GRCC awarded $1 million grant through Ready by Five Early Childhood millage to support youngest learners and their families
Jan. 6, 2022 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A $1 million grant from Kent County’s Ready by Five Early Childhood millage will support Grand Rapids Community College’s “Play and Learn” groups, helping the community’s youngest learners and their families.
The First Steps Kent Commission, which coordinates the millage funds, awarded the $1,009,459 grant, to be divided over 2022 and 2023. GRCC is one of 28 organizations sharing $9.7 million generated by the millage, which Kent County voters approved in 2018.