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Smart Start Funded Programs
Programs of Stokes Partnership for Children:
AmeriCorps &
Children Together - Provides AmeriCorps members
for child care centers and homes to offer developmentally
appropriate activities and teacher release time.
Learn more...
Outreach for
School Readiness - Outreach playgroups focusing on
school readiness activities offered in Sandy Ridge and
Francisco for children in unregulated child care and their
families. Learn more...
KidSource
Child Care Resource & Referral
Provides information and referrals to parents
seeking childcare, provides resource library for parents and
childcare providers, links childcare providers to training
opportunities; and provides technical assistance to childcare
centers and homes. Also provides licensing information on
how to start a family child care home or childcare center.
link to CCR&R page.
More at Four
Enhancement - Provides matching county level
teacher supplements to eligible More at Four Teachers.
Learn more...
Non-Teach
Scholarship - Provides scholarship opportunities
to childcare providers that are not TEACH eligible. link to
CCR&R page.
Enhancing
Quality through Professional Development - Rewards
childcare providers that obtain Early Childhood Education.
link to CCR&R page
Program
Management & Evaluation - Legislation and the
North Carolina Partnership for Children require evaluation
and coordination of Smart Start funded programs.
Contracted Programs:
Child Care
WAGE$ Project - A statewide salary supplement
program that rewards child care professionals for obtaining
early childhood education. Contact Child Care Services
Association at 919-967-3272 or
www.childcareservices.org.
DSS Subsidy
- Assists families financially with child care services.
Contact Stokes County Department of Social Services (DSS) at
336-593-2861.
DSS Subsidy
Coordinator - Administration for Subsidy program.
Contact Stokes County Department of Social Services (DSS) at
336-593-2861.
Forsyth Tech
Early Childhood Instructor - Provides college
level early childhood education classes in Stokes County.
Contact FTCC at 336-734-7969 or
www.forsythtech.edu.
Healthier
Children - Provides pediatric primary health care
to young children in Stokes County. Contact Stokes Family
Health Center at 336-593-2400 or
www.co.stokes.nc.us/health.
Multicultural Preschool Program - Provides
preschool multicultural program at each library in Stokes
County for families and childcare providers. Contact Danbury
Public Library at 336-593-2419 or
www.nwrl.org.
Parents As
Teachers - Provides parents with information on
child development prenatal through kindergarten entry, and
involves parents in learning activities with their children.
Contact Stokes SCAN at 336-591-4700 or
jerri.wolfe@exchangescan.org.
Read-to-Me
- Provides literacy activities to local child care programs.
Contact King Public Library at 336-983-3868 or
www.nwrl.org.
Y’s Start
- Provides fitness education and activities to local child
care programs. Contact Stokes YMCA at 336-985-9622 or
www.ymcanwnc.org.
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