Thank you everyone! You are making a difference in the lives of so many children in our community! Keep reminding families with children newborn to age 5 to sign up with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Free to NC families. If you have trouble signing up, contact us officemanager@rapc.org
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Haywood County Great by Eight Community Summit
To continue to realize together the vision for all Haywood County children to get a healthy start and develop their full potential by age eight in safe and nurturing families, schools and communities
Haywood County Great by Eight Community Summit – Region A Partnership for Children
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Every person in a child's life can help him or her develop empathy, an important quality for personal and professional success.Haywood County Great by Eight Community Summit:
Please RSVP if you plan to attend: myazan@rapc.org
Please share this invitation with others in your community and encourage them to join our summit.
Haywood County Great by Eight Community Summit
To continue to realize together the vision for all Haywood County children to get a healthy start and develop their full potential by age eight in safe and nurturing families, schools and communities
Strengthening Connections
An opportunity for everyone to connect and create opportunities for future partnerships for working together for children who are Healthy, Safe and Nurtured, and Learning and Ready to Succeed
When:
January 28th, 2020
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Where:
Foundation for Evangelism (main entrance, next to Bethea Welcome Center)
125 N. Lakeshore Drive
Lake Junaluska, NC 28745
Discussion Topics Include:
• NC Early Childhood Action Plan: www.ncdhhs.gov/about/department-initiatives/early-childhood/early-childhood-action-plan
• Sharing with the community how your organization or agency addresses early childhood resources, strategies, and initiatives in Haywood County
• Building on the Big Ideas from our last summit
What to bring:
• We encourage you to bring business cards, fliers, or other materials to share with others during our meeting.
• There will be plenty of dedicated time to connect with other professionals in our community who specifically focus on supporting children and families.
Our standing 2020 Great By Eight Quarterly Meetings are scheduled for the following dates and times:
1:00pm to 3:00pm
• January 28, 2020
• April 28, 2020
• July 28, 2020
• October 27, 2020
Thank you!
Murat Yazan, MA, MLIS
Program Evaluator and IT Specialist
Region A Partnership for Children
116 Jackson Street
Sylva, NC 28779
828.586.0661
myazan@rapc.org
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NCDHHS: Early Childhood Action Plan
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We now have 2 Parent Educators serving Haywood County. #blueribbonaffiliate #parentsasteachers
Welcome Parent Educator, Stacy Lake, to Haywood County Parents as Teachers
The Region A Partnership for Children (RAPC) Blue Ribbon Parents as Teachers Affiliate serving Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, and Swain Counties, and the Qualla Boundary wishes to welcome a new addition to our Haywood County staff.
Stacy Lake, will be serving children and families in Haywood County as a full-time Parents as Teachers Parent Educator alongside Jennifer Smith, Parent Educator, Haywood County Parents as Teachers. Please join us in welcoming her to our Haywood County community.
For more than 25 years, RAPC has served the children (pre-natal to age 5) and families of Haywood County as a partner in the Smart Start network.
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The Canton Branch Library is now part of a large network of Family Place Libraries™ throughout the country. Expanding the traditional role of children’s services, Family Place builds on theWe now have 2 Parent Educators serving Haywood County. #blueribbonaffiliate #parentsasteachers
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Posted on January 3, 2020Author Murat Haywood County Parents as Teachers Welcome Parent Educator, Stacy Lake, to Haywood County Parents as Teachers The Region A Partnership for Children (RAPC) Blue Ri...Keep those registrations rolling in. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
By the Numbers, the Region A Partnership for Children / Smart Start currently enrolls 2,794 children, has provided 50,954 books to our region since December 2017, and 828 children have graduated from the program. More than 3600 birth to age 5 children have benefited from this program!!!!
Our goal: 100% of eligible children in Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, and Swain Counties in NC as well as the Qualla Boundary will get to participate. Let's get the word out!
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | Smart Start & The North Carolina Partnership for Children
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In 2017, North Carolina’s state lawmakers included $3.5 million in the first year and $7 million in the second year of the state budget for Smart Start to administer Dolly Parton’s Imagination Lib...Region A Partnership for Children Blue Ribbon Model Affiliate serves children and families of Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, and Swain Counties as well as the Qualla Boundary. Contact us at officemanager@rapc.org to find a Parents as Teachers Parent Educator near you.
As we close a year of celebrating 35 years of
Investing in Families and Impacting Communities,
Parents as Teachers wants to THANK YOU for all
you have done to help us build strong communities,
thriving families and children that are healthy,
safe and ready to learn.
As we float towards the future, we will continue to work
hard to make sure that ALL children will LEARN, GROW
and DEVELOP to realize their full potential!
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Still time to donate this year. We appreciate any help we can get!
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The Region A Partnership for Children includes in its 2019-2024 Strategic Plan strategies and programming that specifically addresses the NC Early Childhood Action Plan, the selected priorities from each of the counties' as well as Qualla Boundary's Community Health Assessments, and Pathways to Grade Level Reading.
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