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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  -  February 2, 2018 | Press Contact: Heather Strickland - 919-821-9564 Early Literacy Program to be a Part of Well-Child Visits RALEIGH, NC— Eighteen Smart Start local partnerships received funding to provide or expand Reach Out and Read (ROR)...

$10 million provided to deliver books right into the hands of North Carolina's youngest children FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:  Heather Strickland - hstrickland@smartstart.org, 919-821-9564 Spruce Pine, NC -- Smart Start and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library are working together to bring books to North...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  |  June 20, 2017 Press Contact: Heather Strickland 919-821-9564, 919-749-5013 hstrickland@smartstart.org The following joint statement from Dolly Parton and Cindy Watkins, President of the North Carolina Partnership for Children/Smart Start, is in response to the release of the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2017 Press Contact: Heather Strickland, 919-821-9564, hstrickland@smartstart.org Statement from Cindy Watkins, President, The North Carolina Partnership for Children The following statement is in response to the release of the Governor’s budget that increases investments in Smart Start, NC...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE = February 24, 2017 Press Contact: Heather Strickland - 919-821-9564, hstrickland@smartstart.org Two Smart Start Local Partnerships Take the Lead on Fighting Early Childhood Obesity – Wake County SmartStart (WCSS) and the Down East Partnership for Children (DEPC)...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2016 Press Contact: Heather Strickland, 919-821-9564, hstrickland@smartstart.org   New Study Shows ABCD Increases Number of Young Children Being Detected for Developmental Delays – A recent report shows that a statewide partnership between Smart Start and Community Care...

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - November 17, 2016 Press Contact: Heather Strickland, 919-821-9564, hstrickland@smartstart.org The following statement is in response to a study by Duke University researchers that found that children who were enrolled in North Carolina’s early childhood programs (Smart Start and NC...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 16, 2016 Press Contact: Heather Strickland - 919-821-9564, $4 million from Social Innovation Fund will instill healthy behaviors in our youngest children for communities across North Carolina – Today, the North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC)/Smart Start...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Date: June 1, 2015 Contact: Heather Strickland - hstrickland@smartstart.org, 919-821-9564 RALEIGH — For the 12th consecutive year, The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. (NCPC) has received a clean audit from the Office of State Auditor. A...

President Cindy Watkins talked to WPTF about the work that the Smart Start network is doing to expand Reach Out and Read, an early literacy program, across the state.  Listen to the clip.