Home Visiting Local Leadership Group Coordinator

Organization Description

Family Futures’ mission is to shape a community in which all children are supported to reach their full potential. Our geographic focus is primarily Kent County with some services extending into other communities. We help children ages 0 through 5 by supporting parents, providing connections to resources and programs, and offering ways tomonitor and enhance early childhood development. We believe in supporting our employees to be successful as well. Family Futures offers a strength-based, learning-driven, quality improvement-based culture that celebrates equity and diversity and an opportunity to grow while making an impactin your community. Family Futures values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages individuals with diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply.     

Position Overview

The Home Visiting Local Leadership Group (LLG) Coordinator is responsible for creating and supporting a structured space where families, home visiting programs, and community partners can build relationships, learn about each other’s services, and work together to create a more connected local home visiting system. 

Key Responsibilities 

Essential Duties 

• Facilitate collaboration among home-visiting programs, families, and key community partners to ensure an integrated network of support that effectively addresses family needs.  

• Plan, organize, andfacilitate regular local or regional meetings or events that bring community partners together to coordinate home visiting activities, share information, and strengthen alignment across programs and systems. 

• Convene QI teams and ensure members have the structure, communication channels, and support necessary toparticipate effectively in continuous quality improvement efforts. 

• Participate in Michigan Home Visiting Initiative (MHVI) Grantee Meetings to stay aligned with statewide priorities, share progress, and collaborate with peers across regions. 

• Track engagement of all required andadditional community partners tomaintain a collaborative group that reflects key home visiting perspectives. 

• Maintain communication with partners who cannot attend meetings regularly by keeping them informed and included through updates, shared tools, and ongoing communication. 

• Attend meetings and events as assigned by the LLG State Coordinator

• Represent the LLG at community events, meetings, and other outreach opportunities where early childhood professionals and families are present. 

• Promote the lived experiences of families and offer opportunities for parents to get involved in system planning, evaluation, and decision-making. 

• Educate partners and the community on the home visiting system and individual models. 

• Serve as a resource to partners and community stakeholders, promoting engagement and collaboration. 

• Other duties as assigned. 

Reporting and Documentation 

• Develop a local work plan and complete quarterly progress reports.  

• Facilitate the development of an annual LLG work plan.  

• Maintainaccurate records of required documentation. 

• Monitor budgets and expenditures to ensure alignment with LLG guidelines. 
  

Education & Experience 

 A strong candidate will have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Human Services, Public Health, ora related field. 

• Knowledge of infant and child development and early childhood programs and services, with an emphasis on homevisiting. 

• Experiencefacilitating and navigating systems-level work at the community and state level.  

• Experience in providing services to culturally diverse communities and families.  

• Knowledge of home visiting programs and local early childhood systems.  

• Knowledge and flexibility in approach to administration, program needs and problem solving.  
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, writing skills to communicate concepts,ideas and information topersons of diverse backgrounds.