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Smart Start Funded Programs
Programs of Stokes Partnership for Children:
AmeriCorps &
Children Together - AmeriCorps members serve in
child care centers and family childcare homes in various
counties in North Carolina to enhance quality of childcare.
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Outreach for
School Readiness - Outreach for School Readiness
Playgroups is a program that helps children, ages birth
through five, develop school readiness skills through play
and parent/caregiver participation. 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.
Child Care Providers -
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Parents - Learn more...
NC Pre-K -
A statewide initiative to provide a high quality
pre-kindergarten experience for at-risk 4 year olds to
prepare them to enter school the following year.
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Enhancing
Quality through Professional Development - Rewards
childcare providers that obtain Early Childhood Education.
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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.
Read-to-Me
&
Multicultural Preschool Program
- Provides literacy activities to local child care programs.
Also provides preschool multicultural program at each library
in Stokes County for families and childcare providers. Contact King Public Library at 336-983-3868,
Danbury Public Library at 336-593-2419 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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