Annual Report
THE IMPACT OF SMART START
Smart Start helps build the foundation for every child in North Carolina to enter school healthy, supported, and ready to learn.
The North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC) guides and facilitates the Smart Start Network, supporting the work of local partnerships and connecting them to the statewide early childhood system. Serving children birth to 5, Smart Start works across the state to raise the quality of child care, strengthen families, advance child health and development, and improve early literacy. The network implements other state, federal, local, and private programs and services, such as NC Pre-K, child care subsidy, and Head Start, serving as North Carolina’s system for early childhood health, development, and learning. NCPC develops policy for Smart Start programs and services and ensures accountability.
