Each Child. Every Community.

Healthy Eating Starts Early: Growing Healthy Kids with CACFP and Farm to School ECE This article by Alexia Thex, National CACFP Sponsors Association highlights the success story of Kelly Rood, a CACFP participant in Arlington, Texas. Through Kelly's work a...

Shift Needed in Understanding Risks in Play Environments This article shares the perspective of Bambi Yost, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Iowa State University.  Since the 1960s, there has been a trend in the United States to eliminate the...

The Secret Power of Play  This article by Siobhan O'Connor focuses on the importance of play during early childhood. Scientists have learned that free play is not just something children like to do, but something children need to do. Play...

New global estimates of child and adolescent obesity released on World Obesity Day  This article highlights the study published in the Lancet which analyzed weight and height in which nearly 130 million people, including 31.5 million children aged 5-19 years...

Tackling Childhood Obesity is about More Than Just Diet and Exercise - This article from the Independent on the importance of effective movement as it pertains to the increase of physical activity in tackling childhood obesity.  Effective movement for children...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE = February 24, 2017 Press Contact: Heather Strickland - 919-821-9564, hstrickland@smartstart.org Two Smart Start Local Partnerships Take the Lead on Fighting Early Childhood Obesity – Wake County SmartStart (WCSS) and the Down East Partnership for Children (DEPC)...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2016 Press Contact: Heather Strickland, 919-821-9564, hstrickland@smartstart.org   New Study Shows ABCD Increases Number of Young Children Being Detected for Developmental Delays – A recent report shows that a statewide partnership between Smart Start and Community Care...

Congratulations to Wilkes Community Partnership for Children for receiving a  grant from the Carolina Panthers and the NFL. This grant will be used to purchase 40 activity kits for the Be Active Kids training program. The NFL/United Way Hometown Huddle...

Join us in congratulating this most recent cohort of BFCCD awardees! Five Gold-Starred Building Block Designation: Hawfields Child Care- Mebane, NC Two Gold-Starred Building Block Designation: Covenant Child Care Center, Inc. - Statesville, NC Piaget Childcare Management of Fairgrove;...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 16, 2016 Press Contact: Heather Strickland - 919-821-9564, $4 million from Social Innovation Fund will instill healthy behaviors in our youngest children for communities across North Carolina – Today, the North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC)/Smart Start...