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Early health and development support is critical towards ensuring children grow into healthy adults. In celebration of National Nutrition Month, Smart Start is celebrating the work of Local Partnerships in promoting healthy eating, increasing healthy behavior patterns, and advancing...

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...

Excerpt from the North Carolina Incredible Years June 2012 Newsletter Susan Nixon, IY facilitator and Executive Director at Chowan/Perquimans Smart Start Partnership for Children, shared her recent IY graduation success. Seven parents completed the program, and one of the parents...

Originally posted in the Avery Journal at http://averyjournal.com/Community/story/Children-learn-to-read-in-area-parks-this-summer-id-010003 Children learn to read in area parks this summer Justin Grimes / (averyjournalist@gmail.com) Avery County’s award winning Smart Start takes its free summer reading series outside into area parks. The new program, StoryWalk, was...

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....

Don Bieger Receives Ashley O. Thrift Volunteer Award GREENSBORO— Don Bieger, an early childhood advocate, was honored for his service to Smart Start at the National Smart Start Conference Luncheon in Greensboro on Thursday. Bieger has dedicated countless hours as...

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...

The Partnership for Children of Lincoln & Gaston Counties is proud to introduce Michael Linker as our new Executive Director.  Mr. Linker’s selection is the result of an extensive and thorough executive search process. Linker will assume leadership effective...

John Rex Endowment Invests Nearly $1.3M in Early Childhood Development Lucy Daniels Center, Wake County Human Services and Wake County SmartStart will receive early childhood development grants totaling nearly $1.3 million from the John Rex Endowment. The Lucy Daniels Center will...