10 Years of Smart Start

1. 10 Years of Smart Start In McDowell County McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

2. 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 – McDowell receives Smart Start funding (year 4 LP) • 1999 – All 100 counties receive Smart Start McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

3. History of the Partnership • 1990 – MTCC Child Development Center identified need to increase quality, affordability, and accessibility of child care in McDowell 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 McDowell Child Advocates Committee • 1993 – Advocates Committee applies for Smart Start funding • 1994 – Advocates Committee receives grant funding and forms McDowell 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 McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

4. McDowell Smart Start funding McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

5. Allocation Formula • Services Funding – Increases based on LP original year budget (year 4 Partnership) and Statewide Need Formula (45.32% of need met in McDowell) • Administration = maximum 8% statewide, based on NCPC’s Services Funding Formula McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

6. McDowell McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

7. 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 McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

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

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

10. 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. McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

11. PBIS: Child Care Quality McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

12. PBIS: Child Care Quality McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

13. PBIS: Child Care Quality McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

14. PBIS: Child Care Quality McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

15. PBIS: Child Care Quality McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

16. PBIS: Early Intervention McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

17. 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/McDowell NAP-SACC Grant (Smart Start funded) • Increase Prenatal Intensive Interventions – Nurse Family Partnership Grant (NC Funder’s Alliance) • Increase Transition to Kindergarten initiatives (Wachovia Grant) McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

18. 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 McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

19. PBIS: Use of Health Check McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

20. PBIS: Dental Health McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.

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

22. Contact Information Caroline Rodier, Executive Director McDowell 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 McDowell County Partnership for Children & Families, Inc.