Region A Partnership For Children

Smart start programming. A north carolina state-wide early childhood and education initiative provides the following family-centered programming. Parents as teachers (pat) parent educators who provide home visits, group connections, and child development assessments to 89 families in region a. Smart start dollars were used to support the region's dolly parton's imagination library program with a distribution of 45,240 books to over 3,770 children in region a. Through smart start, region a staff also began providing technical assistance for qris modernization and the pathways to the stars in 22 childcare centers. Opportunities for helping sites navigate the pathways, learn more about the environment rating scales (ers), performing mock ers assessments, assisting with challenging behaviors management, creating and providing training for teachers and childcare staff, as well as assisting sites with the self-study process are new support services provided. Smart start funds continue to provide support to region a's north carolina childcare subsidy program, family support network, overall project management, and program evaluation.

Literacy services. Regional literacy services that fall out of the parameters of smart start. Funds were used to provide over 143 visits to pediatric medical practices in which literacy resource materials were distributed based upon needs identified by the practice.

Family support services. Additional program support for parents as teachers group connections and support to over 350 families through the family support network of region a. Total expenses: 32,347 (incl grants of 998) hurricane helene recovery. Recovery grants provided to 38 centers for repair of facilities, replacement of damaged materials, replacement of lost revenue, and sustaining operations during storm recovery. Total expenses: 353,281 (incl grants of 324,332)