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Institute State & Project Update Webinar Registration Sign up below to save a space in this 4-hour interactive webinar will provide state and project updates about early childhood professional development strategies and activities underway in North Carolina! Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Time:...

Where are Kids on the Campaign Trail? Public News Service-NC: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26629-2 (05/29/12) CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Advocates for children in North Carolina say the youngest Americans are being ignored so far in the presidential campaigns, and they're hoping that changes before...

Today, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services approved a proposed budget for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The budget now will go to the House Appropriations Committee and then to the...

Today’s News & Observer includes an op-ed challenging North Carolina’s gubernatorial candidates to speak to early childhood education issues as part of their campaigns and specifically to devote a portion of at least one debate to the topic. As Dr....

The North Carolina Joint Regulatory Reform Committee filed a report with recommendations to eliminate or consolidate many commissions and boards, including the Child Fatality Task Force. Representative Marilyn Avila, co-chair of the committee, is collecting information regarding the committees proposed for...

Lt. Governor Walter Dalton helped kick-off the 2012 National Smart Start Conference earlier this month. He thanked the 1,000+ early childhood professionals in attendance for the hard work they do and spoke to the value of early childhood education.

Harnett County Partnership For Children Hosts Leaders For Readers Event The Daily Record 05/11/2012, Page A02 The Harnett County Partner­ship for Children (HCPC) hosted Leaders for Readers in celebra­tion of Week of the Young Child. Week of the Young Child is...

Margo Mosley Receives Karen W. Ponder Leadership Award GREENSBORO— Margo Mosley, an Extension Agent in Family and Consumer Sciences at the North Carolina Cooperative Extension, was awarded the  Karen W. Ponder Leadership Award at the 2012 National Smart Start Conference....

Don Bieger Receives Ashley O. Thrift Volunteer Award GREENSBORO— Don Bieger, an early childhood advocate, was honored for his service to Smart Start at the National Smart Start Conference Luncheon in Greensboro on Thursday. Bieger has dedicated countless hours as...

Infusing a Developmental Approach into Child Welfare Services for Infants and Toddlers Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 2:00 PM Eastern (1:00 PM Central, 12:00 PM Mountain, and 11:00 AM Pacific) Register now: https://zerotothree.ilinc.com/register/hpxscyc This webinar, hosted by the ZERO TO THREE Policy Center,...