Each Child. Every Community.

Think Babies™ NC is an initiative to build public awareness and policymaker support for North Carolina’s youngest children and their families. Seven Smart Start local partnerships received Community Partner Mini-Grants as part of Think Babies™ Join Smart Start in congratulating the...

Over $400,000 is going to communities across the state for Healthy Starts for Infants and Toddlers: Shape NC. The program is designed to promote nutrition and active learning through play with children ages birth to three years of age....

Thanks to programing implemented by Orange County Partnership for Young Children (OCPYC) rates of young children at an unhealthy weight have dropped.  In 2006, OCPYC initiated the Healthy Kids Campaign to raise funds to address childhood obesity. Since then, OCPYC has invested...

Just Ask! : One CFLE’s Lesson Learned in Becoming a Culturally Responsive Home Visitor by Ebonyse Mead, EdD, CFLE (Certified Family Life Educator) Home visiting programs offer coordinated and comprehensive support to families. Services often include parenting education, health care information,...

The Partnership for Children of Cumberland County and 40 other agencies met as part of a collective movement to ensure that all families and children lead healthy and prosperous lives.  The Partnership for Children of Cumberland County worked alongside Prevent Child Abuse...

This article written by Bruce Y. Lee and published in Forbes shares information from a study presented at Nutrition 2018, the American Society for Nutrition's annual meeting that found 99 percent of children ages 19 to 23 months have...

Click here to see the Healthy People 2020 Infographic published by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.  There are still gains to be made in daily vegetable intake and reductions to be made in adult and child...

This article by Lillian Mongeau connects physical fitness and cognitive performance for students.  The research around this has lead to a growing number of politicians and educators recognizing the importance of physical fitness and at least 14 state legislatures...

This article by Taylor Knopf shares information about a CDC's High Obesity Program grant awarded to Lee, Edgecome, Halifax and Northampton counties in North Carolina to reduce obesity and promote healthy eating and physical activity.  Read more about the...

In the last year the Partnership for Children of Johnston County  celebrated the grand opening of the Partnership for Children Park. The park was developed as a joint initiative between the partnership and the town of Smithfield, NC.  The park includes an inclusive...