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

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…

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