Programs
The Columbus County Partnership for Children...
2011-2012 sponsored activities.
Bilingual Health Check Coordinator
This activity helps to coordinate and support the use of Health Check insurance for Spanish speaking families with children 0 to 5. The activity coordinator also serves as a preventive health education outreach worker.
Family Focused Inclusion
This activity provides early identification of special needs and enhances the provision of early intervention services to ensure positive outcomes for all children 0-5 in child care settings.
Health Awareness
This activity will increase awareness concerning young children's health issues, especially the importance of preventive health care. The activity coordinator will also focus on increasing the Health Check participation rate for children ages birth to five in the county.
Parents as Teachers
This activity uses the Parents as Teachers home visitation model to help families living in Columbus County prepare their children, ages birth to five, for school success.
Quality Enhancement Project
This project helps licensed child care programs increase the level of provider education and their level of star rated licensure.
Raising A Reader
This activity partners with licensed child care centers to promote daily book sharing between parents and their young children. Each child will receive a bright red bag filled with high quality, age appropriate books that will be rotated on a weekly schedule.
Smart Start Early Learning Facility (ELF)
The ELF provides child development resources which parents and providers can use to enhance the early care and education of young children. A variety of children's books, videos, topic resource books, resource kits and toys, a computer with Internet access and other resources are available to library members at a nominal fee. Training and workshops are also be offered as well as consumer materials in Spanish.
Smart Start Subsidy
This scholarship program provides assistance with the cost of child care to qualified parents with children 0-5.
Transportation
Expectant mothers and children (0-5) who are not eligible for Medicaid reimbursable transportation can be transported to and from medical appointments.
WAGE$
This project provides child care professionals with education-based salary supplements and addresses teacher turnover and increased teacher educational levels.
