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Economic Impact of
the Childcare Industry

2008 Update of the Executive Summary (pdf) and report on the Economic Impact of the Childcare Industry in North Carolina

Individual County Data sheets for 2007 (FY 2005-2006)

Smart Start Kids

EMMY Award winning children's program produced by WRAL and airing Sat & Sun mornings across NC

What is Smart Start?

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.Click to learn more

Smart Start's Mission Smart Start's Vision

The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. (NCPC) was established in 1993 to provide statewide oversight of the Smart Start initiative.

The NCPC provides technical assistance and training for local Smart Start partnerships in the areas of program development, administration, organizational development, communication, fiscal management, technology, contracts management and fundraising.Click to learn More . . .

Smart Start's Kindergarten Transition Calendar

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The National Smart
Start Conference

• 2009 Smart Start Conference Handouts
• NC Lt. Governor to Address More Than 2,000 Early Childhood Professionals

Smart Start News

• Governor Bev Perdue proclaims April as Month of the Young Child (pdf)
• Children in Eastern NC to Benefit from Developmental. View the press release...
• Stephanie Fanjul Elected President of National Early Childhood Board. View the press release...
• Statement on the Governor's Budget. View the press release...

2008 Evidence-Based Program Reports

• Assuring Better Child Health and Development (pdf) - Update (pdf)
• The Incredible Years: BASIC Parent-Training-Early Childhood (pdf) - Update (pdf)
• Nutrition and Physical Self-Assessment for Child Care (pdf) - Update (pdf)
• Raising a Reader (pdf) - Update (pdf)

North Carolina Ready Schools Initiative

All Schools Ready
for All Children.
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