Childrens Council Of Watauga County Inc

Family support programswe offer support groups, parenting consultation, parenting classes/programs, family support services, a diaper bank, teen parenting program and home visits to offer support and services to families as well as help connect them with community resources. Over 1,543 families were served in our family support and parent education programs which included:-parents as teachers programs - served 45 parents and 49 children. Monthly home visits were delievered (1-2/month per family), developmental assessments were completed on children who were eligible after 90 days in the program, and 12 group sessions held. -circle of parents support programs - 3 support groups provided services to 93 parents and 62 children. 128 support group sessions held. -incredible years - parenting class served 32 parents and 24 children. -triple p services were provided to 106 parents and 168 children. 3 level-3 disscussion groups held this year; 3 level-2 seminars held this year; 60 level-2 tip sheet interventions held, 1 level 4 (intense) intervention completed; 5 level 3 brief primary care interventions completed.- diaper bank - 160,442 diapers were provied to 779 children. This is a significant increase from previous years largely due to increased need following hurricane helene.-postpartum support group - met 42 weeks of the year and served 22 parents.-circle of security parent class served 17 parents and 18 children.-kaleidoscope play & learn group served 60 parents, 5 providers, and 85 children.

Hurrican relief - donations and grants received to support child care businesses and individuals who were impacted by hurricane helene. 18 local child care businesses received financial support for loss of revenue (month of october 2024) allowing the child care businesses to pay staff while they were temporarily closed or relocated. Funding also provided for cleaning up and repairing facilities damaged by the hurricane. 462 individuals/families impacted by the hurricane received emergency support.

Child care and education affordability - the children's council provided funds to support 11 (of 77 children) who received child care subsidy.

Child care and education qualitywe provide child care resource & referral services and work with early childhood teachers and directors to offer technical assistance, professional development and training through our ccr&r services and pathways to accreditation program. All childcare centers and family home care sites in watauga county were offered free services as listed above. 167 teachers benefited from high-quality training. 46 trainings were held. 11 centers participated in our dual quality enhancement program and received dual subsidy dollars to increase the wages of their lead teachers to at least $12 per hour. Dual school - a 1/2 day, high quality preschool program for students who are english language learners. We served 9 students in fy 24-25.resource library - 55 individuals made 146 visits to check out resource library materials in fy 24-25.early childhood literacy1,052 chldren received books through dolly parton imagination library (dpil). Dpil distributed 10,166 books to these children.135 children, 144 parents and 10 early childhood education programs were served in our raising a reader program.