Wake County SmartStart, Inc.

1121 Situs Court, Suite 250
Raleigh, NC 27606
(919) 851-9550
(919) 851-9530 (fax)
www.wakesmartstart.org

More at Four

The More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Program is a high-quality pre-k program that serves at-risk children and prepares them for success in school. Children in More at Four attend a full school day, full school year program that meets high-quality state standards. The program is integrated with other early childhood programs in the community. Children participating in More at Four may be served in classrooms in the public schools, licensed child care centers or Head Start programs.

Quality Enhancement Initiative in Child Care Centers and Family Child Care Homes

The Quality Enhancement Initiative provides on-site consultation to one to four star licensed centers and homes in Wake County. Services offered include on-site technical assistance, training, consultation, plan development, and professional development linkages for child care providers through weekly or bi-monthly consultation.

Quality Maintenance Initiative in Child Care Centers and Family Child Care Homes

The Quality Maintenance Initiative provides on-site consultation to four to five star licensed centers and homes including technical assistance, training, consultation, plan development, and professional development referrals for child care providers. To support the on-going maintenance and improvement of quality, monthly on-site consultations to four and five star licensed centers and homes not scheduled for re-assessment are also offered.

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Program Coordination and Community Capacity Building Project

In an effort to build the capacity of communities and families to prepare children for success in school and in life, Wake County SmartStart Program Coordinators (PCs) will work with community stakeholders to develop activities to achieve the goals, objectives and outcomes articulated in the Wake County SmartStart strategic plan. PCs will provide staff support and expertise on Wake County SmartStart's work groups and will oversee other roles such as preparing community needs assessments, managing the Request for Proposal processes and participating in the development of staff funding recommendations. Their expertise will be in early education and child care, healthcare and family support.

Program Improvement and Evaluation

Through Program Improvement, Wake County SmartStart Evaluation Coordinators (ECs) will provide technical support to all of our funded partners. The ECs will work with partners to develop annual evaluation plans and track implementation and outcomes for all funded activities; conduct partner site visits to assess progress toward program goals; participate in strategic planning; gather and analyze relevant data; and report findings to the North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC) and others as required and/or requested.

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During the 2008-2009 fiscal year, 428 child care providers reported an increase in knowledge as a result of technical assistance and educational opportunities available to them.

By offering professional development, educational opportunities and technical assistance to more than 83% of Wake County’s child care teachers, Wake County SmartStart positively impacted the quality of child care by increasing the skill of child care professionals.

In FY 2008-2009, Wake County SmartStart funded services and activities through which almost 70% of child care facilities in Wake County received consultation and training, resulting in more highly-trained child care workers, which is critical to the quality of care a child receives.