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Margaret Samuels, the Executive Director of the Orange County Partnership for Young Children,  and Board Chair Jay Bryan, appeared on the Chapelboro radio station to explain how Smart Start serves families in Orange county. They also discuss the history...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National Leaders Tout North Carolina Landmark Decision Raleigh, NC—North Carolina Superior Court Judge Howard Manning, Jr. issued the first court ruling that acknowledges the pivotal role early education plays in allowing at-risk children to avail themselves of their right...

Superior Court Judge Howard Manning, Jr. has issued another groundbreaking ruling in the long-running Leandro lawsuit by acknowledging the pivotal role early education plays in allowing at-risk children to avail themselves of their right to sound basic education. “The bottom...

Peter Morris, M.D., Medical Director of Wake County Human Services named to key child safety task force by Governor Perdue Peter J. Morris, M.D., MPH, Medical/Clinical Services Director of Wake County Human Services and Board Member of The North Carolina...

MARION — Joy Griffith, an early childhood education teacher at McDowell Technical Community College, was awarded the Karen W. Ponder Leadership Award at the 2011 National Smart Start Conference. The award, named for Smart Start’s former president, recognizes outstanding service...

The Down East Partnership for Children was interviewed for a segment on The Break Away Show. Program Director Wendy Price does an excellent job explaining the services available to families, including helping parents find quality child care and parent education programs....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RALEIGH-For the ninth consecutive year, The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. (NCPC) has a “clean bill” of financial health, according to the Office of State Auditor. An audit of Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Smart Start activities...

 Lucy Daniels Center and Smart Start from Together NC on Vimeo.North Carolinians understand that the future of our state depends on ensuring that our young children birth to five have the early intervention and quality education to succeed in...

The Avery County Republican Party passed a resolution in support of Smart Start and More at Four at its March 2011 meeting. It is signed by Donald R. Baker, Chair of the Avery County Republican Party Executive Committee. It reads: Whereas,...

North Carolina third-graders have higher standardized reading and math scores and lower special education placement rates in those counties that had received more funding for Smart Start and More at Four when those children were younger, Duke University researchers...