Preschool is free for all families in Michigan — but many don’t know about GSRP

All families, regardless of income, are eligible for free preschool in Michigan.When Faye Hammoud heard from her child care provider that she could enroll her son into free, state-funded preschool, she thought it was too good to be true. 
The 33-year-old Dearborn Heights resident has three sons — a 4-year-old, a 5-year-old, and a 9-year-old — and had taken her youngest out of day care because she couldn’t stomach the cost.
“It’s a mortgage,” she said. Paying for two kids’ care at the time cost up to $2,800 a month. 
As a child therapist, Hammoud was familiar with the Great Start for Readiness Program (GSRP), the state’s publicly funded preschool, as a program only available to low-income families. 
It was news to her that the program had been expanded to all Michiganders, regardless of income.