10 Years of Smart Start In Mc Dowell

10 Years of Smart Start In Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

NC’s Early Care & Education System • See handouts – Evolution of North Carolina’s Early Care and Education System • 1993 – Smart Start legislation passed, first 18 counties selected (12 Partnerships) • 1997 – Mc. Dowell receives Smart Start funding (year 4 LP) • 1999 – All 100 counties receive Smart Start Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

History of the Partnership • • • 1990 – MTCC Child Development Center identified need to increase quality, affordability, and accessibility of child care in Mc. Dowell County 1990 – Children’s Services Network (CSN) formed with grant funds 1990 – Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) Advisory Committee formed 1993 – Advisory Committee forms Even Start committee, becomes Mc. Dowell Child Advocates Committee 1993 – Advocates Committee applies for Smart Start funding 1994 – Advocates Committee receives grant funding and forms Mc. Dowell Partnership for Children with office at MTCC 1994 – Advocates Committee awarded Smart Start planning grant 1996 -1997 – Partnership receives Smart Start designation and another planning grant 1997 – Partnership moves to offices in Henson Building (currently Early Head Start) Founding Board Members currently serving on the Board – Joy Griffith and Ed Bristol Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

Mc. Dowell Smart Start funding Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

Allocation Formula • Services Funding – Increases based on LP original year budget (year 4 Partnership) and Statewide Need Formula (45. 32% of need met in Mc. Dowell) • Administration = maximum 8% statewide, based on NCPC’s Services Funding Formula Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

Allocation Formula • • Services funding restrictions Subsidy = minimum of 30% Child care related = minimum 70% Other (health, family support, program evaluation) = maximum 30% • More at Four funds NOT administered by Smart Start • Budget determined by local Board of Directors Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

Smart Start Programs: Child Care Related • • Wait List Prevention (subsidy) - DSS Quality Bonus Consultant (subsidy) - DSS Subsidy Administration (subsidy) - DSS Child Care Resource & Referral - MTCC Professional Development Supplement - MTCC Mc. Smiles Mobile Preschool – Mc. Dowell Schools Family Resource Programs: Part-Day Preschool – Mc. Dowell Schools Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

Smart Start Programs: Other • Healthy Start – The Mc. Dowell Hospital • First Steps – The Mc. Dowell Hospital • Family Resource Programs: Family Support (FAST, Family Reading Adventures, Circle of Parents) – Mc. Dowell Schools • Parenting Skills Enhancement (Parenting Matters) – Cooperative Extension • Program Evaluation – In House Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

Child Care Availability • 1990 – 8 licensed child care facilities serving 449 children, 6 family child care providers serving 27 children 0 -12 years of age. 18 infant slots and 24 1 -year-old slots available in the county. • 2008 - 31 licensed child care facilities serving 1, 733 children, 10 family child care providers serving 160 children 0 -12 years of age. 43 infants and 77 1 -year-olds currently enrolled in the county. Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

PBIS: Child Care Quality Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

PBIS: Child Care Quality Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

PBIS: Child Care Quality Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

PBIS: Child Care Quality Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

PBIS: Child Care Quality Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

PBIS: Early Intervention Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

Work to be Done • Elimination of Subsidy Child Care Wait List • Decrease Teacher Turnover, Increase Teacher Education, Increase Teacher Pay • Increase use of Health Check Services • Improve Child Dental Health Statistics • Decrease Child Obesity Rate - Burke/Mc. Dowell NAPSACC Grant (Smart Start funded) • Increase Prenatal Intensive Interventions – Nurse Family Partnership Grant (NC Funder’s Alliance) • Increase Transition to Kindergarten initiatives (Wachovia Grant) Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

Subsidy Child Care Wait List • • • 2003 -04, 0 children on wait list 2004 -05, 0 children on wait list 2005 -06, 113 children on wait list 2006 -07, 117 children on wait list 2007 -08, 230 children on wait list Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

PBIS: Use of Health Check Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

PBIS: Dental Health Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

PBIS: Child Obesity • Smart Start NAP-SACC Grant with Burke County Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

Contact Information Caroline Rodier, Executive Director Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families P. O. Drawer 158 70 N. Main Street, Suite 3 Marion, NC 28752 Phone: (828) 659 -2462 Fax: (828) 659 -1934 www. mcdowellpartnership-smartstart. org caroline@mcdsmartstart. org Mc. Dowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.