Fair childcare funding
Advocate for sustainable subsidy rates and enrollment-based payments that help providers plan, retain staff, and keep their doors open.
FUNDING & REIMBURSEMENTA stronger voice for Michigan childcare
We Deserve
a Seat at
the Table.
The people caring for Michigan’s children deserve a voice in the decisions shaping their future. Together, we’re making sure they’re heard.
BY PROVIDERS. FOR PROVIDERS. FOR CHANGE.
Our providers. Our voices. Our future.
One shared purpose.Fair funding✦Provider representation✦Sustainable childcare
01 / WHO WE ARE
Childcare is essential.
So are our voices.
Providers for Change brings Michigan childcare providers together to advocate for a stronger, more equitable early childhood system.
Founded by Angela Hayes and co-founded by Johnnie Bennett, our organization connects childcare owners, home providers, educators, and community supporters around the issues that shape our work every day.
Get to know our leadership →02 / LEGISLATION & POLICY
A better system starts
with practical change.
Our priorities reflect the everyday realities of providing care. We’re bringing those realities into the policy conversation.
A seat at the table
Seek meaningful provider participation in advisory committees, working groups, and policy discussions before decisions are finalized.
PROVIDER REPRESENTATIONStrong childcare businesses
Raise provider concerns about operating costs, enrollment, licensing, recruitment, and retention so solutions work in real programs.
BUSINESS & WORKFORCEExplore preschool collaboration and quality priorities +
Preschool collaboration
Include community-based childcare providers in conversations about GSRP and pre-K expansion, protecting family choice and a sustainable mixed delivery system.
Quality with provider input
Bring provider perspectives to quality requirements, assessments, and improvement supports, including Great Start to Quality.
Program logo for identification. No affiliation or endorsement implied.
Follow the issues. Find your voice.
These are advocacy priorities, not statements that a particular bill has passed. Official sources provide current legislation and program information.
03 / OUR ADVOCACY IN ACTION
Showing up.
Speaking together.
From raising awareness about subsidy payments to standing together for sustainable childcare, our providers put their voices into action.
PROVIDER VOICES IN ACTION
Fair payments.
Stronger programs.
Our advocacy photos capture a shared message: childcare providers need fair reimbursement and policies that recognize the essential work they do.
“Pay by the enrollment,
NOT by the hour.”
A message from our provider advocacy signs.
Stand with Michigan providers →Real providers. A shared commitment. Select any photo to explore our gallery.
04 / OUR LEADERSHIP
Rooted in experience.
United by purpose.
Leadership committed to elevating the voices of Michigan’s childcare community.
FOUNDER
Angela Hayes
An early childhood professional with experience in childcare ownership, management, training, licensing compliance, and provider advocacy.
CO-FOUNDER
Johnnie Bennett
Co-founder of Providers for Change, helping advance the organization’s mission to bring Michigan childcare provider voices into policy discussions.
05 / JOIN OUR NETWORK
Your experience matters.
Your voice belongs here.
Connect with a community working toward a stronger future for Michigan childcare.
- Connect around shared provider concerns
- Express interest in advocacy opportunities
- Help inform our policy priorities
Every provider perspective matters.
Childcare owners, home providers, directors, educators, and community supporters are welcome.
06 / GET IN TOUCH
Let’s move
childcare forward.
Have a question, want to share your experience, or interested in working together? We’d like to hear from you.
CALL PROVIDERS FOR CHANGE
(313) 316-4684 ↗Serving Michigan’s childcare provider community.
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