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Select Smart Start Communities are Continuing DPIL Enrollment, but More Funding is Needed – Since 2017, Smart Start and the North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC) have partnered with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL) to provide free, high-quality...

NC Tri-Share Serves its First Family, Increasing Access to High-Quality, Affordable Child Care   The NC Tri-Share Child Care Pilot Program began beta–testing and registering families in July. NC Tri-Share is a program that creates a public/private partnership to share the...

The NC Partnership for Children (NCPC) Celebrates Smart Start Month – Governor Roy Cooper proclaims September Smart Start Month. This proclamation acknowledges the Smart Start Network's commitment for over thirty years to ensuring all North Carolina’s young children...

Families Can Sign-up with Smart Start and DPIL to Receive a Bilingual Book Each Month Starting in June. The North Carolina Partnership for Children and the Smart Start Network is excited to announce a significant expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination...

Smart Start Partnerships can implement 60+ evidence-based and informed solutions with state funding The North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC) and the Smart Start Network developed Smart Solutions: Effective Birth-to-Five Investments, a virtual catalog of effective programs, interventions, and strategies....

Smart Start Will Implement Tri-Share Pilot Program in Three Regions - Download This Release as PDF The North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC) is partnering with the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) to award funding to three...

- 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...

- For Immediate Release (Download press release PDF) - NC Home Visiting & Parenting Education System Receives Funding to Improve arenting Supports Across North Carolina Press Release for NC Home Visiting System The North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC), which...

- For Immediate Release (Download press release PDF) - NC Healthy & Resilient Communities Initiative Funds 9 Nonprofits to Support Resilience The North Carolina Healthy and Resilient Communities Initiative (NCH&RCI), housed at the North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC) has granted...

Nearly 10,000 Families in Eight Counties to Be Served The North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC), which leads the statewide Smart Start network, and Family Connects International (FCI) announced new community programs that will serve nearly 10,000 North Carolina families...