Durham Childrens Initiative

Building self: dci provides social, emotional, and cognitive development support for families, with a strong focus on parental growth and guidance. Families receive resources through parent coaching, childcare subsidies, and kindergarten readiness support. Additionally, dci offers parent engagement workshops that strengthen skills, build confidence, and empower caregivers to support their children's development. #served: 300

Pediatrics supporting parents initiative - durham proof point community - is a national initiative that seeks to support families with children aged birth to 3 by utilizing the well child visit to strengthen early relational health and social emotional development in partnership with caregivers, clinicians, and the community. #served: 600

Season of wishes activities provided wrapped toys for children who participate in the dci programs.basic needs support: continuing the basic needs efforts that began during the pandemic, dci focused on distributing items such as diapers. Through partnerships, donations, and third-party agencies, dci initiated distribution of these items to families on a regular, routine basis. College and career: the program manager and youth program team identified youth ages 14+ for the summer workforce development program. This program served 20. They received support on job and workforce skills training over a one-week period.partnership development related to building relationships with organizations providing a program or service as part of the dci pipeline, for example medical providers, durham county department of social services, united way collaborative, health department, book harvest, etc.