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Raising Healthy Children is a Community Effort Smart Start

WebI am part of a community of people raising children. A recent policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics entitled, Preventing Childhood Toxic Stress, describes the power of relational health. Focusing on safe, stable nurturing relationships buffers toxic stress and minimizes the harms of childhood adversity.

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Advancing Child Health

WebOver 2,800 children are currently being reached. 2,078 child care facilities received child health consultation services funded by Smart Start. Assessment scores of 80% or higher on sanitation, medication administration, hand washing, and toileting/diapering knowledge rose from 82% to 98% after Smart Start consultation.

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About Smart Start North Carolina Partnership for Children

WebSmart Start was created in 1993 as an innovative solution to a problem: Children were coming to school unprepared to learn. Policymakers recognized that progress would require tapping into the same innovative spirit that inspired private sector advances, and therefore, established Smart Start as a public/private partnership. Independent

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Frequently Asked Questions Smart Start & The North Carolina

WebSmart Start was created in 1993 as an innovative solution to a problem: Children were coming to school unprepared to learn. Policymakers recognized that progress would require tapping into the same innovative spirit that inspired private sector advances, and therefore, established Smart Start as a public/private partnership.

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Smart Start & North Carolina Partnership for Children

WebImbedded in Smart Start’s value system is a family-centered mentality recognizing that when families are seen as partners, organizations achieve sustainable outcomes for children. NCPC, which leads the statewide Smart Start network, is serving as backbone agency of the NC Healthy and Resilient Communities Initiative, bringing together more

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Healthy & Resilient Communities Smart Start & NCPC

WebNCPC, which leads the statewide Smart Start network, serves as backbone agency of the NC Healthy and Resilient Communities Initiative (HRCI), bringing together more than 50 community collaboratives to build resiliency across the state. Launched in 2019, the Initiative is a statewide collaboration that aims to reduce adversity at the individual

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Smart Start Releases “Building Healthy & Resilient Communities …

WebThe North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC) has released Building Healthy & Resilient Communities Across North Carolina: One Community at a Time, a landscape analysis that supports local coalitions and collaboratives working to address adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and build resilience across the state. Created …

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Launch of Resilient Communities Initiative

WebThrough funding support from the Division of Public Health and Kate B. Reynolds, Smart Start is launching a Resilient Communities Initiative. The purpose of the Resilient Communities Initiative is to build healthy and resilient communities for young children and families by cataloging relevant initiatives and local collaboratives across the …

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Shape NC Smart Start & NC Partnership for Children

WebShape NC: Healthy Starts for Young Children is an initiative of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) Foundation, The North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC), and AmeriCorps, created to increase the number of children starting kindergarten at a healthy weight and ready to learn. Shape NC promotes healthy eating and active

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Childhood Obesity Smart Start & The North Carolina Partnership …

WebChildhood obesity is now considered an epidemic in the United States according to the National Institutes of Health.In North Carolina, children ages 2 to 4 who are overweight or at risk for becoming overweight has increased by 45% in the last 13 years, meaning some 28,556 children are now at greater risk for heart disease, diabetes, and …

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Discover Smart Start Healthy Families Mecklenburg

WebSmart Start Healthy Families Mecklenburg is a home visiting program that provides education on healthy pregnancy, child development, healthy life choices, and links to community resources through services provided by a nurse or social work until a child is at least two years of age. In the last fiscal year, the Healthy Families program at

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Dr. Khadijia Tribié Reid

WebDr. Khadijia Tribié Reid is the Pediatric Medical Director at MedNorth Health Center in Wilmington. She also serves as the Vice Chair of New Hanover Regional Medical Center’s Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Tribié Reid previously served as president of Smart Start of New Hanover County’s Board. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree at

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The Black Maternal Health Crisis in North Carolina: A Call for Change

WebThe Black Maternal Health Crisis in North Carolina: A Call for Change Maternal health disparities continue to persist in the United States, and North Carolina is no exception. While pregnancy should be a time of joy and anticipation, for many Black women, it becomes a perilous journey navigating historically oppressive systems. In North Carolina, the

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Raising The Quality Of Early Care And Education Smart Start

WebImproving the quality of early learning by offering professional development, technical assistance, and other supports to raise the quality (and/or licensed) star rating of each center. The percentage of children in 4- and 5-star programs increased from 33 percent in 2001 to over 70 percent in 2022. In 2021, Local Partnerships supported 607

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4 Realms of ACEs and Resilience Smart Start & NCPC

WebThe acronym ‘ACE’ can be defined in four primary ways. Adverse Childhood Experiences: Impact individual & interpersonal conditions. Examples include parental mental illness, substance abuse, interpersonal violence, homelessness, incarceration, divorce, death, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, caregiver separation, and medical crisis

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Board of Directors

WebThe NCPC Board of Directors is made up of members representing state agencies, private business, education, health care, philanthropy, religious organizations, child care providers, parents, and others. The governing board provides oversight and develops policy for Smart Start programs and services. The board is also responsible for ensuring

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Catawba County Partnership for Children Assigns Nurses and Child …

WebIn the last fiscal year, Catawba County's local partnership, Catawba County Partnership for Children, assigned nurses and Child Care Health Consultants (CCHC) to 32 children in childcare. Of these 32 children, Catawba's CCHC's worked with the parents of 16 children to create an individualized health plan for each child. The consultants then …

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Healthy Menus Planning Tool for Use in the North Carolina …

WebHealthy Menus Planning Tool for Use in the CACFP | 2 The GOOD NEWS is that child care providers like you can help prevent overweight and obesity in young children! In North Carolina (NC), more than a third of

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What is the difference between Smart Start and NC-Pre-K

WebSmart Start is a statewide initiative that begins serving young children at birth with high quality child care, health and family support services. Education begins at birth, so it’s important to reach children early. NC Pre-K (formerly More at Four) Pre-Kindergarten is specifically targeted to reach four-year-olds at-risk of school failure by providing a quality

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The Latest Smart Start & The NC Partnership for Children

WebFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | June 20, 2017 Press Contact: Heather Strickland 919-821-9564, 919-749-5013 [email protected] The following joint statement from Dolly Parton and Cindy Watkins, President of …

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Invest $3.6 billion in Early Learning, Get Back $6.7 billion

WebA new report out of New York offers another economics lesson, suggesting every dollar invested in early learning within that state generates $1.86 in new spending. With New York struggling to cut its state budget, a Leading Edge report offers a compelling argument to spend more not less on early education, saying an infusion of

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