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Family-friendly policies can help keep people in Michigan and create economic opportunity

May 15, 2025

This is the second entry in the Families in Neighborhoods blog series. The series offers commentaries that explore efforts underway in Detroit, to reimagine neighborhoods as places of opportunity for children and families. In recent years, policymakers in Detroit and across Michigan have sought to develop strategies to deter people from…

"Creating a state Child Tax Credit, making child care more affordable and accessible in Michigan, and ensuring all Michigan families can meet basic needs like housing, health care and food are all critical." - Monique Stanton. President & CEO, Michigan League for Public Policy.

Jordan Duckens

Jordan Duckens is a communications officer at The Kresge Foundation, where she supports the American Cities and Human Services programs at Kresge. She joined the foundation in 2025. Previously, Jordan served as communications strategist at Kresge Arts in Detroit, where she was involved with celebrating metro Detroit artists through promotion…

Thermal Energy Networks in the United States

May 12, 2025

A report from Transformative Strategies Consulting and Common Spark Consulting (funded by The Kresge Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Clif Family Foundation) outlines opportunities for philanthropy to help ensure Thermal Energy Networks become engines of local control and equity, not instruments of exclusion. The recommendations are clear: there is a significant…

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Space to Grow: A Decade of Transforming Chicago Schoolyards and Communities

May 8, 2025

This report from Healthy Schools Campaign, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making schools healthier places where children can learn and thrive, documents 10 years of its Space to Grow program. Space to Grow invests in communities that are at high risk of experiencing the consequences of climate change like flooding…

Healthy Schools Campaign Space to Grow: Greening Chicago Schoolyards A Decade of Transforming Chicago Schoolyards and Communities

Jenny M. Garnica-Bermejo

Jenny M. Garnica-Bermejo is the talent and human resources assistant at The Kresge Foundation. She joined the foundation in 2025. Previously, Jenny worked at the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan as an HR assistant, where she supported recruitment efforts, onboarding processes, and staff engagement activities. She has also held multiple…