Guidelines outline steps for partners to align, apply, and gain approval for DPSCD programs.

DPSCD offers monthly family resource distribution at multiple Detroit locations.

Summer learning ideas encourage teens to explore learning at home and in community.

Explore Metro Detroit and beyond with your group of youth, offering a variety of free and paid field trips. Field trip guide lists Detroit educational sites, costs, and contacts for youth visits.

Group Transportation options for field trips, local or long distance, and alternative city route transportation. Guide lists Metro Detroit bus options, pricing, and contacts for student transportation.

Design challenge uses engineering process to build and improve community-focused structures.

STEM activity uses slime design challenge to teach engineering, safety, and iteration.

Hands-on activity explores climate change through creative creature evolution and adaptation storytelling.

Guide outlines youth work career pathways, skills, and growth from entry to leadership.

Work-based learning builds self-awareness, skills, and readiness through collaborative, real-world experiences.

12th grade checklist guides college planning, applications, financial aid, and career preparation.

Michigan College Month highlights fee-free college applications and resources for admissions information.

Books explore resilience, adventure, history, humor, and identity across diverse stories.

Middle-grade novels explore adventure, identity, grief, friendship, and resilience.

Children’s books list highlights imaginative, diverse, and engaging stories for young readers.

Summer planning resources include tools, research, and programs supporting student learning.

Summer planning resources include tools, research, and programs supporting student learning.

Recommendations for expanding afterschool and summer learning opportunities

Data snapshots from the Afterschool Alliance outlining demand, access gaps, and opportunities for afterschool programs in Southeast Michigan.