Partnership for Children of Johnston County

North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten (NC Pre-K) provides high-quality early educational experiences to enhance school readiness for eligible four-year-old children. The program requirements are built on the premise that to be successful in school, children need to be prepared in five areas: 1) approaches to play and learning, 2) emotional and social development, 3) health and physical development 4) language development and communication, and 5) cognitive development. 358 children were served in 33 classrooms. 4 NC Pre-K parent meetings were held. 282 families are utilizing Ready Rosie. The children had increased growth rates from the beginning of the year to the end of the year based on the Teaching Strategies assessments from 39% to 87% in social & emotional, 64% to 90% in physical, 53% to 84% in language, 28% to 83% in literacy, and 28% to 72% in mathematics.

Community Awareness & Collaborations program brings awareness and knowledge about early education, the needs of young children and the resources available for young children and families. Program addresses community education, general outreach, advocacy, media relations, and coordination of special events by informing the public about the organization's funded activities, the needs of young children and families and educational information to support knowledge of health, safety, and early education. The work is supported and accomplished through collaborations with local police, parks, fire departments, physicians, public schools, therapists, Safe Kids, Local Interagency Coordinating Council, Child Fatality Task Force, and other child and family serving agencies. This program also leads the collaborative work of the Campaign for Grade Level Reading (Read to Grow) in the county. The program provided 15 newsletters, 7 community presentations, 10 press releases, and 11 outreach events. Program staff attended 20 community meetings or events. Staff also coordinated 38 Read to Grow meetings and 6 Safe Kids meetings during the year. Program also coordinates volunteers for the organization's program needs. Recruited 87 community volunteers.

Quality Child Care Supports is an activity designed to promote continuous quality improvement of child care centers and/or homes. Services provided in this activity include (1) Technical assistance: Technical assistance (in the form of coaching and modeling) provided to early childhood educators working in licensed and G.S.110 programs, as well as start-up support, serving children birth to five years old. The Technical Assistance activity is focused on improving the ECE program environment and improving teacher/child interaction while also supporting enhanced program quality through technical assistance to support stars. (2) Training for child care providers: Training for DCDEE credit hours is provided on child care related topics and coordination of CEU opportunities. (3) Inclusion support services are offered for childcare facilities when there is a developmental, behavior, or social-emotional concern. Inclusion supports are focused on providing consultation, coaching, modeling, and training using foundational strategies from the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (SEFEL) Pyramid Model. Staff provided 354 intensive technical assistance visits. 85 classrooms were served in 28 facilities. 123 teachers were served impacting 825 children. 86 trainings were offered training 457 staff impacting 2,988 children.

Family Resource Center

Program Coordination & Evaluation

Incredible Years Parenting Program

Circle of Parents

Triple P Parenting Program

Nurturing Parenting Program

Child Care Health Consultant

Professional Development

Campaign for Grade Level Reading

Family Assistance

Dolly Parton Imagination Library

Reach Out and Read

Early Intervention

Inclusion Park

Story Walk

Diaper Bank

Free Little Libraries