Kalamazoo Gazette: Eaton Corp. gives $15,000 grant to KC Ready 4s

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KC Ready 4s, the nonprofit working to craft a high-quality universal preschool system in Kalamazoo County, has received a $15,000 grant from Eaton Corp., which has a facility in Galesburg. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports KC Ready 4s is seeking grants for the agency’s two objectives: To provide subsidies to make preschools more affordable for families, and provide training and monitoring of preschool operators to hold them to high standards. It has a pilot project under way this school year in which it is offering subsidized preschool for 65 children at five sites around the county.

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Source: Kalamazoo Gazette

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Julie Mack has been a journalist since the late 1970s, and spent 30 years as a reporter and editor for the Kalamazoo Gazette and MLive. She is a graduate of Michigan State University. She lives in Kalamazoo with her husband and their two cats; the couple have three adult children.

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