Podcast episodes
Season 1
S01 E17 - How Gov. Whitmer’s Universal PreK Plan Impacts Early Childhood
Michigan’s Children’s Speaking for Kids Host Matt Gillard explores GovernorGretchen Whitmer’s “universal PreK plan” to expand access and eligibility to thestate’s Great Start Readiness Program to all interested families of 4-year-...
S01 E16 - Gun Reform is a Children's Issue
Gun-related violence became the leading cause of child mortality in the United States – exceeding car accidents – just two years ago in 2020. Speaking for Kids podcast host Matt Gillard from Michigan’s Children welcomes gun reform...
S01 E15 - Justice by Geography? Addressing Juvenile Detention
Michigan’s Children’s Host Matt Gillard is joined on the Speaking for Kids podcast by three special guests to discuss glaring problems that came to light in the Wayne County youth detention system this fall. In a series of investi...
S01 E14 - What’s in Store for Kinship Care in Michigan?
Speaking for Kids Host Matt Gillard from Michigan’s Children explores animportant family issue that’s thankfully gaining greater attention at the Capitollately. With 54,000 children living in kinship care families in Michigan, Mat...
S01 E13 - Change is Coming: Youth and Michigan's Justice System: Michigan's Children's Matt Gillard
Welcome two members of the Michigan Task Force on Juvenile Justice Reform to the Speaking for Kids Podcast to discuss a series of 32 recommended reforms that hold the promise of transforming the state’s court system for youth. Jas...