Family Learning Institute

Family Learning Institute offers free tutoring. Students can enroll for in-person tutoring, with limited virtual options available, and enrollment is open throughout the school year depending on program availability.

Programs

• Free tutoring — Grades 2-5

At a glance

• Ages: 7–11 years old
• General schedule: In-person tutoring at the Ann Arbor location and in select Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti schools, with limited virtual options available. Enrollment is open throughout the school year, depending on program availability.

About the provider

Family Learning Institute is a volunteer-driven nonprofit that provides free tutoring for low-income students in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti to support grade-level reading proficiency in grades 2-5. More than 125 reading tutors work weekly, and the leadership team includes Executive Director Sharine Buddin, Academic Directors Mary Collins and Deborah Joseph, Program Administrator Jennifer Melchi, Writing Teacher Donna Ramsey, Director Caroline Nathans, Program Assistant Director Susan Gitterman, and Program Staff Susan Johnson, Larry Krueger, Mary Maynard, and Marcia Sage.

Eligibility: students attend grades 2nd through 5th; students and families live in Washtenaw County; priority is given to families with household income below 75% of the median in Washtenaw County, which includes Free & Reduced School Lunch; assessment testing determines if the student is reading one or more grades below the expected grade level; assessment testing occurs only in the fall and winter semesters; each family is expected to read at home.

Last updated October 27, 2026.