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Programs we offer at Wilson County Partnership for Children

NC Pre-K

Will your child be 4 on or before August 31, 2024?

2024-2025 NC Pre-K Application

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Success Story

Although her family income is modest, Ashley, a Pre-k teacher at a local childcare, assumed that she would never qualify for childcare assistance to help pay for her 3 small children (a 2 ½ year old and 1 year old twins). Getting paid once a month was a struggle for her family and paying childcare was becoming out of the question. But, after hearing a friend discuss Wilson county Partnership for Children’s Subsidy Program, she decided to give it a try.


After submitting her childcare application, Ashley was contacted stating that she was approved. “I was elated when I received the call. I didn’t think I would get anything, but I decided it was worth trying because things were getting really tight,” recalls Ashley.


Once approved, Ashley came into the office for her interview in which the parent’s responsibilities and guidelines are discussed and reviewed. At that time, she was given the opportunity to ask questions and receive her childcare vouchers in which she had the choice of choosing a 3, 4, or 5 star childcare facility. “This program has really helped my family and has ceased my worries of the well-being of my children while I am away at work, “ states Ashley. “In the process, they are learning and developing through high quality experiences that will lay the foundation for later success in life” says Ashley. “This assistance has made things much better now. Paying the monthly parent fee is no comparison to the total amount that I would have to pay for 3 children without assistance.” She adds, “I don’t know what I would do without this program. It has been a lifesaver for my family. I hope it continues for a long time to come.

NC Pre-Kindergarten Program – Frequently Asked Questions

  • How much does NC Pre-K cost?

    Nothing at all! NC Pre-K is a free program that serves children for a full school day (6.5-hour day). However, if you need before and after school care for your child, that care would be separate from NC Pre-K, and you would have to provide payment for that service.

  • Who provides NC Pre-K?

    In Wilson County, NC Pre-K classrooms can be found in both public-school systems, and in select childcare centers. A list can be found by visiting our website https://wilsonpfc.org/

  • My childcare center says they have Pre-K, but they aren’t on your list. How does that work?

    Although many programs may have a class that they refer to as a “Pre-K” class, only approved sites are able to receive funding to provide the free NC Pre-K program. Approved NC Pre-K sites must follow specific state guidelines in relation to class size, teacher education, and the curriculum they use.

  • When will I know if my child has been accepted into NC Pre-K?

    Placements are determined in the late summer and parents are usually notified mid-August. This timeline can vary depending on the number of applications that have to be processed.

  • How do I apply for NC Pre-K?

    You can pick up an application from Wilson County Partnership for Children, you can pick up an application form one of the approved NC Pre-K sites, or you can apply online by visiting https://wilsonpfc.org/. The application must be completed, and you must submit all the required documents that apply to your situation.

  • Who is eligible for NC Pre-K?

    Children who turn 4 years old ON or BEFORE August 31st of the school year and who are deemed “at-risk”. The primary risk-factor is income, but children with developmental/educational needs, some children with chronic health conditions, children with limited English proficiency, and children of military families may also be considered for the program.

  • Who do I call if I have questions about NC Pre-K?

    You can contact an NC Pre-K site directly, or you can call Wilson County Partnership for Children at (252) 206-4235.

  • What happens if my child doesn’t get a spot in NC Pre-K?

    If your child is NC Pre-K eligible but does not get picked up for a spot in an NC Pre-K classroom, his or her name will go onto a waiting list. Throughout the school year, if spots become available Wilson County Partnership for Children will pull children from that waiting list.

  • Do NC Pre-K sites provide transportation?

    None of the NC Pre-K sites provide transportation.

  • When should I apply for NC Pre-K?

    NC Pre-K registration usually begins in February, so be on the lookout for this information.

Lending Library Information

The Lending Library is a component of the Child Care Resource & Referral Program at Wilson County Partnership for Children. The Partnership offers a lending library of toys, books, and games. These items are available for check-out on a monthly bases. There is an initial registration fee of $10.00. It must be renewed annually for a renewal fee of $5.00.


Membership allows a member to copy 10 pages per visit, lamination at the rate of $1.00 per foot, Access to computer for internet searched for 2 hrs. intervals and 30 day check out period for loan of any Lending Library items. The lending library items include children’s books, adult Early Childhood ’s books, videos, educational-totes, CD’s, teacher reference materials, and many free handouts, flyers and pamphlets related to child care and children needs.

Child Care Resource and Referral

CCR&R’s (Child Care Resource and Referral) mission is to provide help and materials to assist parents, child care providers and teacher in preparing all children for a successful future, in school as well as in life in general. CCR&R offers services to help improve the quality and accessibility of child care in Wilson County. CCR&R provides technical assistance to child care facilities that help them to maintain and increase their NC Star Ratings. Technical assistance includes helping child care facilities with room arrangements, assessing teacher and child interactions, and providing child care staff consultations and provides workshops and trainings as required by DCDEE. The technical assistance is provided either on site at the facilities, via telephone or within the Wilson County partnership office. CCR&R also provides parenting workshops vie referrals from our local Department of Social Services Office. CCR&R provides basic information for opening a child care facility in Wilson County to persons who are interested in opening a new child care facility, either center of family child care homes. Potential new facility owners will receive a packet of information and flyers to help them get started.

Jessica Powell

Child Care Resource And Referral Coordinator

CCR&R helps to build community partnerships that focus on early childhood development, and a support system within the community. CCR&R is the originator of the Kids on The Lawn Festival which is offered each year during the National Week of The Young Child to bring attention to the importance our children are to our future. CCR&R sponsors a Lending Library which is located in our office. The lending library offers services, books, toys, and teacher materials to members. For more details about the lending library, including how to join, please find the lending library section on our website.

Client Testimonial

I would like to take the time to thank our Wilson County Partnership, and in particular Mary Artis. They have been instrumental in helping me make the transition from Teacher to Director a successful one.

Some ways they have helped us:

  • Accumulating our In-Service hours
  • Easy access for borrowing items for a specific unit
  • Going out of her way to help me earn a “Quality Point”
  • Endless calls throughout the school year for licensing requirement questions and advice
  • Assistance with the application for upcoming Ecers Assessment
  • Because of the locality, we can sometimes request a “house call”
  • Often times, it is far easier to get in touch with Mary for help than it is for me to speak with my consultant

In short, when someone/something is local and familiar to you… when someone calls you by name or asks about your coworkers…when they see that you may have lost a star and asks how they can help you get it back…these are people you want to work with. You know you can trust them. I depend on these people. Thank You Wilson County Partnership!!

Bonnie Johnstone

Preschool Director

Greenfield School

Childcare Subsidy Information

The Child Care Subsidy Scholarship Program is designed to assist eligible families, residing in Wilson County with childcare financial assistance for children ages birth to five who are not enrolled in a public or private kindergarten program. The Childcare Subsidy Program may also provide a bridge for families that are Division of Child Development and Early Education eligible but, are waiting for an appointment with the Department of Social Services as well as providing temporary emergency care if funding is available. Eligible families are allowed to seek care for their children from any child care facility that has a 4- or 5-stars rated license. However, 3-star licensed child care facilities may be used if no high-quality slots exist convenient to the parents’ location or if using 4- or 5-stars care would disrupt consistency of care for the child. The Child Care Subsidy Scholarship Program is available upon contingent of funds.

Charlene Lucas

Assistant Executive Director & Child Care Subsidy Coordinator

Eligibility

  • Eligible families must be working or attending an accredited college or university to obtain a degree.
  • Eligible families must meet income eligibility guidelines and other requirements.
  • Eligible families must have a need for child care.


NOTE: Half-time (50%) care, Three-fourth (75%) care, and Full-time (100%) care are available and are determined by the number of hours the family is employed and/or attending a degree-seeking program at an accredited college/university.

Cost

Eligible families are required to pay ten (10) percent of their gross monthly income for child care cost to the child care provider each month.

How To Apply

The Child Care Subsidy Scholarship Program currently has a waiting list. Parents are encouraged to place his/her name on our waiting list database by completing the Waiting List Card by the following ways:


By Telephone: (252) 206-4235

In Person: at Wilson County Partnership for Children

109 Park Avenue West Wilson, NC 27895


NOTE: When the family’s name is reached on the waiting list, an Interest Letter will be mailed to the address provided on the Waiting List Card. Once the Subsidy database/waiting list has been exhausted, scholarships will be provided on a first come, first serve basis for families who meet all guidelines.

Nutrition and Physical Activity Shape NC

How Shape NC Works

Shape NC Healthy Starts for Youth Children. An initiative of Smart Start and BCBSNC Foundation. Funded by the Corporation for National and Community Services is a multi-year initiative created to increase the number of children starting Kindergarten at a healthy weigh and ready to learn.


Working across the Smart Start network. Shape NC helps communities and child care centers develop environments, practices and policies that encourage young children to be healthy.

Tammie Ruffin

Lead TA/Nutrition And Physical Activity

  • Shape NC Brings Together Three Major Statewide Programs BAK “Be Active Kids”

    Is an innovative, interactive health program for children ages birth to five that is available to adults working in child care centers, childcare homes, and schools across North Carolina.

  • Go Nap Sacc (GNS)

    Work with child care programs to set young children on a lifelong path to healthy eating and activity. 

  • Natural Learning Institute (NLI)

    Preventing obesity by design is an on-going comprehensive health promotion design intervention focused on the outdoor environments of child care centers.

Shape NC Creates Positive Outcomes For Young Children

Shape NC: Healthy starts for Young Children promotes healthy eating an active learning through play with children birth to five years old. The initiative integrates three programs to educate childcare staff in order to improve the long-term health of children.

Information Centers Centers Centers
Site name ABC Academy Hunt Day Care Center Loving Care Child Care
Address 112 Church St. Black Creek, NC 27813 4559 Lamm Road, Wilson, NC 27893 404 Woodart St, NE Wilson, NC
Phone number 252-243-2315 252-399-7930 ext. 4022 252-206-1362
Contact name Lynn Medeiros Gwendolyn Kin Vanessa Porter
Title Owner/Director Center Director Center Director
Email address Abcacademy1203@gmail.com Gwendolyn.king@wilsonschoolsnc.net vporter052967@gmail.com
Enrollment (151) Enrollment (20) Enrollment (25)
Information Centers Centers Centers
Site name Beddingfield Day Care Center Kids City USA Magic Carpet Academy
Address 4510 Old Statonsburg Rd. Wilson, NC 1805 Forest Hills Rd Wilson, NC 27893 2302 Cedar Run Pl. Wilson, NC 27896
Phone number 252-399-7880 252-291-7550 252-363-3472
Contact name Mrs. Tammy Lamm Mrs, Lauren Jones Rein Barns
Title Center Director Center Director Director
Email address Tammy.lamm@wilsonschoolsnc.net wilson@kidscityusa.com magiccarpetacademy@gmail.com
Enrollment (20) Enrollment (80) Enrollment (45)
Information Centers Centers Centers
Site name Brentwood Head Start Kidstown Learning Center Pine Street Head Start
Address 1807 Brentwood Dr. Wilson, NC 27894 201 S. Tarboro St. Wilson, NC 27893 207 N. Pine Street, Wilson, NC 27893
Phone number 252-234-0262 252-206-1777 252-206-1909
Contact name Sheila Strickland Jannel Bynum Latanya Cates
Title Center Director Center Director Director
Email address sstrickland@newcainc.org Janellebynum7560@gmail.com nstrickland@newcainc.org
Enrollment (96) Enrollment (115) Enrollment (30)
Information Centers Centers Centers
Site name Cynthia’s Garden of Knowledge Kidsworld Learning Center Selma Head Start
Address 1915 Stratonsburg Rd. Wilson, NC 27893 2602 Byerly Drive Wilson, NC 27896 704 Selma St. SW Wilson, NC
Phone number 252-237-1893
Contact name Cynthia Rose-Morgan Debbie Taylor Mrs. Boykin
Title Owner/Director Center Director Center Director
Email address Cynthiasgarden15@embarmail.com debrawt@gmail.com rboyking@newcainc.org
Enrollment (65) Enrollment (130) Enrollment (12)
Information Centers Centers Centers
Site name Hattie Daniels Day Care Kinder Kastle The Growing Tree
Address 1900 Lipscomb Road Wilson, NC 27893 909 N. Parker St. Elm City, NC 27822 1705 S. Tarboro St. Wilson, NC 27893
Phone number 252-291-4694 52-236-3000 252-399-8328
Contact name Wanda Mitchell Christy Summerlin Susan Howard
Title Director Director Director
Email address 4694 wmitchell@ncrrbiz.com Bucky69@embarqmail.com Susan.howard@wilmed.org
Enrollment (246) Enrollment (75) Enrollment (70)

Dolly Parton Imagination Library

Dolly Parton Imagination Library (DPIL) is a program that gifts FREE BOOKS to ALL children ages birth-five years old every month. It is an initiative that spans throughout the United States and the world. The goal is to deliver high quality, age appropriate books to children in order to foster a love for reading.


Reading helps to improve vocabulary, develop communication skills, stimulate a child’s iniagination, build granm1ar and writing skills …. and the list goes on. Reading to a child is crucial to their development and learning processes. Taking the time to read to your child fosters a bonding time like no other; one that is very important for a child’s emotional health.


This program gives all families the opportunity to be able to nurture their child’s love for reading by providing a book every month until age five.


Free books. Every month. No strings attached.

Jennifer Hammett

Early Childhood Specialist

To complete the Dolly Parton Imagination Library online registration click the button below.

CLICK HERE

Parent Education and Support Programs

Wilson Partnership for Children offers a variety of services and resources for families with children ages 0-5. Here you’ll find information about two programs inside of the Parent Education umbrella: Circle Of Parents and The Triple P.

Circle of Parents®

Circle of Parents® vision is a world where all caregivers have the knowledge, skills, and support to raise strong, resilient, and happy children.


Wilson County Partnership for Children offers The Circle of Parents® program which provides a friendly, supportive environment facilitated by trained facilitators, but led by parents and other caregivers. It’s a place where anyone in a parenting role can openly discuss the successes and challenges of raising children and find and share support.


The Circle of Parents group serves parents with children ages birth to 5 and meets weekly in the city of Wilson, NC. This service is free of charge. The group fosters an open exchange of ideas, support, information, and resources. This group serves those parenting children birth to age 5. In addition, child activities, incentives, and refreshments are available at each meeting.


For more information, please contact Jennifer Hammett, Early Childhood Specialist, at 252-206-4235 ext. 110.

Meetings are held on Tuesdays, 10:30am-noon at Wilson County Public Library, 249 Nash Street Wilson, NC.N, Wilson, NC 27893.

Sponsored by Wilson County Partnership for Children

The Triple P

Wilson County Partnership for Children’s mission is to support the development of young children and families in Wilson County, North Carolina. In conjunction with The Positive Parenting Program (Triple P), a parenting and family support system, that is designed to help children realize their potential.

Triple P is designed to be with parents on every step of their journey, providing help and guidance to families when they need it. It aims to create supportive family environments, and to prevent, as well as treat, behavioral and emotional problems in children. Triple P fits the needs of every family in Wilson County, whether they are struggling with temper tantrums or sleeping patterns, parents in conflict with their child or with each other, or have children with additional needs.

Wilson County PFC utilizes the Triple P program to draw on social, cognitive, behavioral, and developmental learning theories, as well as providing research into risk factors associated with the development of social and behavioral problems in children. This program equips parents with the skills and confidence they need to be able to manage any family issue.

Triple P doesn’t tell people how to parent. It gives them simple and practical strategies that they can adapt to their own values, beliefs, and needs. Triple P also recognizes that one size doesn’t fit all – it’s a system that offers increasing levels of support to meet the different needs of parents.

To work with our trained specialist Jennifer Hammett, please call 252-206-4235 ext. 110 or email at jennifer.hammett@wilsonpfc.org.

To access the Triple P website for the self-directed online program click the button below.

CLICK HERE
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