Great Start System Components

Basic Needs, Economic Security, and Child Safety
Services and supports that address the basic, daily-living needs of families as well as child and family safety.



Physical Health Care
Comprehensive physical health and child development services including screening, assessment, and intervention, as well as timely and appropriate referral for specialized developmental, behavioral and social-emotional assessments and interventions.



Social-Emotional Health Care
Specialized screening, assessment, and intervention services designed to promote the social-emotional well-being of all infants and young children, including infants and young children at-risk of developing emotional disturbances and infants and young children with diagnosed emotional disturbances.

Parenting Education and Family Support
Services and supports for parents in the critical role they play in the healthy development of their infants and young children.

Early Care & Education
Early care (child care) and education services that support the early learning, health, and social-emotional well-being of infants and young children.