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Harrison
January 31st, 2008, 11:34 pm
Southgate Adult ED/Downriver Literacy Council-Southgate Community Schools

14101 Leroy

Southgate, MI 48195

Phone: 734-246-4633

Website: www.southgateadulted.org/literacy.htm

Services Offered:

Free tutoring, literacy classes, tutor training. No fee for classes for student with GED or high school diploma. Serves southeast Detroit to Grosse Ile.



The Southgate Family Resource Center

15500 Howard

Southgate MI 48195

Phone: 734-246-7845

Services Offered:

Provides a lending library of books and videos for families and helps parents network with other parents with similar concerns. Open to any family member with a child in Southgate Schools.



Winners Child Development Center

22395 Eureka Road

Taylor MI 48180

Phone: 734-287-8831 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Services Offered:

Tutoring/literacy programs, latch key, life skills training. Certified teachers. Reasonable rates. Meal included.



Leaps & Bounds Family Services

Mt. Calvary

8129 Packard

Warren MI 49089

Phone: 586-759-3895

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20830 Acacia

Detroit MI 48223

Phone: 313-541-5145

Website:www.leapsnbounds.org

Services Offered:

Provides family education services through early literacy programs for families with children up to age 5, adult education, G.E.D. program and career preparation, for residents of Detroit and south Macomb county.



Michigan School Readiness Program

FREE preschool program in Flat Rock, Southgate, and Sumpter for at-risk 4 year olds. Contact Carol at 734-785-7705 x 7106



Parent/Infant Programs

Intensive home-based programs for families with at-risk infants up to age 3.

Contact: Carol Oleksiak at 734-785-7702. Fees: Insurance and Medicaid



Parents As Teachers

Home visits by certified parent educators trained in child development. Contact Roxanne Brinkerhoff at 734-785-7705 ext. 7126



Prevention Services

Contact Lisa Fitch

734-785-7705 ext. 7204 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.



Head Start

FREE comprehensive preschool and family program for children from low-income families, foster children and children with disabilities. Serves children and their families in Wayne County at 14 different sites. Call 734-785-7702


Great Parents Great Start (F.I.S.H,)

30000 Hiveley Road

Inkster, MI 48141

Phone: 734-595-0411 ext. 109

A literacy home visiting program for three-year old children and their families. The program will offer Kindermusik classes and literacy home visits to help children develop their language and literacy skills, and to give parents an early introduction to what it means to be their child's first and most important teacher. Home visits and Kindermusik classes arranged to meet family needs. No transportation provided.



Wayne RESA

Phone: 734-334-1300

Website:www.resa.net

Give Your Child a GREAT start! Dial 734-334-1475 and your child will hear a celebrity read one of three award-winning children's books (stories change monthly). Tune in to your local school district education access channel for dates and times of programs that will help you learn how and why it is important to read to your child every day.