Smart Start Local Partnerships receive Think Babies NC Community Partner Mini-Grants
Think Babies™ NC is an initiative to build public awareness and policymaker support for North Carolina’s youngest children and their families. Seven Smart Start local partnerships received Community Partner Mini-Grants as part of Think Babies™
Join Smart Start in congratulating the following counties:
- Chatham County Partnership for Children
- Lee County Partnership for Children
- Mecklenburg Partnership for Children
- Partnership for Children of Cumberland County
- Partnership for Children of Wayne County
- Smart Start of New Hanover County
- Smart Start of Pender County
Check out the tips below if you’re interested in raising awareness and addressing issues impacting infants and toddlers:
- Take the Think Babies™ NC pledge and share with others to make babies a priority
- Download your County’s Infant Toddler Profile and spread the word
- Host an event focused on infants and toddlers – get ideas from what our Community Mini-Grant Partners have done!
- Take action and advocate for issues impacting infants and toddlers: Supporting the workforce and budget issues like subsidy
- Share information about the practice of Serve and Return, a practice of responsive communication between a caregiver and an infant. Learn more here!
