Each Child. Every Community.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 38 million Americans, including 12 million children, were food insecure in 2019. In North Carolina, 1.4 million people are food insecure, including 419,470 children, according to Feeding America.  COVID-19 has only exacerbated food...

The North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC) has released Shape NC: Celebrating the Shape NC Journey, a report highlighting  Shape NC’s efforts to develop healthy lifestyles in young children across the state by promoting physical activity and healthy nutrition....

In celebration of the upcoming new year, Smart Start is celebrating our hard work and taking this time to recognize the role of Smart Start local partnerships in each community. Smart Start is working across the state to create a...

In celebration of the upcoming new year, Smart Start is celebrating our hard work and taking this time to recognize the role of Smart Start local partnerships in each community. Smart Start is working across the state to create a...

Farm to School is a program that ensures communities have fresh, healthy food and local food producers by changing food purchasing and education practices at schools and early care and education settings. This is especially important as healthy...

Raising Healthy Children is a Community Effort by Khadijia Tribié Reid, MD, MPH It was my turn. After two years of providing guidance to thousands of parents as the town pediatrician, I would become a mom for the first time. I...

The Smart Start network understands that North Carolina families’ needs are great in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and their continued struggles have impacts for us all. Difficulty finding reliable child care is keeping many parents from the...

A new statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) makes a clear connection between early childhood health and resilience. The statement emphasizes the importance of building safe, stable, and nurturing relationships to buffer adversity and build resilience. The North...

“We envision a world in which every family is supported at every step along the infant feeding journey, with warm and coordinated hand-offs and transitions so that the needs of lactating families and those who support them are anticipated...

In a journey that began in 2010, Shape NC: Healthy Starts for Young Children, sunset on December 31, 2020 (the Healthy Starts for Infants and Toddlers project ends September 2021). Over the course of the grant, Shape NC reached...