Important Links

Welcome to the Great Start Collaborative - Wayne

Important Links

	United Way 2-1-1 2-1-1 is here to help improve the lives of individuals and families through thousands of local resources and our compassionate and understanding staff. By dialing 2-1-1, you can get access to thousands of resources such as: housing and utility assistance, after school programs and tutoring, medical care and senior care services, and credit counseling and mortgage foreclosure assistance.
	4C Child Care Coordinating Council of Detroit/Wayne County The Child Care Coordinating Council (4C) of Detroit/Wayne County, Inc. is a private non-profit agency that has been providing services to families, children and child care professionals since 1970. 4C's offers a variety of programs and services throughout Detroit and Wayne County.
	Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services ACCESS-ACCESS is a human services organization committed to the development of the Arab American community, and the greater community. To support this goal, ACCESS provides a wide range of human and cultural services as well as advocacy work. Learn more >>
	Children's Hospital of Michigan Founded in 1886, Children’s Hospital of Michigan is the first and only hospital in the state dedicated exclusively to the treatment of children. An international leader in neurology and neurosurgery, cardiology, oncology, and diagnostic services.
	Childs Hope Child's Hope the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Out-Wayne County Michigan. Working collaboratively to protect and nuture children. Helping heal broken children and families through education, building awareness, and help develop programs that enhance child health and family. Providing education to leaders in the community to recognize signs of abuse, neglect, medical neglect, maltreatment, trauma, and mental injury.
	Children's Outreach Children's Outreach provides services to children ages birth to five in early childhood development and care. To contact the organization by email, please click on the link above.
	City of Detroit , Department of Human Services The Mission of the Human Services Department is to help identify and alleviate causes of poverty. This is done through promoting self-sufficiency and self-determination by providing quality and efficient services in a compassionate manner to income-eligible and disadvantaged individuals, children, families and individuals with special needs.
	Colina Foundation Providing grants and programs to children, youth and women to enhance their health, safety, and well being and provide development opportunities in the areas of education, art, literature and music to improve their quality of life.
	Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion The Detroit Health department is part of the Department of Human Services.
	Everybody Ready A Community Initiative for Young Children & Families Serving Southern Wayne County and Beyond.
	Early Childhood Investment Corporation The ECIC is currently able to support 21 communities to improve results for young children and their parents. The ECIC is committed to funding Great Start Collaboratives throughout Michigan, so that every Michigan child can reach his or her greatest potential and be a contributing, productive member of Michigan's workforce of the future.
	Everyone Together Everyone Together is a coalition of parent networks across Michigan. Wonderfully diverse in location, ethnicity, race, culture, socio-economics and ability/disability. They are enthusiastically united in their mission to achieve an educational system that embraces Universal Education: a Michigan Model for educating All Children, All together, All the time.
	Great Parents Great Start-Wayne RESA Ideas and information for parents of young children in Wayne County to help them to thrive and succeed. " Giving your child a Great Start will help them to have a great life." Jennifer Granholm Great Parents Great Start Calender for Early childhood Activities
	The Guidance Center The Guidance Center's mission is to enhance the development and mental well-being of children, adults, families, and communities through the delivery of creative, innovative, and quality programs. Services will be delivered with excellence and professionalism in an atmosphere of caring, hope, and respect.
	Schoolcraft College Schoolcraft is a comprehensive, open door, community-based College. The mission of the College is to provide a transformational learning experience designed to increase the capacity of individuals and groups to achieve intellectual, social, and economic goals.
	The Shurly Family Learning Center MISSION STATEMENT : To focus creative and collaborative action on the health, education, social and economic needs of high-risk and low income children and families. Leaps and Bounds Family Services was established in 1988 as a private, non profit 501c3 tax exempt organization originally named the Poverty and Social Reform Institute.
	Skillman Foundation Created in 1960, The Skillman Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that is a charitable, tax-exempt organization. Like most private foundations, Skillman does not raise money but uses its resources to support other nonprofit (501(c)(3) tax exempt) organizations The Skillman Foundation's primary goals are to improve children's homes, schools, and neighborhoods so that they are good places for children.
	Southwest Solutions Answers for a healthy community. Our goal is to improve the health and well-being of individuals and families while making Southwest Detroit a great place to live, work and play. Southwest Solutions' family of corporations offers an array of services to create a healthier and stronger southwest Detroit community.
	Spaulding for Children Spaulding for Children is a multi-faceted organization that provides help to children who wait the longest for permanency and support services for their adoptive, foster and kinship families. Nationwide, Spaulding's NCWRCA provides training, consultation and informational materials for professionals, organizations and parents.
	Starfish Family Services Starfish Family Services is a private, nonprofit agency headquartered in Inkster and serving all of Southeastern Michigan, with a focus on Western Wayne County. We have 13 programs and 15 service sites throughout Western Wayne County, 270 employees, and a $12 million dollar budget. We are nationally accredited by the Council of Accreditation. Starfish serves more than 7,600 at-risk children and families each year.
	SEMCA Southeast Michigan Community Alliance (SEMCA) is one of 25 MichiganWorks! agencies created by the state to simplify public and business access to important educational, training, self-help and economic development opportunities. SEMCA is one of 15 coordinating agencies created by the state to administer block grant and substance abuse services to insure that individuals in our region have easy access to the right treatment for their success.
	State Representative Hoon-Yung Hopgood
	State Representative Steve Tobocman
	United Way For Southeastern Michigan United Way brings communities together to focus on the most important needs in the community -- building partnerships, forging consensus and leveraging resources to make a measurable difference.
	University of Michigan, Dearborn Committed to providing excellent educational opportunities responsive to the needs of southeastern Michigan.
	Vistas Nuevas Head Start Since 1981, Vistas Nuevas Head Start (VNHS) has operated in Detroit's Southwest Head Start service area, and has grown to be the largest Head Start provider in the city. Currently, operating from multiple program sites, VNHS provides high-quality comprehensive services.
	Wayne County Department of Human Services The Department of Human Services directs the operations of public assistance and service programs, through county family independence agencies.
	Wayne County Department of Public Health The Wayne County Department of Public Health works under the State of Michigan Public Health Code to provide businesses and residents with a variety of services ranging from childhood immunizations and vision screenings, to restaurant inspections.
	Wayne County Head Start Wayne County Head Start is a division of the Wayne County Department of Health and Human Services. Wayne County Head Start [WCHS] is a FREE Child Development program for 3-and 4-year olds. WCHS offers programs that serve all communities except the City of Detroit [it operates its own Head Start] throughout Wayne County.
	Wayne County Prosecutor Victim Services The Victim Services Unit is here to help victims and witnesses of crime during their involvement with the criminal justice system.