Helpful Links 

Important Links:

N.C. Partnership for Children - Smart Start is North Carolina's nationally recognized and award-winning early childhood initiative designed to ensure that young children enter school healthy and ready to succeed. Smart Start is a public-private initiative that provides early education funding to all of the state's 100 counties. Smart Start funds are administered at the local level through local nonprofit organizations called Local Partnerships. Your local Smart Start Agency is Stokes Partnership for Children.

Office of School Readiness - The mission of the Office of School Readiness is to prepare children for school success through high-quality early education. The office supports preschool programs throughout North Carolina, in public schools and licensed child care centers. Good link to find out more about More at Four.

Grow a Child - The Grow a Child web site is a collaborative effort between a number of North Carolina community agencies, including Stokes Partnership for Children, created to help families find local community resources and other simple ideas to turn good parents into extraordinary parents.

Other Good Links:

About.com - Information on Parenting Babies and Toddlers.

Child Development Institute - Provides comprehensive information on child development, psychology, parenting, learning, health and safety as well as childhood disorders such as attention deficit disorder, dyslexia and autism.

ParentsPlace.com - From pregnancy and baby to parenting parents.

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Child Development - Regulates child care in North Carolina.  Mission: Building a stronger social and economic future for North Carolina by promoting high quality early childhood experiences.

National Center for Early Development & Learning - NCEDL focuses on enhancing the cognitive, social, & emotional development of children from birth through age eight.

ImmunizeNC.com - The most up-to-date immunization information for North Carolina.

Center for Child Care Workforce - CCW/AFTEF’s mission is to improve the quality of early care and education for all children by promoting policy, research and organizing that ensure the early care and education workforce is well-educated, receives better compensation and a voice in their workplace.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention - Your online source for credible health information.

Family Support America - Family Support America is dedicated to providing the information, support, and connections that families need to survive. Whether you have questions about child abuse, alcoholism, disciplining children, divorce, or other topics related to families, they can help.

FEMA for Kids - This site teaches you how to be prepared for disasters and prevent disaster damage. You can also learn what causes disasters, play games, read stories and become a Disaster Action Kid.

Focus on the Family - Nurturing and defending families worldwide

Frank Porter Graham - FPG Child Development Institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the nation’s oldest multidisciplinary centers devoted to the study of children and families. Our mission is to cultivate and share knowledge that enhances child development and family well being.

National Association Education of Young Children  - The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8. NAEYC is committed to becoming an increasingly high performing and inclusive organization.

National Network for Child Care - NNCC unites the expertise of many of the nation's leading universities through the outreach system of Cooperative Extension. Our goal is to share knowledge about children and child care from the vast resources of the land grant universities with parents, professionals, practitioners, and the general public.

Stokes County Schools - Learn about the public schools in Stokes County.

Success INC - The mission of Success Inc. is to support efforts to meet the needs of all young children and their families through In-service, Networking, and Collaboration among early childhood professionals, families, and agencies

The Sesame Workshop - Activities for young children and information to help adults make the most of every learning opportunity.

Zero to Three - ZERO TO THREE's mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families.