Program areas at CCPFC
Nc pre-kindergarten-70 eligible four-year olds received high-quality educational experiences to improve school readiness.
Family support- 3 early childhood programs served as raising a reader sites by offering a comprehensive early literacy program that supports two-generational strategies, helping families establish, practice, and sustain home-based literacy habits. 52 Children participated in the program. 9 family literacy activities were provided. 107 parents/guardians participated in at least one family literacy activity.724 Children, including 125 new Children, participated in dolly parton's imagination library. This program cultivates a passion for reading in Children by sending a carefully chosen book to Children's home every month. 6,835 books were mailed to the participants.
Child care and education quality-through the quality child care program, 29 early childhood educators, representing 10 early childhood programs, attended non-credit based training on various child development topics. 8 trainings were provided. Through the resource lending library, 25 adults utilized resources to support Children's learning and development, including 12 parents and 11 early childhood educators from 4 early childhood programs. Professional development incentives were provided to 13 early childhood educators working in 6 early childhood programs, helping to support a stable and knowledgeable early childhood workforce by encouraging teachers to pursue higher education, offering enhanced compensation, and fostering long-term employment. 3 early childhood educators from 2 early childhood programs earned early childhood education college credits.
Program planning, coordination and evaluation-annual program plan was updated, an annual program evaluation report was developed, support was provided to the local interagency coordinating council, and six programs were monitored for program compliance.