Region A Partnership for Children (RAPC)

The north carolina pre-kindergarten program (nc pre-k) provides high quality educational experiences to enhance school readiness for eligible four year old Children. Risk factors and eligibility are determined by the state of north carolina. Nc pre-k providers utilize licensed teachers and standardized curriculum in the classroom over A ten-month program preparing Children for kindergarten. Nc pre-k quality funds are used to provide professional development to pre-k teachers and materials, high-quality classroom instruction, and environment. During the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the organization provided funding to serve over 590 Children in 50 classrooms by contracting with local school districts, head start centers, and private early care and education centers.

Family support network of Region A (fsnra) provides support for familites of Children with special needs. Support services included: parent-to- parent matching, support groups, parenting skill development, resource referalls, and education planning. During the 2018-2019 program year, the fsnra provided 171 resource referrals, group programming for 98 families, and resource workshops to 10 families.

Smart start programs including: -parents as teachers who provide monthly home visits, group connections and child development assessments to 79 families throughout seven counties. -reach out and read, distributing 7,521 books to Children age 0-5 while discussing the importance of literacy during child wellness visits at 10 pediatric medical centers in the Region, -raising A reader, working in Partnership with childcare centers and libraries to provide monthly books and other literacy materials to 307 Children in 17 early education classrooms. -child care health consultants providing technical assistance A total of 237 trainings to 91 child care centers in the seven county Region. -support for the dolly parton's imagination library providing monthly books to 2,488 Children.