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Wayne County seeks to reclassify Kellogg Foundation grant funds for Learning Parent Partnership serving 100 student‑parents
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Summary
Commissioners reviewed a resolution to revise the fund and business unit for a WK Kellogg Foundation grant that supports a Learning Parent Partnership for community‑college student‑parents; the program will target 100 student‑parents age 26 or younger with monthly cash payments, and the contract is still being finalized.
Myra Teta, development officer in Health, Human and Veterans Services (HHVS), and Aja Harris Martin, chief program officer for HHVS, explained a resolution to revise where previously approved Kellogg Foundation grant dollars will be recorded in county accounting so the program can be sustained under a newly created sustainability fund.
Teta told commissioners the Kellogg Foundation award (approved July 2024) supports the Learning Parent Partnership, part of the county’s Well Wayne initiative. The resolution before commissioners would move grant dollars to fund code 287 and business unit 60206 so the county can track sustainability planning. Aja Harris Martin said the contract supporting the program is still in process with county staff; the resolution before the commission pertains to accounting/fund assignment rather than program design.
Program details presented to commissioners: the Kellogg‑funded portion targets 100 student‑parents age 26 or younger enrolled at Wayne County Community College, Schoolcraft and Henry Ford Community College; participants must have household income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The program will provide cash payments (presentations indicated $500 per month, to be finalized in contract language) to eligible student‑parents. Commissioners asked whether the cash payments are unconditional; staff said yes. HHVS staff said Generation Hope will be the contractor to manage program services and will report back to the county and the Kellogg Foundation on outcomes; Generation Hope will also prepare school‑level reports identifying supports needed by participants. Commission staff said the total program budget is close to $900,000 over two years, with the Kellogg grant as a component of that budget, and that the Kellogg line item change is an accounting update rather than a new appropriation.
Commissioners asked about distribution across multiple campuses and whether allocations would be equal; staff said the county is working with central administration at the community colleges and initially expects roughly one‑third of participants at each of the three colleges (about 33 per campus) but final allocations and individual payment amounts are finalized in the contract. Commissioners also requested that evaluation reporting be included in budget instructions; Mary Carr, deputy director, said staff can add reporting expectations to forthcoming budget‑instruction language.
The resolution to change the fund coding for the Kellogg grant was part of the group of items the commission moved to approve; the committee approved items 4–9 together by voice vote (motion by Commissioner Killeen, supported by Commissioner Anderson).
