Increased & Aligned Funding

Exploring collaborative investments, public-private funding alignment, and long-term financial strategies supporting Detroit’s early childhood ecosystem.

Coordinated Investment & Funding Impact

Hope Starts Here and its partners continue coordinating philanthropic, public, and community investment efforts to expand access to early childhood opportunities across Detroit.

Childhood Stabilization Grant Funding

$23M

Hope Starts Here partners helped bring approximately $23 million in childhood stabilization funding to support childcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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$5 Million
Facility & Learning Space Investment

Public and private funding supported improvements and expansion of childcare classrooms and learning spaces across Detroit.

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$50 Million
Initial Foundation Commitment

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation and The Kresge Foundation each invested $25 million to launch and support Hope Starts Here initiatives.

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3,500+

Families Supported Through Childcare Subsidies

Hope Starts Here partners helped thousands of Detroit families access childcare subsidies and early learning support services.

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1,000+

Families Accessing Child Tax Credit Support

Families received support accessing federal child tax credit resources and related assistance programs.

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120+

Learning Spaces Improved or Expanded

Funding efforts supported the opening, improvement, and expansion of classrooms and early learning environments.

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“Detroit will be a city where the systems that affect early childhood have the funding they need to make an impact, and work with each other to do the most they can do.”

— Hope Starts Here Framework

Funding That Builds Systems

Detroit’s early childhood ecosystem continues evolving through coordinated investments, aligned philanthropic efforts, and collaborative public-private partnerships focused on long-term impact for children and families.

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