts and supports laboratory, clinical, and epidemiological research on the reproductive, neurobiologic, developmental, and behavioral processes that determine and maintain the health of children, adults, families, and populations.
American Academy of Pediatrics
www.aap.org
An organization of 57,000 pediatricians dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of all infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
University of New Mexico Center for Development & Disability
www.cdd.unm.edu
The mission of the CDD is the full inclusion of people with disabilities and their families in their community by: engaging individuals in making life choices; partnering with communities to build resources; and improving systems of care.
Promising Practices Network on Children, Families, and Communities
www.promisingpractices.net/research.asp
The Promising Practices Network (PPN) web site highlights programs and practices that credible research indicates are effective in improving outcomes for children, youth, and families. The information offered is organized around three major areas: Proven and Promising Programs, Research in Brief, and Strengthening Service Delivery.
Education
Pacific Rim Early Childhood Institute
www.earlychildhoodeducator.com
Provides government-licensed courses in Early Childhood Education via distance education.
Coalition of Infant/Toddler Educators
www.njcite.org/index.htm
The Coalition of Infant/Toddler Educators promotes quality infant/toddler care and education through professional development and other resources.
The Hartford Association of the Education of Young Children
haeyc.org
Serves the needs and rights of young children by providing educational services and resources to adults who work with and for them. Site includes monthly newsletter, calendar of upcoming events, resource library, and membership and scholarship information.
Froebel Foundation USA
www.froebelfoundation.org
The Froebel Foundation USA was established in January 2001 to promote the educational ideas of Friedrich Froebel to the world at large and preserve the history of the U.S. kindergarten movement.
The Innovative Teacher Project
www.stanford.edu/dept/bingschool/itp/
Invites teachers, directors, and instructors to contribute to the exchange between Reggio Emilia and the San Francisco Bay area. Site includes calendar of upcoming roundtable discussions.
Parents as Teachers National Center
patnc.org
An award-winning nonprofit parent education organization providing parents of children prenatal-age5 with support and information on their developing child through a network of local programs.
The Urban Institute
www.urban.org/
A resource for printed material on early education issues.
National Center for Early Development & Learning
www.ncedl.org/
A research center charged with advancing knowledge and improving practice in the education and care of young children and their families. Part of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center at the University of North Carolina. http://www.fpg.unc.edu/
National Network for Child Care
www.nncc.org/
Part of the Cooperative Extension System's CYFERNET, offers a menu of publications and resources on various child care topics, and links to other child care related websites and resources. Includes a section on community involvement, with an article on coalitions.
Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition
www.cdacouncil.org/
Works to improve the professional status of early childhood workers and helps to meet the growing need for qualified staff. Includes information on the CDA credential.
National Child Care Information Center
www.nccic.org/
A QUILT partner, NCCIC is a clearinghouse for information on child care. Find even more websites there.
National Black Child Development Institute
www.nbcdi.org/nbcdi/Nbcdiframeset.htm
A nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve and protect the quality of life of African American children and families.
Families & Work Institute
www.familiesandworkinst.org/
A nonprofit organization that addresses the changing nature of work and family life. The website includes a section on collaboration.
National Association for the Education of Young Children
www.naeyc.org
NAEYC exists for the purpose of leading and consolidating the efforts of individuals and groups working to achieve healthy development and constructive education for all young children. Primary attention is devoted to assuring the provision of high quality early childhood programs for young children.
Child Care Action Campaign
www.childcareaction.org/
Child Care Action Campaign is a leading voice and national resource advocating quality, affordable child care for all families.
World Bank Education & Training
www1.worldbank.org/education/
This site refers specifically to education around the world.
Head Start
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/
Head Start and Early Head Start are comprehensive child development programs that serve children from birth to age 5, pregnant women, and their families. They are child-focused programs and have the overall goal of increasing the school readiness of young children in low-income families.
Youth Ministries
umyouth.org
The Purpose of the United Methodist Youth Organization is to make The United Methodist Church a community of mutual respect and understanding between youth and adults, where influence and worth are not limited by age or experience.
National Center for Education Statistics
nces.ed.gov/
NPEC is a voluntary partnership among governmental and non-governmental providers and users of education data. NPEC has a dual mission: (1) to identify and communicate on-going and emerging issues germane to postsecondary education; and (2) to promote the quality, comparability and utility of postsecondary data and information that support policy development, implementation, and evaluation.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary & Early Childhood Education
ericeece.org
ERIC provides information and resources on the education and care of children from birth through early adolescence.
Quality in Linking Together Early Education Partnerships (QUILT)
quilt.org
National training and technical assistance project funded by the Federal Head Start and Child Care Bureaus. Site includes, events, partnership profiles and tools, and a guide to articles and publications.
Welfare & Social Policy
Benton Foundation: Connect for Kids
www.connectforkids.org
Sites provides avenues of advocating in your local community for services for children in areas of mental health, foster care, after school programs, etc.
I am Your Child
www.iamyourchild.org
The I Am Your Child Foundation is a national, non-profit, non-partisan organization that was founded in 1997 by actor/director Rob Reiner to raise awareness about the importance of early childhood development and school readiness. IAYC develops a wide variety of resources for parents, early childhood professionals, child advocates, health care providers, policymakers and the media. IAYC also promotes public policies that help ensure that children have the physical well-being and the social, emotional and cognitive abilities they need to enter school ready to succeed.
Zero to Three
www.zerotothree.org
ZERO TO THREE's mission is to promote the healthy development of our nation's infants and toddlers by supporting and strengthening families, communities, and those who work on their behalf. We are dedicated to advancing current knowledge; promoting beneficial policies and practices; communicating research and best practices to a wide variety of audiences; and providing training, technical assistance and leadership development. ZERO TO THREE is a national non-profit organization.
Administration for Children and Families
www.acf.dhhs.gov/index.html
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is a federal agency funding state, local, and tribal organizations to provide family assistance (welfare), child support, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and other programs relating to children and families.
Center for the Future of Children
www.futureofchildren.org
This is a journal published three times a year. It reviews major issues related to children's well-being, with emphasis on objective analysis and evaluation.
Children's Defense Fund
www.childrensdefense.org
Site provides up-to-date information on issues involving children, and provides an extensive list, information and links to child advocacy organizations. The Children's Defense Fund is a private nonprofit organization supported by foundations, corporation grants and individual donations. It provides a voice for child issues with particular attention to poor and minority children and those with disabilities.
American Bar Association: Juvenile Justice Center
abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/home.html
Working to improve counsel and the quality of representation for children in the Juvenile Justice System.
Child Welfare League of America
www.cwla.org
The Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization. We are committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families, and protecting every child from harm. We envision a future in which families, neighborhoods, communities, organizations, and governments ensure that all children and youth are provided with the resources they need to grow into healthy, contributing members of society.
Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth
www.ccfy.org
The Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth (CCFY) is a network of over 200 community foundations in communities across the United States dedicated to securing improved conditions for children, youth and families.
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
www.childstats.gov
This web site offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
Clearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies
www.childpolicyntl.org
The Clearinghouse provides cross-national, comparative information about the policies, programs, benefits and services available in the advanced industrialized countries to address child, youth, and family needs.
National Association of Child Advocates
www.childadvocacy.org
The National Association of Child Advocates (NACA) is the only national organization devoted to building the capacity of state and local child advocacy organizations. Founded in 1984, NACA is a nationwide network of child advocacy organizations working at the increasingly critical level of America's statehouses, county commissions, and city councils.
Stand for Children
www.stand.org
An Advocacy organization affiliated with the Children's Defense Fund. Site provides - a slate of the organization's advocacy issues including child care, health care, education, violence and out of school activities, with extensive information about each issue - easy access to e-mailing state legislators.
The American Business Collaboration
www.abcdependentcare.com/docs/index.htm
The American Business Collaboration (ABC) is a groundbreaking collaboration of leading U.S. companies (Champions) partnering to ensure that their employees have access to quality dependent care programs and services to help them manage their work and personal responsibilities. Links to tax breaks for childcare and much more.
United States Department of Health & Human Services
www.hhs.gov/
Links to policies from disease & conditions to aging.
United States Department of Education
www.ed.gov/index.jsp
Links to policies and news reports relating child/youth to adult education.
United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
www.unesco.org/
The main objective of UNESCO is to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations.
United States Bureau of the Census
www.census.gov/
United States Census data ranging from national, regional, state and local.
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
www.acf.hhs.gov/
The federal agency whose programs include services to children and families. Two of the bureaus within ACF are the Child Care Bureau & the Head Start Bureau
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
www.naccrra.net/
Membership organization whose aim is to build a diverse, high quality child care system with parental choice and equal access for all families.
Center for the Child Care Workforcehttp://www.ccw.org/home/A research, education and advocacy group promoting leadership and career advancement for child care teachers through the Worthy Wage Campaign and Early Childhood Mentoring Project
Investigating Partnerships in Early Childhood Education (I-PIECE)http://www.lynchburg.edu/business/i-piece/index.htmAn in-depth study of local early childhood partnerships occurring between Head Start, preschool and child care in New York state. Describes collaborations and explores their consequences for classroom conditions, teacher salaries and benefits, children's school readiness, and parents' satisfaction.
Mathematica Policy Researchhttp://www.mathematica-mpr.com/Conducts public policy research, studying health care, education, welfare, employment, nutrition, child development, and other policy issues. Includes publications on early care and education.
Zero to Eight Coalitionwww.zerotoeight.comZero to Eight Coalition is a collaboration of health, social service and government agencies, early childhood care, educational providers, advocates, parents, and families. The Zero to Eight Coalition strengthens and supports programs and families in order to build a more equitable and just society.
RANDhttp://www.rand.org/Helps improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis. Site includes articles on childcare issues.
Welfare Information Networkhttp://www.financeprojectinfo.org/win/a clearinghouse for information, policy analysis, and technical information on welfare reform.
National Pre-Kindergarten Center
www.fpg.unc.edu/~NPC
NPC provides research, policy analysis, communication and technical assistance for decision makers who implement pre-kindergarten programs.
Connect for Kids
www.connectforkids.org
Connect for Kids, is an award-winning multimedia project that helps adults make their communities better places for families and children. The Web site offers a place on the Internet for adults-parents, grandparents, educators, policymakers and others-who want to become more active citizens, from volunteering to voting with kids in mind.
Society of Research in Child Development
www.srcd.org
The purpose of the Society are to promote multidisciplinary research in the field of human development, to foster the exchange of information among scientists and other professionals of various disciplines, and to encourage applications of research findings. Our goals are pursued through a variety of programs with the cooperation and service of our governing council, standing committees, and members.
Michigan Resources
Mental Health/Health
Developmental Disabilities Institute
www.wayne.edu/DDI
The Developmental Disabilities Institute of Wayne State University provides interdisciplinary education, community support and services, research and dissemination of information on programs designed to enhance the lives of persons with disabilities.
Institute of Maternal and Child Health
www.med.wayne.edu/communitymedicine/imch.htm
The Institute of Maternal and Child Health of Wayne State University promotes interdisciplinary approaches to maternal and child health programs, research, investigation, prevention, intervention, and implementation.
Early On Michigan
www.earlyonmichigan.org/
Early On is a statewide interagency system of early intervention for infant and toddlers with disabilities. In Michigan, Early on is coordinated through the Department of Education. This is an intervention system that provides links to services for families who have children (ages 0 - 3) experiencing developmental delays or who have disabilities or special needs.
Promising Practices Network
www.promisingpractices.net/research.asp
The Promising Practices Network (PPN) web site highlights programs and practices that credible research indicates is effective in improving outcomes for children, youth, and families. The information pertains to children from the prenatal period to age 18, as well as the families and communities in which they live. This site provides useful information to decision-makers, practitioners, and program funders who must choose among many possibilities for improving results for children, youth, and families.
Education
Great Lakes Head Start Quality Network
www.regionvqnet.org
Serves Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Site includes information about the network, message boards, a chat room, performance standards, and calendar of events, and online neighborhoods related to various educational issues.
High Scope
www.highscope.org
High Scope Educational Research Foundation is an independent nonprofit research, development, training, and public advocacy organization with headquarters in Ypsilanti, Michigan. High/Scope's mission is to improve the life chances of children and youth by promoting high-quality educational programs.
Welfare & Social Policy
Michigan's Children
www.michiganschildren.org/page.cfm/89
Michigan's Children is an advocacy organization for children and youth. This is a state-wide, non-partisan, multi-issue child advocacy organization which operates independently of government funding and works both inside the Capitol and in communities around the state to secure policies that invest in the state's future human resource.
Priority Children
www.prioritychildren.org
Priority Children, formerly Priority 90s, was launched in the late 1980s to organize a community-wide effort to improve the quality of life for children in Genesee County. A diverse coalition of individuals and organizations participate in Priority Children, including volunteers from business, civic affairs, charitable organizations, education, the faith community, government, and health and human services.
Institute for Children, Youth, & Families
www.icyf.msu.edu
The Institute for Children, Youth, and Families (ICYF) at Michigan State University is a multidisciplinary institute that focuses on outreach and policy analysis. Their goal is to improve the lives of children, youth and families from diverse communities.
Merrill-Palmer Institute for Child and Family Development
www.mpi.wayne.edu
The Merrill-Palmer Institute of Child and Family Development is a research institute of Wayne State University that specializes in the area of child development. The institute provides information that could be applied to program development and policy formulation.
Institute for Public Policy and Social Research
www.ippsr.msu.edu
The Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) uses research to address public policy issues. IPPSR strives to establish relationships between the academic and policymaker communities.
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
www.mackinac.org
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonpartisan research and educational organization. The center is committed to promoting sound solutions to state and local policy questions. The Mackinac Center assists policy makers, scholars, business people, the media and the public by providing objective analysis of Michigan issues. The goal of all Center reports, commentaries and educational programs is to equip Michigan citizens and other decision-makers to better evaluate policy options.
