09/02/2026
What happens when someone drops their piece of the web?
Earlier this year, we asked our Great Start Collaborative partners that question during our Web of Support activity.
One partner answered: "I'd pick it up."
This year, our Livingston County community did exactly that.
At our September Great Start Collaborative meeting, we celebrated a year of partners continuing to show up for families and started looking ahead together.
Partners shared what they're seeing and hearing from families and helped us think about the next chapter of Great Start Livingston and Help Me Grow Livingston. We talked about family voice, easier access to resources, developmental screening, health care partnerships, connecting Help Me Grow with other community resources, and how we can continue building a community where families don’t have to figure everything out alone.
We also celebrated an incredible summer:
149 families served
303 children reached
37 community partners
1,041 books given to children and families
And a special focus on babies ages 0–12 months that helped us welcome more babies than ever before!
How will we know we're making the early childhood system easier for families to navigate and not simply doing more activities?
That’s the work we're excited to keep doing together.
Thank you to every family, community partner, volunteer, funder, and organization that continues to be part of this web.
See photos, read more about the meeting, and learn what we heard from our partners: https://greatstartlivingston.org/great-start-collaborative-livingston-county-september-2026/
Need help finding resources or have questions about your child's development? Help Me Grow Livingston is a great place to start: https://www.helpmegrow-mi.org/livingston-hmg
