Michigan Alliance for Families:
Your free guide to special education.
Michigan Alliance for Families provides information, support, and education for families who have children (birth through 26 years of age) who receive (or may be eligible to receive) special education services. This website can help you with finding information on special education issues as well as disability specific information.
Answers about your child's special education program
Information about your child's disability
Hear from one of our Parent Mentors
Find a workshop near you
Need help navigating the special education system? Talk to a parent who's been there.
Connect directly with one of our local parent mentors to address your family's needs. Their perspective can not only help you navigate the system, but they can also help you be more involved in your child's education. All Michigan families are able to access an extensive collection of electronic or printed resources, informational support and referrals to local community resources. To get in touch with a Michigan Alliance for Families staff member, Contact Us.
News & Updates
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IT'S IEP TIME
Do you have concerns about your child's IEP? Connect with our Parent Mentor in your part of the state.
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THIRD GRADE READING
- New on our website: Find facts about Michigan's Third Grade Reading law and the supports available to students.
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OUR NEW WEBSITE!
- We're excited to launch our updated website! Our goal is to be fully accessible, easy to navigate, and most of all useful to parents. Having trouble finding something? Need help updating a link to our site? We can help! Contact us.
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RESOURCES
-Three important resources from Michigan Department of Education: Family Matters Fact Sheets, Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education, and Michigan Special Education Reference.
Here's a chance for a Michigan wheelchair user (ages 5-18) to win an Action Trackchair offroad wheelchair. Entries due by June 1.
Follow this link for more information on the essay contest from the Michigan Operation Freedom Outdoors. content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIDNR/bulletins/1e8419e
David Pollie Classic essay contest open through June 1
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Do you have questions about special education eligibility and evaluation? Join us on June 7 in Kalamazoo.
More details and online RSVP at www.michiganallianceforfamilies.org/upcoming-events
We'll be in Traverse City for an IEP workshop on May 23. RSVP today! www.michiganallianceforfamilies.org/upcoming-events
Happy Mother's Day.
Have behavior or discipline concerns? If you're near Otsego, join us on May 22. Online registration, full details, and more events at www.michiganallianceforfamilies.org/upcoming-events
Funding Statement
Michigan Alliance for Families is a Michigan Department of Education IDEA Grant Funded Initiative. Michigan Alliance for Families is our state's federally funded Parent Training and Information Center. The contents of this website were developed under a grant from the US Department of Education, #H328M150066. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Project Officer, David Emenheiser.