Great Start Connect

Welcome to Great Start CONNECT, your online connection to early learning resources in Michigan!

As part of the Great Start Child Care Quality Project, the ECIC has launched Great Start CONNECT to help link parents and those caring for young children with the resources, supports and services needed to give Michigan children a Great Start. Great Start CONNECT is our online statewide database of licensed, registered child care and early education programs in Michigan. Learn more about Great Start CONNECT here.

Families can access this database 24 hours a day, seven days a week to quickly and conveniently search for and contact child care providers who match their needs.

Find child care and early education providers that can best meet the needs of your family.

Use this interactive map to locate resources in your community that offer support to you and young children in your care.

Learn more about quality child care and early learning environments.

Provider Portal: Log in to Great Start CONNECT

Call 1-877-61GREATSTART with questions or for additional support.
Technical Difficulties? Contact the Great Start Connect Resource Center at Central Michigan University (1-877-81GSConnect) or gs.connect@cmich.edu.