The Senate's $547.6 million spending plan for the Governor's developing “lifelong education” department deploys $75.9 million to raising child care rates for providers, specifically for those in Michigan's child care subsidy program for poor families.

In 2022, the Michigan Probate Judges Association documented the case of a girl named Katie, who was removed from an abusive home and placed in a juvenile detention center. Because space wasn't available, Katie spent nine days residing in a courthouse, sleeping on an air mattress.