Children and Youth Partnership for Dare County

Family Support: Parents As Teachers (PAT) is an evidence-based home visiting program serving high risk families with children up to 5 years of age to support healthy child development, positive parenting skills, and access to community resources. Services include regular home visits, group connections, screenings, and resource connections. PAT served 13 parents/caregivers and their children through 92 home visits and 14 group connections. Other family support activities include community outreach, child abuse prevention awareness, and the Triple P - Positive Parenting Program, an evidence-based program offering individual consultation, groups and parenting seminars to families with children birth through adolescence. A total of 30 parents/caregivers and 43 children were served through the Triple P program.

Quality Early Learning is an activity to promote continuous quality improvement of the early childhood system in Dare County. Services include technical assistance for early childhood education programs to support quality care in licensed and G.S. 110 child care facilities. A total of 6 child care programs were served with a focus on increasing/maintaining their star level license rating. Technical assistance also includes workshops, trainings and the development of quality improvement action plans based on the expressed needs of the program administrators/teachers and State licensing requirements.

Pre-Literacy Programs: This activity promotes an increased awareness of the value of pre-literacy and the role of parents in their child's readiness for school and social emotional development. Services include the Imagination Library, a universal reading program for all children to age 5. A total of 1,191 children participated in the Imagination Library program. The Raising A Reader program served 174 at-risk children in 10 classrooms. Reach Out and Read served 2,373 children at 5 medical sites; children received a free book at each well-child visit along with a doctor's prescription to read and parents received guidance on reading with their children. Staff also partner with Dare County Schools to implement Kindergarten Transition activities and provide resources for families with children transitioning to kindergarten in the coming year.

Baby LINKS

Child Care Resource and Referral

Professional Development

Community Outreach

Program Coordination/Evaluation

Resilience