Partnership For Children Of Lincoln -Gaston Counties Inc

Family support: includes community outreach, raising a reader(rar), lincoln county child advocacy center (lccac), and positive parenting (triple p) program. A total of 2491 free books were given to young children through the partnership's community outreach events. 275 books were purchased during fy 24-25 and added to the 290 books already in circulation, totaling 565 books loaned to 99 children on a rotating basis through 6 childcare facilities participating in the rar early literacy and family engagement activity. The lccac utilized forensic interviewers within a full-time position as part of a culturally compentent, multidisciplinary team providing services to 21 child victims and their non-offending caregivers (42). A full-time parent educator utilized triple p resources during individual and group parenting support (8 participants) and intensive court-ordered parenting group sessions (45 participants) to model developmentally appropriate parenting practices that support positive parent/child interactions. A total of 95 parents/caregivers received services through these family support programs. The partnership's dolly partons imagination library expansion account delivered 52,635 books to 4386 children.

Nc pre-k: community-based, high quality educational experiences to enhance school readiness for at-risk, eligible 4-year-old children. Children may be served in public schools, private child care center classrooms or head start programs. Risk is determined by parent's income, identified disability, chronic health condition, developmental or educational need or limited english profiency. 273 children were served in the lincoln county nc pre-k program, with 13 exiting during the year.

Other program services: includes child care health consultants (cchc). Of note, the cchc in lincoln county resigned in august 2024 and the position has remained unfilled. Consultations and scheduled trainings promoting required health and safety practices were provided to 21 gaston and lincoln county licensed child care facilities, and of those, 20 licensed child care facilities received intensive/on site cch consultation services. 192 children's immunization record reviews were conducted in gaston county. 26 community outreach events including health & safety (hand hygiene), child passenger safety, and gardening/green thumb project were coordinated onsite in gaston county childcare facilities.