Is Smart Start North Carolina’s child care subsidy program?
Is Smart Start North Carolina’s child care subsidy program?
Smart Start subsidy is a small percentage of funding that yields big results. With just 11% of the state’s subsidy funding, Smart Start local partnerships have dramatically increased the quality of child care for all children across the state. As a result:
- Children receiving Smart Start subsidy are in higher-quality programs compared to children receiving subsidy from other sources.
- The number of all children in 4 and 5 star programs has increased to 63% almost twice as many children as in 2001.
Because Smart Start maximizes the impact of its subsidy spending to drive quality for all children, it saves the state in reduced special education placement and higher graduation rates—a high return on the investment.
