July 2010 - June 2011 Funded Programs
SMART START FUNDED PROGRAMS
CHILD CARE SUBSIDY
Assists families financially with child care services. Contact Department of Social Services at 455-4145.
EDUCATING THE CHILD CARE WORKFORCE
Coordinates and provides professional development opportunities for child care professionals. Contact Coastal Carolina Community College (CCCC) at 938-6140.
CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL
Provides information and referrals to parents seeking quality child care services; provides a Resource Center for parents and child care professionals to have access to educational materials; links child care professionals to training opportunities; and provides technical assistance to licensed child care facilities. Contact CCR&R at 938-0336.Also provides licensing information on how to start a family child care home or child care center. Contact CCR&R at 938-3496.
CHILD CARE QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
Provides technical assistance to child care programs in support of upgrading their quality of care and star rating, utilizing Environmental Rating Scales. Contact QE at 938-0336.
CHILD CARE QUALITY MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
Provides technical assistance to child care programs in support of maintaining their quality of care and star rating, utilizing Environmental Rating Scales. Contact QM at 938-0336.
EVERY CHILD COUNTS
Screens all newborns and preschool patients at Onslow Memorial Hospital in order to link them to appropriate community resources. Contact the Health Department at 347-2154 ext. 8249
PARTNERS FOR INCLUSION
Master’s level mental health clinicians will provide early childhood caregivers and teachers training and support on-site to successfully include children at risk for developmental disabilities or social/emotional challenges in licensed childcare or preschool programs. Developmental screening will be provided with parental consent for identified children. Contact Louise Biller at 330-0585.
PARENTS AS TEACHERS
Provides parents with information on child development, prenatally through kindergarten entry, and involves parents in learning activities with their children. Contact PEERS Family Development Center at 938-5447
TEEN PARENTING PROGRAM
Supports non-Medicaid eligible first time teen parents age 17 or younger. Contact PEERS at 938-5447
PARENT EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
Provides parent education classes that address child development, discipline, parental stress, and communication. Contact PEERS at 938-5447
WAGE$
A state-wide salary supplement program that rewards child care professionals for obtaining early childhood education. Contact the OCPC at 938-0336.
MORE AT FOUR COORDINATION
Provides administrative and programmatic support to enable the efficient and effective implementation of the More at Four pre-kindergarten programs within child care centers. Application, eligibility screening, prioritization and enrollment processes of children will be facilitated in collaboration with the Onslow County Schools. Contact the OCPC at 938-0336.
THE INCREDIBLE YEARS
A basic parent training program is offered to parents of children aged two to five who have challenging behaviors as reported by the child’s guardian.Each weekly session of the fourteen consecutive week series will last approximately two hours and will be provided to a minimum of twelve and a maximum of sixteen participants for each series. Contact PEERS Family Development Center at 938-5447
RAISING A READER
A national program that works through existing community networks to coach parents and children to read aloud together, a strategy designed to improve literacy skills, make children lifelong learners and encourage them to become library users.
CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER
Provides an opportunity for children who have suffered physical or sexual abuse to begin the process of healing, to experience closure through the quick and efficient prosecution of perpetrators, to feel supported, and to develop resilience in the face of difficult circumstances. Services provided by our local CAC include forensic interviews, medical evaluations, parent education, linking families to advocacy and case review. Having a CAC in our local community allows us to collect and analyze data about local child abuse trends, and it reduces the financial costs and time burdens for families of having to travel outside our community for needed services.
FEDERAL GRANT
EARLY HEAD START (EHS)
OCPC has been awarded a federal Early Head Start grant for FY09/10 and FY10/11 in the amount of 1.47 million dollars. The program begins in January 2010. EHS will serve 72 income eligible families, including pregnant women and families who have children aged 0-2. EHS will utilize a home based option featuring the Parents as Teachers Born to Learn Curriculum. Contact OCPC at 938-0336
NACCRRA FUNDED RESPITE PROGRAMS
NAACCRRA USMC DEPLOYMENT RESPITE CARE PROGRAM
In response to the Global War on Terrorism, the Onslow County Partnership for Children has contracted with the National Association of Childcare Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) to provide respite care services. Military families who have a deployed family member and are affiliated with Camp Lejeune, New River Air Station and Cherry Point Air Station are eligible for up to 16 hours per month of free child care.
Contact OCPC at 938-0336.
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