Smart Start of Davie County

Family support includes programs relating to community education, parents as teachers, reach out and read, nurturing parents program, kaleidoscope, and local grants. The community education program provides community education and outreach services to a broad range of community stakeholders. Parents as teachers provide (1) personal visits, (2) group connections, (3) annual development screenings and a health review; and (4) referrals to community and provide resources to families as needed. The pat program will serve a target population with at least one risk factor and identified as most appropriate for pat services in the community. Reach out and read collaborates with medical care practices to provide pre-literacy opportunities for children and their parents. Nurturing parents program provides nurturing skills for families curriculum and will be presented in a series of 10 weekly classes. Kaleidoscope, play with a purpose weekly playgroups are 90-minute free sessions for caregivers and children that include various activities such as stories, songs, arts and crafts, and more to prepare children for kindergarten. This weekly evidence-based playgroup runs 43 weeks of the year. Local grants are also used to supplement family support programs.

Program coordination & evaluation - the program coordination & evaluation activity (pc&e) personnel, including (but not limited to) the program coordinator, executive director, and contracted personnel will provide technical assistance to programs, ensuring effectiveness in program delivery as well as compliance with the expectations of Smart Start of Davie County (ssdc) and north carolina partnership for children (ncpc). Specifically, throughout the full fiscal year, oversight and assistance will be provided through site visits, paperwork review, and group training/assistance. The pc&e personnel will also monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of all programs administered by ssdc. The pc&e personnel may also gather state and local data and information regarding the needs of children birth to age five and their families in Davie County to assist the board in refining its strategic plan.

Strengthening the foundations of quality-provides training, evaluation, technical assistance and support to improve the quality of child care in Davie County. The early childhood resource center (ecrc) offers a lending library and provides a workroom for use by childcare providers and community members.