Chowan/Perquimans Smart Start Partnership

409 Old Hertford Rd.

Edenton, NC 27932

www.cp-smartstart.org

2016-2017

Annual Report to the Community

Mission Statement: To bring people and organizations together to maximize

early childhood development and school readiness through advocacy, par-

ent, and child care provider programs.

Vision: All children birth—five will receive the services they need in order

to be successful.

About the

Partnership:

Board of Directors for 2016-2017

Officers

Susan Beckwith, Chair Sally Francis Kehayes, Vice-Chair

Linda Bond, Treasurer Susan Chaney, Secretary

Members

Lora Aples Cynthia Jones

Matthew Cheeseman Anita LaFon

Joyce Felton Liza Layton

Jennifer Finlay Dee Spruce

Lance Forehand Tracey Webster

Frank Heath Joan White

Patricia Howell Linda White

Staff

Susan Nixon, Executive Director Pamela White, Child Care Resource & Referral Director

Dennet Thomason, Finance Officer Donna Critcher, Quality Initiative Coordinator

Sarah Williams, Community Outreach Cindy Smith, Child Care Health Consultant

Top Foundations and Businesses Supporting Early Childhood Development and

the Chowan/Perquimans Smart Start Partnership

Family Support Programs provide information and educational opportunities for parents and caregivers.

The Incredible Years Preschool Program teaches positive

parenting techniques and strategies to promote children’s

academic, social-emotional, and problem-solving abilities

and promotes school readiness skills. A total of 16 par-

ents with 15 children ages birth to five, participated in the

program.

Triple P, Positive Parenting Program, provided assistance

to a total of 54 parents with 46 children ages birth to five,

through one-on-one consultations and parenting semi-

nars: The Power of Positive Parenting; Raising Competent,

Confident Children; and Raising Resilient Children. Triple P

provides tip sheets and resources to assist parents in using

positive approaches to enhance social-emotional develop-

ment in young children.

Reach Out and Read, an early literacy program where

books are given to children six months-five years of age at

well-child visits, and parents “prescribe” reading on a daily

basis to parents and caregivers. The Reach Out and Read

program worked with five medical providers in Chowan

and Perquimans Counties, and provided books for 1644

well-child visits.

BABY (Birth & Beginning Years), a health education and

early literacy program for expecting parents, is designed to

assist them in learning new ways to work with their chil-

dren to build skills that will set the stage for language and

social development, independence, etc. Seven parents

with seven children were impacted through this program.

Community Outreach, Information, & Re-

sources promotes collaboration among services

agencies to maximize resources, in the community,

and strives to connect parents with information and

resources, to encourage and promote early child-

hood development and school readiness skills in

young children. This program worked with 102 differ-

ent organizations; participated in 32 events; and pro-

vided information to 488 parents/caregivers,

affecting a total of 288 children birth—five years of

age.

A huge Thank You to our Local Business Sponsors for

the Week of the Young Child Children’s Festival:

Albemarle Termite & Pest Control

Cornerstone Home Lending

BB&T

Nucor Steel of Hertford County

Vidant Chowan Hospital

Woodard’s Pharmacy

Child Care Related Programs include services provided to child care facilities.

Child Care Resource & Referral provides information on quality child care to parents/guardians and local busi-

nesses to assist families in placing their children in the child care setting and coordinates all workshops and train-

ing for child care providers, to assist them with meeting their continuing education requirements. A total of 10

workshops were conducted impacting 87 direct teaching staff; 14 Child Care Directors; and, 1,027 children.

Project EDU (Education) Stipends are issued to early

childhood professionals to assist them in pursuing an

Associates or Bachelors degree in the early childhood

field. Consultation was provided to 22 facilities. Twenty-

six direct teaching staff received stipends for meeting

Project EDU requirements. This program impacted 357

children under the care of teaching staff that participated

in continuing education courses.

The Quality Initiative provides intensive tech-

nical assistance to child care facilities to assist in

maintaining and improving their individual Star

Rating with the Division of Child Development

and Early Education. This program provided con-

sultations to ten child care facilities, impacting

760 children.

Child Care Scholarship Program, provided financial assistance to families who are income eligible, and are

working or pursuing secondary education. This program served a total of 15 families with 24 children in Chowan

County; 32 families with 32 children in Perquimans County.

Child Care Health Consultant, provides one-on-one consultation services, training, and technical assistance

to licensed child care providers regarding health and safety requirements and assists with correcting any health

or safety violations that may be issued by state or local authorities. This program provided on-site consultation

services for 21 child care facilities located between the two counties, impacting 701 children. Nineteen work-

shops were provided to 97 direct teaching staff and 12 directors. In partnership with Vidant Chowan Hospital,

this program also provided prenatal workshops for 69 expectant parents.

WAGE$ is a salary supplement program available to child care professionals and is based on educational level

and current rate of pay. The WAGE$ program is designed to provide a financial incentive to early childhood pro-

fessionals who attain secondary education and to reduce staff turnover in the child care setting. A total of 22

child care professionals participated in the program, 14 from Chowan County and 8 from Perquimans County.

Story Exploring is an early literacy program designed to increase

children’s reading comprehension skills. This program was expanded

and is now being implemented in 16 child care facilities. Training

and materials were provided to participating sites. Story Exploring

also provides take-home activities for children to do with parents,

which will reinforce learning. This program was funded by grants

from Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Transformation Zone

and PNC Bank.

Chowan C.A.R.E.S. (Children’s Alliance to Realize Educational Success)

Chowan County was selected, as one of four counties in northeast North Carolina, to

receive a Transformation Zone grant as part of the State’s Race to the Top Early Learn-

ing Challenge initiative. The Partnership serves as the Lead Agency for the grant and

is supported by a Leadership Team and Implementation Team, working together to

provide support for early childhood development and improve school readiness in

young children. The Leadership Team choose to name the group Chowan C.A.R.E.S.

Chowan C.A.R.E.S. members are working on building better collaboration between

government, non-profit, and service organizations to enhance efforts in the County to

develop a seamless early childhood system that will promote educational success in all

children, beginning at birth. An Albemarle Area Agency mixer was initiated to allow

service agency personnel a networking opportunity to assist in this process. A Chow-

an County Ministers Council has also been established. The Chowan C.A.R.E.S. Imple-

mentation Coach, Leadership Team, and Implementation Team members worked with

experts from the North Carolina Partnership for Children, The National Implementa-

tion Research Network at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and ABLe Change

at Michigan State University, to implement changes to enhance the early childhood

system.

Programs provided through the Transformation Zone Grant through June through

December 2016 included:

Family Support Programs: Child Care Support Programs

* B.A.B.Y. (Birth and Beginning Years) * Child Care Health Consultant

* Triple P Coordination * Story Exploring

* B.A.B.Y. (Birth and Beginning Years)

* Reach Out & Read

Mission: Chowan C.A.R.E.S. will work to develop quality resources, services, and supports that will enable all children to realize

educational success. Vision: To facilitate community collaboration among relevant stakeholders in Chowan County to maximize

resources and ensure all families are able to receive the services needed to ready their children for Kindergarten.

Chowan CARES Members

Megan Booth-Mills, Chair

April Creasy

Maurice Downing

Glorious Elliott

Sheila Evans

Jennifer Finlay

Kevin Howard

Anita Lafon

Letecia Loadholt

Susan Nixon

Charles Purser

Dr. Allan Smith

Dee Spruce

Gertha Thomas

Tracey Webster

Linda White

Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge—The Transformation Zone

Audited Statement of Receipts, Expenditures, and Net Assets for the Year Ended June 30, 2017

Unrestricted Funds Temporarily

Smart Start Other Restricted Total

Funds Funds Funds Funds

Receipts:

State Awards 365,448 0 0 365,448

Federal Awards 0 75,773 0 75,773

Private Contributions 0 32,613 19,117 51,730

Sales Tax Refunds 0 2,662 0 2,662

Other Receipts 0 580 0 580

Total Receipts: $365,448 111,628 19,117 496,193

Net Assets Released from Restrictions:

Satisfaction of Program Restrictions 13,305 (13,305) 0

365,448 124,933 5,812 496,193

Expenditures:

Programs:

Child Care and Education Affordability 65,979 0 0 65,979

Child Care and Education Quality 98,529 3,291 0 101,820

Family Support 37,163 57,643 0 94,806

Health and Safety 21,040 53,616 0 74,656

Support:

Management and General 115,431 7,522 0 122,953

Program Coordination & Evaluation 27,306 1,827 0 29,133

Other:

Refund of Prior Year Grant 834 0

Sales Tax Paid 0 2,777 0 2,777

Total Expenditures: $365,448 $127,510 0 $492,958

Excess of Receipts over Expenditures 0 (2,577) 5,812 3,235

Net Assets at Beginning of Year: 0 11.558 17,386 28,944

Net Assets at End of Year: 0 8,981 23,198 32,179

Net Assets Consisted of:

Cash and Cash Equivalents 0 8,981 23,198 32,179

Total Net Assets: $0 8,981 $23.198 $32,179

The Chowan/Perquimans Smart Start Partnership

409 Old Hertford Road, Edenton, NC 27932

252-482-3035

www.cp-smartstart.org