The Great Start Collaborative is a group of local professionals and parents working together to help ensure all children have a great start in life.
OUR VISION
Every young child in Branch County will enter kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed in school and life.
ABOUT US
OUR MISSION
Infants, young children and their families are physically healthy.
Social and
Emotional
Health
Families have access to high quality early care and education.
Early Care &
Education
Children are ready to succeed in school and in life.
Physical
Health
Families support and guide the early learning of their infants and young children.
Parent
Education
Infants, young children, and their families are socially and emotionally healthy.
Family Supports and Basic Needs
MICHIGAN EARLY CHILDHOOD OUTCOMES
Children are born healthy.
Children are healthy, thriving, and developmentally on track from birth to third grade.
Children are developmentally ready to succeed in school at time of school entry.
Children are prepared to succeed in fourth grade and beyond by reading proficiently by the end of third grade.
WHO WE ARE
The Great Start Collaborative (GSC) of Branch County founded in June of 2006, serves as the local infrastructure for governance, planning, investment, advocacy, and innovation for Michigan’s Great Start system.
These materials were developed under a grant awarded by the Michigan Department of Education.
EVENTS
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