What this means to the public –

Parents will still use greatstartconnect.org or call 877-614-7328 to locate child care providers in their area.  

Child Care Providers will need to visit the NW Michigan Early Childhood Consortium website or call 877-614-7328 for information on trainings, GS Orientations, TQRIS support, CONNECT profile support, Lending Library, and any other supports and services they might need.

We appreciate the support we’ve been given and relationships we’ve built within the child care community.

 We will all work together over the next few months to promote Star Power and reach our 2012 participant goal number of 20,012 by sending messages to the legislature about the importance of early childhood.  

 20,012?! 

This may seem like a lofty goal, but with 54 Great Start communities, we are asking each GSC/GSPC to commit to getting 300 people to contact their lawmakers on May 16^th on behalf of infants and children in Michigan.  Regional Resource Centers, per your scope of work, we ask that you coordinate with your local GSC/GSPC to help them achieve their 300 through your existing connection with early childhood educators.

 How do we reach our goal number?

There are many ways to reach your goal number, below are two examples. 

1.)    Go to the Star Power website, encourage others to go to the website and sign up to take part in the virtual march. Once you sign up, a message will be generated and sent to your state lawmakers on the day of Star Power.  We will be able to track this method of “signing up” and will provide you a weekly tally of participants from you and your community.

 2.)    Enlist friends, family and community partners to compose letters to the legislature.  They will need to mail the letters or you will need to collect and mail them to your legislators.