Each Child. Every Community.

In 2017, Durham County rallied stakeholders to engage in developing a taskforce to drive efforts to improve early childhood outcomes for children in the county. The work of the task force led to funding from the county government to...

Ever wonder about the history of preschool in the United States? In the 1960s only ten percent of the nation’s three and four-year olds were enrolled in a classroom setting.  Head Start, the first publicly funded preschool program, was created in 1965...

Engaging families in early childhood programs is not about parents attending parent-teacher conferences or volunteering in the classroom, it’s about creating opportunities where families are seen as equal partners and an integral part of educating young children and...

Family Connects, formerly Durham Connects, is the first home visiting model used for entire community. Results already show the positive impact of the program in Durham and the model has expanded to other communities such as Forsyth and Guilford...

In North Carolina, home visiting programs, such as Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) and Parents As Teachers (PAT) Intervention, are the primary services for supporting families and young children to reduce child abuse and neglect, improve maternal–child interaction, and enhance positive parenting. Home visiting programs...

Just Ask! : One CFLE’s Lesson Learned in Becoming a Culturally Responsive Home Visitor by Ebonyse Mead, EdD, CFLE (Certified Family Life Educator) Home visiting programs offer coordinated and comprehensive support to families. Services often include parenting education, health care information,...

Smart Start Healthy Families Mecklenburg is a home visiting program that provides education on healthy pregnancy, child development, healthy life choices, and links to community resources through services provided by a nurse or social work until a child is...

Children develop the skills needed to learn to read long before they ever enter a kindergarten classroom. Early Ed Watch interviewed Gabrielle Miller, a national expert on early literacy interventions  and national executive director for Raising A Reader about what the...

A new CONNECT Module on communication for collaboration is now available. This module focuses on effective communication practices that can be used to promote collaboration with professionals and families in early care and education, and intervention settings. CONNECT Modules...

This just in from Natural Resources: Online Manual - How to Develop a Statewide System to Link Families with Community Resources The Commonwealth Fund has released a new online manual, How to Develop a Statewide System to Link Families with Community...