About Smart Start of Brunswick County
Early Learning Matters
There are only 2,000 days between birth and the beginning of Kindergarten. Brain architecture is built during this time. Smart Start brings together all the people involved in a young child’s life—families, teachers, doctors, caregivers, social workers, and many others—to ensure every child has all they need for healthy growth and development.
What is Smart Start?
Smart Start is a network of 75 local non-profit partnerships, serving all 100 North Carolina counties, led by The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc (NCPC). We provide services to those who have a direct impact on a child’s life during these crucial first 5 years- and also work to spread the message that early childhood education is everybody’s business. We all want a healthy community. Adverse childhood experiences can have a lasting negative effect on mental and physical health. We all want a safe community. There is a definite correlation between low literacy levels and booming incarceration rates. We all want a community with a flourishing economy. To ensure these:
- We need a current workforce that has access to high-quality affordable early care and education for their child.
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- We need a future workforce that has basic job skills (self-regulation, effective communication, decision-making) – which are learned at a VERY early age. Smart Start works to ensure that children have the opportunity to building these skills before going to Kindergarten.
Our Mission
To make meaningful and measurable investments in young children, birth through age 5, supporting them in reaching their full potential.
Our Vision
To promote young children’s healthy development and school readiness through specialized services and collaborative work in the community.
To learn more about Smart Start’s statewide network, visit: Smart Start & The North Carolina Partnership for Children - NCPC