Program areas at PFCLG
Early care and education: includes the following activities: development program (ipdp) and wage$ supplement. Child care resource and referral (ccr&r) also partially supported delivery of 131 virtual local trainings/workshops with 663 (unduplicated) child care providers participating, four quarterly directors' education forums focusing on leadership and positive program climate, and ongoing general and intensive technical assistance targeting sanitation and safety, environmental rating scales and general licensure provided to 69 child care facilities. Financial incentives were awarded to 39 (unduplicated) full-time child care teachers in 22 child care facilities for earning college credit during summer, fall and spring semesters. A wage$ supplement was provided to 58 participants; these participants worked in 37 different child care facilities serving 1816 Children.
Nc pre-k: community-based, high quality educational experiences to enhance school readiness for at risk, eligible 4-year old Children. Children may be served in public schools, private child care center classrooms or head start programs. Risk is determined by parent's income, identified disability, chronic health condition, developmental or educational need or limited english profiency. 284 Children were served in the Lincoln county nc pre-k program, with 43 exiting during the year.
Family support:includes community outreach, reach out & read, Lincoln county child advocacy center (lccac), and positive parenting (triple p) program. A total of 7113 free books were given to young Children through the partnerships early literacy programs (3537) and community outreach events (3576). The child advocacy program utilized forensic interviewers within a full-time position as part of a culturally compentent, multidisciplinary team providing services to child victims (57) and their non-offending caregivers (182). A full-time parent educator utilized triple p resources during individual and group parenting support (7 participants) and intensive court-ordered parenting group sessions (50 participants) to model developmentally appropriate parenting practices that support positive parent/child interactions. A total of 239 parents/caregivers received support and services through these family support programs. The Partnership's dolly partons imagination library expansion account delivered 55,081 books to 4774 Children.
Other program services: includes child care health consultants (cchc). Consultations and scheduled trainings promoting required health and safety practices were provided to 112 Gaston and Lincoln county licensed child care facilities, and of those, 110 licensed child care facilities received intensive/on site cch consultation services. 116 Children's immunization record reviews were conducted. 52 awareness events including health & safety (hand hygiene), child passenger safety, and gardening/green thumb project were attended in Gaston and Lincoln Counties.