GREAT START COLLABORATIVE

 Our Work

Mission: The purpose of the Great Start Collaborative Macomb is to assure a coordinated early childhood system of culturally diverse community resources and support whereby all Macomb County families have knowledge of and access to the services they need, resulting in a Great Start for their children newborn to age eight.

Vision: A Great Start for every child in Macomb County: safe, healthy and eager to succeed in school and in life.

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.