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The Alliance for Early Childhood Finance announces the launch of its new, re-designed website, www.earlychildhoodfinance.org.  The site is organized around the four pillars of the0rganization's work – ECE Finance (including strategies and cost modeling), ECE Policy, Quality Rating and Improvement Systems, and...

A Roadmap to Need, a new report by the NC Center for Afterschool Programs, uses a variety of indicators to rank North Carolina counties in a "wellness index."  Specifically, the report looks at graduation rate, short-term suspension rate, adults...

According to a study released this week by the North Carolina Budget and Tax Center, state spending has the potential to fall to its lowest level in nearly 40 years. The study shows that a “cuts-only” approach—or even a...

Crystal’s Story “Receiving a grant from the Partnership for Children to start a garden was one of the best things that could have happened to the children as well as the staff. We find ourselves spending even more time outside...

Former Gov. Jim Hunt also on hand to honor the outgoing Board Chair. The Office of Gov. Bev Perdue honored Ashley Thrift, outgoing Board Chair for The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. (NCPC), the organization that leads Smart Start,...

Smart Start featured in U.S. Chamber of Commerce report! From the U.S. Chamber of Commerce website: "Ready, Set, Go! Why Business Should Support Early Childhood Education,” sheds light on the tremendous impact that early childhood education has on the national economic security and the...

Financial incentives provided to early childhood teachers in North Carolina are paying high dividends in the form of quality education for children, with more teachers pursuing advanced degrees across the state. The level of education an early childhood teacher...

Improving Supports for Parents of Young Children, a new report by The National Center for Children in Poverty, provides state policymakers with: highlights from research that links parenting to child outcomes; questions to guide decisions about programs that could address different...

SEAHEC, Part of the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program, will be hosting a Childhood Obesity Summit on October 5, 2010. The Summit will be held from 6:00 p.m.—8:30 p.m. (Registration: 5:30 p.m.) at UNCW — Warwick Center,...

This just in from Zero to Three's eNewsletter, The Baby Monitor. The National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative at ZERO TO THREE recently published four new documents. Keys to High Quality Child Care for Infants and Toddlers: State and Territory...