246 East Main Street Yadkinville, NC 27055
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CHILDCARE PROGRAMS
The Smart Start of Yadkin County, Inc. also funds programs that focuses on improving the quality of child care facilities. The Early Childhood Resource Center This is a Partnership funded Child Care Resource and Referral agency. The Early Childhood Resource Center provides information to parents about child care options, community resources, and choosing quality child care. Child care providers will be able to receive intensive technical assistance and checkout items from an extensive lending library of books, toys, and theme packets. Monthly workshops will be available to providers on various topics, as well as CPR, First Aid, and Playground Safety. The Community will receive information on child care supply and demand, and gaps in the service delivery system. 336-679-7833 Professional Development Supplement Program This Activity compensates low paid Yadkin County child care providers who seek to obtain a higher level of education. The goal of this program is to improve the quality of child care through increased provider education and decreased employee turnover. Child Care Health Consultant The goal of this activity is to improve the health and safety of children age 0-5 who attend a regulated early childhood program in Yadkin County. A Child Care Health Consultant will be employed to look at all areas of health and safety in the child care environment: review of health records, health policies and procedures, developmentally appropriate practices, sanitation, playground safety, special health needs, nutrition, control of communicable diseases, oral health (with the help of the local county dental hygienist), screenings as needed, and assist providers to attain health related child care licensing requirements. Karin Dezern Quality Enhancement This activity assists child care facilities in improving their quality through the use of intensive technical assistance and grant opportunities to targeted child care facilities. Child Care Subsidy This activity assists parents on a fixed income with the costs of child care. To apply for help, parents must come to the Community Links Center in Yadkinville. Preschool Scholarship Program This activity provides financial assistance for parents of 4-5 year old children who desire preschool services through the Yadkin County schools and have a gross monthly income of at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level. Full and half scholarships are available depending on income. More At Four This activity provides additional funds for the More at Four Program, which offers a six hour per day, five day per week preschool program for at-risk children the year before they start kindergarten. Parents As Teachers Parents as Teachers is a voluntary early learning support program for all interested parents with children between the ages of birth and five. Services will include personalized monthly home visits by a trained child development educator, parenting workshops, and periodic health and developmental screenings for children. The parents of Yadkin County infants at local hospitals will receive a packet of information shortly after birth with information about county resources, developmental stages, and information about the Parents As Teachers program.
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