Nov
16
2021
In celebration of Family Engagement Month, Smart Start and our collaborative partners are taking this time to recognize and celebrate the important role of families in the education and well-being of their children. Smart Start is working across the state to elevate...
Nov
08
2021
Daphne Alsiyao, NCPC Family Leadership Officer
When I began my career in Smart Start almost a decade ago, I was serving as a case manager for young parents at the Rockingham County Partnership for Children. A few months into my...
Nov
01
2021
In celebration of Family Engagement Month, Smart Start and our collaborative partners are taking this time to recognize and celebrate the important role of families in the education and well-being of their children. Smart Start is working across the state to elevate...
Oct
25
2021
October is an exciting month for Smart Start's Family Connects pilot sites; all three sites launched and began serving the families of newborns! These sites, covering eight counties, will serve nearly 10,000 North Carolina families over three years. This...
Sep
23
2021
Raising Healthy Children is a Community Effort by Khadijia Tribié Reid, MD, MPH
It was my turn. After two years of providing guidance to thousands of parents as the town pediatrician, I would become a mom for the first time. I...
Sep
17
2021
The Smart Start network understands that North Carolina families’ needs are great in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and their continued struggles have impacts for us all. Difficulty finding reliable child care is keeping many parents from the...
Sep
02
2021
A new statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) makes a clear connection between early childhood health and resilience. The statement emphasizes the importance of building safe, stable, and nurturing relationships to buffer adversity and build resilience.
The North...
Aug
25
2021
This is an article written by Amy Cubbage, President of the North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC) and originally running in the Perspectives section of the EdNC website
North Carolina families are stressed. They are tired. They are worried for...
Jul
26
2021
The North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC) is proud to announce that Rachael Burrello has been named the first Director of the NC Home Visiting and Parenting Education (HVPE) System. The HVPE System aims to ensure all families have...
Jul
16
2021
The North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC) has released Building Healthy & Resilient Communities Across North Carolina: One Community at a Time, a landscape analysis that supports local coalitions and collaboratives working to address adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and...