Vision: A Great Start to ensure ALL children in Oakland County are safe, healthy, prepared, and eager to succeed in school and in life.

Mission: The purpose of the GSC-O is to assure a coordinated system of community resources and support whereby ALL Oakland County families have knowledge of and access to the services they need which will result in their children being prepared and eager to learn.

Great Start Collaborative-Oakland (GSC-O) began in Winter 2006 when Oakland Schools received a $70,000 capacity building grant from the Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC) to prepare to develop a comprehensive early childhood system for the county.

For more information on the Michigan Great Start System and the Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC), click here.