Office of Innovative Projects

Through strong partnerships and quality system supports, Clinton County RESA Office of Innovative Projects administers statewide and regional initiatives for early childhood providers, teachers, administrators, faculty, and families, funded through grants from the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential, the Michigan Department of Education, and contracts with intermediate school districts. We are pleased to serve the diverse needs of professionals and families throughout Michigan.

Supporting the state’s early childhood infrastructure, the Office of Innovative Projects has three areas of focus: professional learning for service providers, teachers, administrators and faculty; connection to services for families; and pilot or innovative activities.

Professional learning initiatives include:

• Early On® Training and Technical Assistance
• Early On® Center for Higher Education
• Preschool Special Education Training and Technical Assistance
• Eastern Early Childhood Support Network. 

Learn more at eotta.ccresa.org and MIECSN.org.

Public awareness and outreach activities that connect families to services include:

• Early On® Public Awareness 1800earlyon.org
  • Connecting families of infants and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities with services
• Build Up  BuildUpMI.org 
  • Connecting children ages 3 through 5 to special education programs and services
• MichiganPreschool MichiganPreschool.org
  • Application and enrollment management for Great Start Readiness Program and Head Start
• Help Me Grow helpmegrow-mi.org
  • Connecting families to live care coordination, developmental screening, and services
• MIEarlyChildhood.org
  • Coordinated eligibility and enrollment, powering the referral, application, and enrollment management activities above

Pilot and innovative activities include administration and implementation of the Strong Beginnings Preschool Pilot for Three-Year-Old Children, a research and development initiative testing the efficacy and scalability of two years of publicly funded preschool. 

Visit our websites or contact us to learn more!