The Great Start Collaborative of Kent County is a group of local professionals and parents who are working with First Steps and others in the community to help ensure all children have a GREAT START in life.

Our local Collaborative is part of a network of 55 Great Start Collaboratives working in every county in Michigan.  The Great Start system is funded by the Early Childhood Investment Corporation, a public corporation formed in 2005.

There is a Great Start Parent Coalition affiliated with every Great Start Collaborative, providing parents with an opportunity to inform, shape, and support the early childhood work in their community.  Please click here to learn more about the Great Start Parent Coalition in Kent County.

For more information about the Great Start Collaborative, contact GSC Director Judy Freeman at  616-632-1019 or jfreeman@firststepskent.org or GSC Coordinator Jennifer Bowman at jbowman@firststepskent.org.  The Chair of the Kent County Great Start Collaborative is Lynne Ferrell, Program Officer at the Frey Foundation.