Programs

  • Program 1 [2021]

    Early Care & Education: 176 early care educators attended training workshops. Program served 43 child care centers and held 34 workshops impacting 3,752 children based on the child care provider participation. Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) provides technical assistance to child care facilities to help maintain and increase their star ratings. CCR&R provides affordable professional development workshops, on-site technical assistance visits, mock assessments, current updates on child care rules and regulations, and assists those who are interested in opening a new child care facility in Wilson County. CCR&R strives to build community partnerships that focus on early childhood development. North Carolina Pre-K (DCDEE) provides four year old children with high quality Pre-K classroom experiences to better prepare children for success in school. Program served 54 children in three centers. Enrollment was down due to COVID-19. Four trainings were held for NC Pre-K classroom staff. Child Care Subsidy Scholarships assisted eligible families residing in Wilson County by providing subsidy scholarships for quality child care. Scholarships were provided to 135 children, including 6 children with special needs to attend 3-star or higher licensed child care facilities. Program scholarships benefited 99 families and 22 child care facilities.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $2.1M

  • Program 2 [2021]

    Health and Safety: 15 child care facilities received training and assistance (through grants for space design and materials) to improve nutrition and physical activty for their students incorporating Outdoor Learning Education at each site. Several of the child care sites are producing vegetables and implementing cooking activities in the classroom. Twenty-four (24) facilities received training assistance to improve nutrition and increase indoors and outdoors physical activity. Fourteen (14) faciities are producing fruits and vegetables and implementing cooking activities in the classroom and utilizing vegetables in the kitchen to bring from garden to the tables. Children are allowed to make decisions of which vegetable they would like to taste. Twelve (12) Site Directors participated on the Child Nutrituion Road Trip; we designated 3 sites that already implemented the family style lunch to host the sites directors. We were also able to engage and bring 12 sites together to observe family style lunch This was a great experience and opportunity for other sites to see what the 3 pilot sites are doing dudring their family style lunch, and observe children being independent serving and making choices. Consequently, after the child nutrition road trip, modifications were made to individual lunch menus, replacing vegtables serving to fresh vegetables and replacing fruits with syrup with more fresh fruits for snacks and lunch.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $161.5K

  • Program 3 [2021]

    Family Support: 1,682 children in Wilson County received books through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $92.2K