CRAVEN SMART START INC

Programs

1. Child Care Resource & Referral PSC:3104 PBISID:PLA40 Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) is aligned with the North Carolina CCR&R System to provide CCR&R services that meet NC CCR&R Council specific outputs and outcomes. Services may include: technical assistance, training for child care providers, consumer education, and/or consumer referral. Services that are provided in this activity include: (1) Technical assistance: Technical assistance in the form of coaching and modeling provided to early childhood educators working in start-up, licensed and/or G.S. 110 child care facilities serving children birth to five years old. The Technical Assistance activity will be focused on: improving Participating Facilities Star Levels; Participating Facilities Star Rating Education and Program Standards points; ITERS/ECERS/FCCERS scores. (2) Training for child care providers: Training for DCDEE credit hours provided on child care related topics and coordination of CEU opportunities. (3) Consumer education: Information and/or education to families about quality child care. (4) Consumer referral: Referring families to local child care options. This activity will offer a variety of materials…

   $286,952 spentof which $3,225 as grants
   22% of program spending

2. CCR&R Regional Lead Agency (7104): Program is to coordinate and integrate CCR&R services delivery systems across the region. This is accomplished by providing effective technical assistance (Infant/Toddler Specialist, School Age Specialist and Behavioral Specialist) to child care providers and consumer-appropriate resource information to parents and the community resulting ultimately in the production of higher quality child care options.

   $348,373 spent
   27% of program spending

3. Child Care Subsidy PSC:2340 PBISID:PLA50 Financial assistance will be paid on a direct per child basis for subsidy for families eligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). This activity will be implemented through the state-level subsidy contract and will be governed by a Memorandum of Understanding between the Local Partnership and the Local Purchasing Agency (LPA).PSC:2342 PBISID:PLA40 Financial assistance will be paid on a direct per child basis for the purpose of enhancing the NC Pre-K rate for children enrolled in and being served through NC Pre-K and whose families are eligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). Does NOT include wrap-around care. Data will be reported as directed by DCDEE. Enhancements are available for NC Pre-K sites that are public school sites, private sites, Head Start/Early Head Start sites. Enhancements are not pro-rated for partial attendance months. Note: Craven Smart Start is NOT local contracting agency. Craven Smart Start only provides an enhancement payment. The local contracting agency is Craven County Schools.

   $216,000 spentof which $216,000 as grants
   17% of program spending

4. Family Literacy Program: Part- Day Child Care PSC:3318 PBISID:FS20 As part of the comprehensive family literacy model including four comprehensive components: adult education, parent education, parent and child daily interactions, and early childhood education, this activity will fund the Family Literacy Program: Part- Day Child Care. The Comprehensive Family Literacy Program is offered to adults who will attend school part-time and their children will participate in an early childhood setting; four days per week and 6.5 hours per day, and on the fifth day staff conduct home visits. The Family Literacy Program: Part- Day Child Care provides developmentally appropriate preschool activities for children not enrolled in full time care. This activity will provide a high quality, developmentally appropriate, early childhood program that will prepare children for school success. This activity may support costs for child care providers and the Parent Coordinator; and if the resources are available, the activity may support costs of transportation. This program will follow Craven County's regular school year. Locations for this activity will be in the western part of Craven County

   $152,550 spentof which $152,550 as grants
   12% of program spending

5. Community Outreach Coordinator PSC:5517 PBISID:KEA10 Community Outreach will work to increase the community's awareness and support of Craven Smart Start services utilizing traditional media, community resources, as well as social networking and website development. The activity will facilitate community planning to improve systems and alignment across programs and/or agencies. The Coordinator will forge alliances in the community to develop the communication and collaboration skills necessary for educators, families, and community members to come together. The Community Outreach Coordinator will also provide technical assistance to service providers to create programmatic coherence by making certain that providers reflect the mission of the organization and that they collaborate to accomplish the stated goals. This activity will assist in the production of and distribute the annual report. Smart Start funds for this activity may be used for meetings and conferences. Other staff as needed.

   $67,543 spent
   5% of program spending

6. Program Coordinator/Evaluator PSC:5603 PBISID:KEA10 The Program Coordination and Evaluation activity, supported by one full time Coordinator/Evaluator, will develop and maintain relationships with service providers, and provide services critical to program accountability including:(1) review progress of programs toward meeting programmatic goals and objectives outlined in the annual plan; (2) development of programmatic short-and long-term outputs and outcomes; (3) measurement and reporting of programmatic outputs, outcomes and performance; (4) compilation and review of programmatic and statistical databases; (5) provision of technical assistance to service providers and grantees; (6) serving as liaison between the local partnership, the direct service providers and the state partnership; (7) development, collection and review of programmatic reports; (8) development, implementation, and oversight of the volunteer program to support partnership efforts, and (9) monitoring of, and enforcing compliance with, legislative mandates; and financial and programmatic monitoring of inhouse and direct service providers and grantees. Smart Start funds for this activity may be used for…

   $57,455 spent
   4% of program spending

7. Raising A Reader PSC:5512 PBISID:FS20 A Raising A Reader (RAR) Community Coordinator will implement Raising A Reader, a program that promotes improved literacy development through daily book sharing between caregivers and young children. The RAR Coordinator will hold a Bachelor's degree in early childhood education or related human service field and is required to attend the RAR National Coordinator Training prior to initial implementation. Coordinators will host two trainings for the site implementers that have been identified to participate in this project. Identified families will be loaned a book bag containing high quality developmentally appropriate children's books. The books will be exchanged each week. Parents of the children in the project will be invited to participate in at least two parent workshops where they will learn book sharing strategies. At least one library event will be provided for RAR participants and their families. Participants and their families will be provided with library information, library card application, and other community literacy resources. The program will be implemented with model fidelity as described above. Child care centers, child care…

   $138,108 spentof which $41,472 as grants
   11% of program spending

8. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (DPIL) PSC:5526 PBISID:FS20 The Dolly Parton's Imagination Library activity will promote emergent literacy skills through a partnership with Dollywood Foundation. Through this activity, age-appropriate books will be mailed to registered children birth up to age five (0-5) monthly. Families will be recruited in target zip codes. Children are eligible to receive books regardless of family income. The books will be ordered using the Dollywood Foundation Book Ordering System (BOS) database. Smart Start funds will be used to cover expenses for program support. The cost of books will be paid through the NCPC BOS account.

   $19,520 spent
   2% of program spending

The 8 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,286,501.