News & Stories

Supporting children after trauma and abuse is a community effort

Supporting children after trauma requires coordination across medical, counseling, and advocacy services. In Wayne County, the Children’s Foundation of Michigan is helping expand access to that care through partners like Avalon Healing Center and Kids-TALK.

The Yunion: Innovation in increasing access to mental health care for our youth

The Yunion expands mental health access in Detroit schools through a closed-loop referral system ensuring culturally responsive care for youth.

Collaboratives for kids: Maximizing impact through funding partnerships

For many nonprofits, establishing an agency endowment can feel like something to revisit later—when resources feel more abundant or fundraising pressures ease. But agency endowments aren’t about waiting for the perfect moment. They’re about making an intentional investment in your organization’s future, creating long-term stability and sustaining your mission for generations to come.

Free Bikes 4 Kidz: Making sure all kids ride into a happier, healthier childhood

In 2018, Free Bikes 4 Kidz began their mission in the Detroit area, collecting donated bikes, cleaning, and refurbishing them, to then give them away to kids.

Inclusively Fit: Improving health and providing hope to the special needs and disabled communities

For kids who are in the hospital, any positive interactions go a long way. When their life is consumed by tests, tubes, and healing, any chance to experience a normal childhood is essential to their positive mental state. That’s exactly what Buildup STEAM is set out to do: enable hospitalized kids to be kids.

A letter from Larry – October 2021

Our Board of Trustees recently elected Luanne Thomas Ewald as the new Chair of our board. Luanne is an exceptional leader.

The Children’s Foundation Announces New Board Leadership

Luanne Thomas Ewald to succeed Matt Friedman as Chair

Kids Kicking Cancer: Helping kids cope with pediatric illness

The Children’s Foundation Receives $1 Million Donation to Address Socioeconomical Disparities in Youth

The endowment will support child and youth development in the Detroit Public Schools Community District

DEYA produces Youth Stage at Concert of Colors

On August 5, DEYA produced a youth stage at the Concert of Colors; the first ever in the Concert’s 29-year history.

A letter from Larry – September 2021

As summer comes to an end, I wanted to update you on a few exciting things involving The Children’s Foundation. We had a very successful inaugural Ben Hogan Championship of Michigan supporting our initiative, First Tee-Greater Detroit, fundraising a net result of over $140,000. This impressive amount was made possible by our many sponsors and supporters!

School gardens increase access to fresh foods, proving edible education

Did you know that if Americans ate one more serving of fruits and vegetables in a day, this would save more than 30,000 lives and $5 billion in medical spending, each year! If kids taste and eat fruits and vegetables early in life, their lifelong healthy eating habits can be positively influenced. But this can be easier said than done for some...

Amanda Hicks receives 2021 Behavioral Health Scholarship

With generous donations from several Children’s Foundation Trustees, The Foundation established a Behavioral Health Scholarship in 2019 to be awarded annually. The goal is to support a student in Michigan pursuing a doctoral degree in a mental health field, specifically focusing on a practice that will serve children and adolescents in behavioral health.

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