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Download full textVitaglione, Tom – 2002
Noting that health benefits for children should be one of the principal goals of comprehensive early childhood initiatives, this Smart Start brochure provides information on "medical homes" and their importance to the overall health of children; the brochure also describes community strategies to help promote a medical home for all…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Child Care, Child Health, Health Programs
Maxwell, Kelly; Bryant, Donna; Adkins, Amee; McCadden, Brian; Noblit, George – 1994
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years of age and their families. A formative evaluation of the Smart Start process, to inform the current state-level decision-making processes for future Smart Start efforts, was devised from a…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs, Health Services
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. Frank Porter Graham Center. – 1995
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under six years and their families to ensure that all children start school healthy and prepared to succeed. Local Smart Start partnerships spent much of their first year formulating long-term plans,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs
Hoffman, Carl – Appalachia, 1996
Under the Smart Start program, 19 of North Carolina's Appalachian counties have qualified for competitive state funding to improve community services to young children and their families. Programs tailored to local needs provide subsidized child care to children of working parents, preventive health screenings, literacy and high school equivalency…
Descriptors: Child Health, Community Services, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Maxwell, Kelly; Bryant, Donna; Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen; Buysse, Virginia – 1996
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years and their families to ensure that all children enter school healthy and prepared to succeed. This study acquired a baseline measure of the quality of child care in the 12 pioneer Smart Start…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Bryant, Donna; Burchinal, Margaret; Buysse, Virginia; Kotch, Jonathan; Maxwell, Kelly; Neenan, Peter; Noblit, George; Orthner, Dennis; Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen; Telfair, Joseph – 1994
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years of age and their families. This report describes the comprehensive plan to evaluate the state and local goals and objectives of the program, focusing on the components addressing the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Data Collection, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods
Maxwell, Kelly; Bryant, Donna; Bernier, Kathleen – 1997
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years and their families with the aim of ensuring that all children enter school healthy and prepared to succeed. This study examined child care centers in Smart Start counties, focusing on the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Bryant, Donna; Adkins, Amee – 1995
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years of age and their families. Interviews were conducted to ascertain the impressions, attitudes, and advice of 55 key participants in the 12 pioneer Smart Start counties. The interviews were…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Cooperation, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs
Porter, Patricia; Munn, Duncan; Buysse, Virginia; Tyndall, Sabrina – 1996
Smart Start, North Carolina's early childhood initiative, seeks to improve early childhood programs and ensure that all North Carolina children enter school healthy and ready to learn. This study evaluated outcomes related to Smart Start program inclusion of young children with disabilities: (1) access to inclusive programming; (2) quality of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Cornish, Mary; Noblit, George – 1997
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under age 6 and their families. The aim of the program is ensuring that all children enter school healthy and ready to learn. This study examined parent and business involvement in local Smart Start…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Community Involvement, Community Role
Lowman, Betsy; Bryant, Donna; Zolotor, Adam – 1997
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years and their families. This study examined characteristics of families participating in Smart Start, their child care arrangements and family activities, and their need for and use of community…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Community Services, Early Childhood Education
