Smart Start Invites Employers to NC Tri-Share Week

Smart Start Invites Employers to NC Tri-Share Week

Co-hosted by Smart Start and the NC Department of Commerce – The NC Partnership for Children (NCPC) and the NC Department of Commerce proudly announce NC Tri-Share Week, taking place from March 17-21, 2025. This week-long initiative for...

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2023-2024 Highlights:   Smart Start as the State’s Early Childhood Infrastructure

2023-2024 Highlights: Smart Start as the State’s Early Childhood Infrastructure

The Smart Start Network serves as the backbone of North Carolina's early childhood system, connecting state and local efforts to create opportunities for young children and families to thrive. With a coordinated vision for early childhood both locally and...

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2023-2024 Highlights: Advancing Leadership and Collaborative Systems within the Smart Start Network

2023-2024 Highlights: Advancing Leadership and Collaborative Systems within the Smart Start Network

In partnership with state agencies, philanthropy, and other organizations, NCPC collaborated on statewide projects and initiatives to enhance the state’s ability to support children and families.  Capacity and Sustainability through Shared Services  NCPC established a Shared Services Department in 2022 to...

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Preparing North Carolina’s Children and Communities for Adverse Climate Experiences

Preparing North Carolina’s Children and Communities for Adverse Climate Experiences

The NC Healthy and Resilient Communities Initiative considers the 4 Realms of ACEs framework for its work, acknowledging that stress and trauma for children and families comes from several different realms.  These realms include  Adverse Childhood Experiences  Atrocious Cultural...

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2022-2023 A Year in Review: Advancing Child and Family Health

2022-2023 A Year in Review: Advancing Child and Family Health

The Smart Start Network works year-round to ensure children and families thrive, creating a brighter future for each child in every community. To celebrate the new year, Smart Start will showcase the impact of the Network with early care...

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Building Connections and Prioritizing Wellness: The NC HRCI Annual Resilience Retreat 2023

About the NC Healthy & Resilient Communities Initiative Hosted by NCPC, the NC Healthy & Resilient Communities Initiative (NC HRCI) commenced in 2019 with a core mission of creating resilience across each generation by bringing together more than 50 multi-sector community collaboratives...

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Join Smart Start for a Trauma-Informed Training

Join Smart Start for a Trauma-Informed Training

The NC Healthy & Resilient Communities Initiative Offers A Trauma Informed Organizational Assessment Training Trauma can have a significant impact—effecting each of us, those that we work with, and organizations we work within. Transforming this awareness into practical action and...

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NC Healthy & Resilient Communities (NCH&RCI) Initiative Launches Resilient North Carolina

NC Healthy & Resilient Communities (NCH&RCI) Initiative Launches Resilient North Carolina

- For Immediate Release (Download press release PDF) - New Website Will Engage Communities Statewide Around Resilience Download press release PDF RALEIGH- Resilient North Carolina, a website created by the NC Healthy & Resilient Communities Initiative (NCH&RCI), has launched. Resilient North...

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Improving Black Maternal Health in North Carolina is Critical

Improving Black Maternal Health in North Carolina is Critical

Smart Start Recognizes the Impact of Community Based Doulas We must continue to reduce health inequities for black children and their families. We must do better. Smart Start’s mission is to advance a high quality, comprehensive, accountable early childhood system that benefits...

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Healthy & Resilient Communities Dashboard Launched

Healthy & Resilient Communities Dashboard Launched

Healthy & Resilient Communities Dashboard Launched as Part of the NC Healthy & Resilient Communities Initiative The NC Healthy & Resilient Communities Initiative (NC HRCI) hosted by NCPC works to reduce adversity experienced in multiple realms by children and families...

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