Our Mission: To advance an equitable society by supporting early childhood educators and parents who seek to provide the highest quality care for children.

Updates

CDA Flyer August 2024

Great Start to Quality

CDA Flyer August 2024

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Earn Your CDA

Receive training and support through live interactive training sessions to apply for a Preschool, Infant/Toddler, or Family Child Development Associate Credential.
Enroll for a CDA Course today!
For enrollment inquiries, email: cda@leapsnbounds.org

Great Start to Quality

Are you a Child Care Provider in Wayne, Oakland, or Macomb County? We can help with your professional development!
Download the Flyer for more information about Great Start to Quality today!

Leaps and Bounds Family Services hosts programs and services for parents and early childhood educators. From home visits, and resource libraries, to training courses, certification programs, and quality improvement supports we aim to provide the highest quality services for those caring for children.

Articles and Resources

For families that need the most help, child care costs are about to drop

How Lack of Childcare in Metro Detroit is Impacting Working Moms

Governors’ 2024 Education Priorities: Early Childhood, Curriculum, School Choice, Mental Health

Biden’s plan to increase educator pay could mean fewer kids in class

Head Start preschools aim to fight poverty, but their teachers struggle to make ends meet

VP Kamala Harris announces landmark legislation that will lower child care costs for 100,000 families

Some States Are Taking Childcare Funding Into Their Own Hands—But Congress Must Act

What the Child Care Crisis Does to Parents

New Study Provides More Evidence That Full-Day Preschool Benefits Children

Why Early Childhood Education Is More Important Now Than Ever

Senate Appropriations Committee Reviews Biden Administration’s Emergency Domestic Supplemental Request, Highlighting Ongoing Child Care Challenges

On Wednesday, November 8, the Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing to discuss President Biden’s FY24 supplemental funding request. As part of the three-hour hearing, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra elaborated on the ongoing need for supplemental funding for their agencies, with most questions focusing on immigration and child care

Bipartisan Legislation in the 118th: Multiple Pieces to Tackling the Child Care Puzzle

State of Babies Yearbook 2023 | Zero To Three

Congress Urged to Pass Critical Funding to Prevent Families from Losing Child Care

The US Is Facing a Child-Care Crisis — Here's What Needs to Be Done to Fix It

Opinion: One Thing Congress Can Do to Help Working Families Today

Our Child Care Crisis Is Holding Back The Workforce

Testimonials

"Dear Leaps and Bounds Family Services,

I want to congratulate you on what you guys have done and accomplished. I love that you guys are giving quality education to impoverished children because education is so important, especially from a young age. The reason why I am sending this email to you guys is because I am happy to see people are making a change in the world and in the long run, will help our world and society."

School District in New York

Email to the Director

December 2023