`Evaluation Center Research and Studies

Goal 4 - System Support

Cumberland County values all of their children, birth to age 5, and families by providing options, resources, and support collaboratively to help children and families reach their full potential.

This is accomplished through the following objectives:

School Readiness

Service System Integration

Accountability & Measurement

Constituency Building & Communication

Community Building

Local research

• State of the Young Child: System Support Assessment- this assessment combines data collected from year-long Smart Start funded activity Impact Surveys and the Kidstuff Survey conducted during the Dogwood Festival in April.
  • 2006
  • 2007

State research

• Smart Start Building Connections
• North Carolina Early Childhood Systems Study (2005)

 

National research

• Supporting Early Childhood Success
• Sparking Connections: Community-based strategies for helping family, friend and neighbor caregivers meet the needs of employees, their children and employers
• Open the Preschool Door, Close the Preparation Gap
• Smarter Reform: Moving Beyond Single-Program Solutions to an Early Care and Education System

 

Highlighted websites

• National League of Cities
• National Governors Association on Early Childhood
• UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities
• Smart Start Colorado
• State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (State ECCS)

 

 

Survey Question Bank

 

 

 

 

 

For more information please contact

Linda Blanton
R&D Director
867-9700 ext 230
lblanton@ccpfc.org