Great Parents, Great Start (GPGS) serves families with children newborn to age four. Its goal is to promote the overall health and cognitive development of young children by encouraging positive parenting skills, improving school readiness, and preventing the need for special or remedial education services in the future. Southwest Solutions’ GPGS program provides home visits by child development specialists to eligible families. Our specialists are bilingual, and serve Arabic, Hispanic and English-speaking families. We also offer many free parent/child playgroups that feature fun learning activities.

Our Great Parents, Great Start (GPGS) program operates in partnership with Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency (Wayne RESA).

To learn about the early learning resources available in your community through Great Start, please visit Great Start Connect. This site provides information about quality child, early learning programs, training opportunities, and other resources to support families and young children.

We offer home visits to families with factors in the home that place their children at risk for school failure. Families with a child newborn to age four are eligible for up to seven GPGS home visits if they qualify. Qualifying requirements include social, financial, educational, medical, psychological, English as a Second language, and family-size factors. To learn more about eligibility, please contact us.

GPGS events are held regularly in different locations in the community, and are open to all families with young children. Families participate in fun activities that promote healthy development and positive communication. See the upcoming schedule.

Our Family Literacy main office is located at 7060 McGraw St., Detroit, MI 48210 (in the former rectory of St. Andrew Church). For more information about GPGS or any of our programs and how to enroll, please contact us at 313.896.2800 or email us.

   What to expect

Parents are the first and most important teachers for their children. Through Great Parents, Great Start, parents learn how to build on the strengths of their child and the family by using good child-rearing practices, so that their child will be well prepared for success in school and life.