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Information on Subsidized Child Care
County Resources
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Surry
County Early Childhood Partnership, Inc. partially funds specific
activities within various local agencies in Surry County. These
activities are designed to enhance the lives of 0—5 year old children
and their families. The following is a list of Smart Start activities in
Surry County for fiscal year 2022-2023
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Surry County School's- The
SCS Nurturing
Parenting Program
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The Nurturing Parenting Program for parents and their infants,
toddlers, and preschoolers in a one-to-one in home, office, or
classroom will be provided for families and children birth to five,
living in Surry County, and at risk for child abuse and neglect
and/or domestic violence. One
part-time parent educator will provide 16 individual sessions per
program year to approximately 12 families and follow up home visits as
needed. Through the one-to-one virtual and in-person sessions, parents will learn about
nurturing parenting routines, alternatives to hitting, child
development, and ways to build self-esteem and self-concept in self
and children.
The Parent Educator will administer the Adult-Adolescent Parenting
Inventory (AAPI) which measures the
impact of the program with pre, post, and process assessment tools.
This assessment tool are used to access parenting beliefs,
knowledge and skills. The parent educator will have experience
relevant to serving the target population. If more intense
services are needed, the parent educator will refer families to the
Nurturing Parenting Program home visit model at the Children's
Center of Surry. If other services are needed, the parent
educator will make referrals to community resources as needed.
Smart Start funds may be used to fund up to .5 FTE parent educator
and service related supplies.
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Children's Center of Surry's The
Nurturing Parenting Program -
The Nurturing Parenting Program for parents and their infants,
toddlers and preschoolers home-based program will be provided for
families and their children birth to five, living in Surry County
and at risk of child abuse and neglect and/or domestic violence. One
part-time Parent Educator will provide weekly home visits for 16 to
24 weeks to approximately 10 families. Through the home visits parents learn
about nurturing parenting routines, alternatives to hitting, child
development, and ways to build self-esteem and self-concept in self
and children. The Parent
Educator will administer the Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI)
and the Nurturing Skills Competency Scale (NSCS) which measure the
impact of the program with pre, post, and process assessment tools.
These assessment tools are used to access parenting beliefs,
knowledge and skills. The Parent Educator will create Core Lessons
that meet the specific needs of the family. Smart Start funds may be
used for staff, costs associated with travel, and food for meetings.
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DSS Subsidy Administration
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This activity will provide services to support the implementation of
child care subsidy including program administration; family outreach
and application; eligibility determination; payment processing;
annual recertification; and reporting, etc. 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)
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Surry County Early Childhood
Partnership's Administration -
The Surry County Early Childhood Partnership is a not-for-profit
agency established to ensure that children under six years of age
benefit from, and have access to, high quality early childhood
education and development services. The Local Partnership board is
made up of community leaders from business, government, education,
churches, non-profits, communities, human services, agencies, child
care providers and families. The Local Partnership will be
responsible for developing a collaborative strategy to meet the
needs of children and families in Surry County. The Local
Partnership will administer, oversee, and coordinate implementation
of the local annual plan, including subcontracting for services as
needed.
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Surry County Early Childhood
Partnership's Child Care Resource and Referral -
Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) will provide information to
assist families to find child care services. The CCR&R coordinators
will assist families, providers, and the community at large through
the use of a Resource and Referral database, parent education
packets, lending library, and
Regional CCR&R services. Parents will be able to access services by
phone, e-mail or in person at the Partnership office. The
Coordinators will provide assistance, coordinate, and
provide training to new and existing child care providers. This activity will provide services through on site
and telephone assistance. CCR&R will offer rewards for increased
star rating to eligible child care facilities. Once an increased
star rating has occurred, teachers, assistant teachers, directors
and assistant directors of centers can receive a cash award of up to
$100.00 per eligible applicant and eligible owners of family child
care homes can receive up to
$200.00. A sick leave compensation component will be offered to
reimburse each full time center/home teacher, assistant teacher,
director and assistant director provider for missed salary for one
day of sick leave at $7.00 per hour per eligible applicant. Smart
Start funds will support the costs of staff, trainings, meetings,
and conference expenses and may be used to provide refreshments
during trainings. CCR&R will collect and maintain current data on
child care needs and supply.
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WAGE$ -
The Child Care WAGE$®
Project is a statewide education-based
salary supplement initiative created and administered by Child Care
Services Association (CCSA), a non-profit agency in Chapel Hill,
North Carolina. To encourage consistency, installments based on half
of the annual award are issued to eligible teachers, directors and
home providers after each six-month period the participant completes
in the same child care program. As a result, children will
benefit from more consistent, qualified educators in the years when
brain development, the establishment of trust and the promotion of
learning are most important. Smart Start funds cover the
supplements. Project administration, paid for with funds from the
Division of Child Development and Early Education, includes annual
recruitment and rolling acceptance of applications. Applications are
screened to see if the applicant meets the eligibility criteria
(work hours, hourly wage, employment site, attained level of
education and contact with children ages birth to five). The payment
schedule for each applicant is arranged individually based on
eligibility and application date. Follow-up employment confirmations
are made after each participant completes six months in the program.
When a participant has met all project criteria, CCSA processes and
mails the payment directly to the recipient.
Information & Forms for Direct Service Providers
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