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Winston-Salem, NC – Smart Start of Forsyth County, Inc. (SSFC) has received a grant from The Winston-Salem Foundation to provide 529 children in the Forsyth County NC Pre-K program with photo-refractive vision screening.  Vision screening is critical to the early...

For Immediate Release from  the Covenant with North Carolina’s Children: Senate slashes infant mortality prevention programs Proposed budget draws ire from child advocates RALEIGH, NC – The Senate’s proposed budget for 2012-13 would discontinue funding for all state-funded infant mortality prevention programs, according...

Where are Kids on the Campaign Trail? Public News Service-NC: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26629-2 (05/29/12) CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Advocates for children in North Carolina say the youngest Americans are being ignored so far in the presidential campaigns, and they're hoping that changes before...

The North Carolina Joint Regulatory Reform Committee filed a report with recommendations to eliminate or consolidate many commissions and boards, including the Child Fatality Task Force. Representative Marilyn Avila, co-chair of the committee, is collecting information regarding the committees proposed for...

Harnett County Partnership For Children Hosts Leaders For Readers Event The Daily Record 05/11/2012, Page A02 The Harnett County Partner­ship for Children (HCPC) hosted Leaders for Readers in celebra­tion of Week of the Young Child. Week of the Young Child is...

Margo Mosley Receives Karen W. Ponder Leadership Award GREENSBORO— Margo Mosley, an Extension Agent in Family and Consumer Sciences at the North Carolina Cooperative Extension, was awarded the  Karen W. Ponder Leadership Award at the 2012 National Smart Start Conference....

Infusing a Developmental Approach into Child Welfare Services for Infants and Toddlers Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 2:00 PM Eastern (1:00 PM Central, 12:00 PM Mountain, and 11:00 AM Pacific) Register now: https://zerotothree.ilinc.com/register/hpxscyc This webinar, hosted by the ZERO TO THREE Policy Center,...

Dr. Olson Huff, Board Chair of The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. "We applaud Governor Perdue for putting forth a budget that heavily invests in young children, restoring millions of dollars of funding cut from Smart Start and NC...

Pre-Kindergarten in NC: An Effective Strategy for School Success Join us for a Webinar on May 15, 2012, 10AM – 11AM Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/397053945 Co-hosted by the North Carolina Business Committee for Education and the Department of Public Instruction,...

McDowell Partnership for Children receives grant to expand Preschool Dental Program to Rutherford and Polk counties The McDowell County Partnership for Children has received a federal grant from the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) to provide a Preschool Dental Program...