Cleveland County Partnership for Children

Child care & education affordability care/subsidy: preschool classrooms served 20 at-risk and disabled Children in inclusive classrooms. Purchase of care/subsidy adminstration provided subsidized child care for 67 low income Children in regulated child care homes or licensed child care facilities having a minimum rating of 4 stars and 79 families were provided with star rating information. Early head start provided comprehensive childcare, education, health, and family support services for 162 low-income/at-risk Children aged birth through three.

Child care & education quality program: includes early head start, child care resource & referral, education bonuses, child care quality enhancement & sustainability, early childhood education specialists, and education-based salary supplements. Through child care resource and referral, 220 families received child care referrals for 275 Children; 255 families received cinsumer education about child care; 168 direct service providers participated in one or more of the professional development training opportunities offered to child care providers, and 116 sessions of technical assistance were provided to child care centers. 35 child care providers participated in the education bonuses program attending a college level course with 34 providers from 13 facilities receiving an education bonus. Child care facilities quality sustainability supplements were provided to 22 eligible four and five star child care facilities in order to maintain their current star rating. 36 licensed child care facilities participated in education-based salary supplements to 91 child care proffessionals. Early head start provided education and training for 36 child care center teachers, directors and staff and technical assistance, materials and equipment for quality improvement for 9 child care center facilities.

Nc pre-k program: provided preschool classrooms for Children who will be four years of age on or before august 31, 2022 based on established criteria including special needs, family income or developmental concerns in order to prepare program Children for educational success beginning in kindergarten. 458 Children were served in preschool classrooms and 510 technical assistance services were provided to ncpk classrooms.

Family support - the dolly parton imagination library provided 36,596 books for 3,949 eligible Children in order to increase family literacy in Cleveland County and 456 informational packets were distributed to parents.