Annual Report for FYE19

Partnership Staff PFCW Valerie Wallace Cookie Chavous Nancy Reyes Board of Directors Execu ve Director Prenatal Educator Parent Educator Shelly Willis Jessica Best Maria Lopez Ma hew Whi le (Board Chair) Director of Early Care & Prenatal Educator NC Pre‐K Intake Assistant Habitat for Humanity Educa on Donna Toler La no Liaison Chrissy Smith Program Specialist Sharon Price Dr. Paul Ru er (Vice Chair) Community Services Angela Frady Administra ve Assistant University of Mount Olive Coordinator Program Specialist Crystal Varker Amanda Atkinson Lorena Esparza Lending Library Selena Benne (Secretary) Finance Officer Program Specialist Administra ve Assistant Communi es Suppor ng Schools Michelle Chambers Delaine Tucker Senior Manager of Program Program Specialist Bill Ba s (Treasurer) Evalua on & Accountability Rosa Audelo Small World Child Care Thomas Nevins Parent Educator Program Monitoring Donna Phillips (At Large) Manager Wayne County Public Library Felicia Brown City of Goldsboro Krique e Davis Goldsboro Family YMCA Ken Derksen Wayne County Public Schools Linda Holden‐Cox Wayne Upli Shirvon Holland Family Support Services SJAFB Dee Hurley‐Holmes UPS Kevin Johnson Coopera ve Extension Service Dr. Katherine MacDonald Goldsboro Pediatrics Davin Madden Wayne County Health Dept. Dr. Pa y Pfeiffer Wayne Community College Paula Schultze Crawford Henderson Cordelia Wilcox University of Mount Olive Chris na Williams Maxwell Center

Year Ended June 30, 2019 Our Parents as Teachers Program achieved the recogni on of Blue Ribbon Beginning Year Balance ............................................................ $ 118,993.00 Receipts: Affiliate from the Parents as Teachers State Awards and Contracts: Na onal Center. Much hard work was Smart Start, NC Pre-K, Safe Kids NC ...................................... $2,537,947.00 necessary by our PAT staff, Angela Frady, Federal Awards: Rosa Audelo and Nancy Reyes to complete NC Children's Trust, NC Pre-K, Region 13 CORE, CCDF ....... $2,453,943.00 Private Grants: this improvement process. United Way of Wayne County, Safe Kids ................................... $111,806.00 CONGRATULATIONS, ladies! Special Fund Raising Events: Lobster/Shrimp Fest, Touch-A-Truck, Big Ask .............................. $29,706.00 Other Receipts: Trainings & Workshops.................................................................. $18,526.00 ...T..o..t..a.l..R..e..c..e..i.p..t.s.......................................................................... $5,151,928.00 Expenditures: Child Care and Education Quality ............................................... $302,744.00 WAGE$ Salary Supplements....................................................... $136,500.00 Family Support Services ............................................................. $389,503.00 Health and Safety ......................................................................... $89,186.00 NC Pre-K Services ................................................................... $3,243,443.00 DSS Child Care Subsidy.............................................................. $683,103.00 Administration and General ........................................................ $173,556.00 Program Coordination and Evaluation ........................................ $131,151.00 ..T..o..t..a.l..E..x..p..e..n..d..i.t.u..r..e..s................................................................... $5,149,189.00 ....T..o..t.a..l..N...e..t..A..s..s.e..t.s......................................................................... $121,732.00

The Partnership for Children has long held the vision that children will receive the start they need to become educated, healthy, and self‐reliant people who strengthen the social and economic future of Wayne County. In order to be academically successful, children must feel a sense of belongingness and love in their homes, community, anRdecslaossurorocmess. Children are in the care of early childhood educators for more hours than they are at home during the week. It would make sense that they provide the highest quality of care, and emo onal/social support for our children of Wayne County. We have our work cut out for us – this is evident through various sta s cs that detail adverse childhood experiences (ACES), educa onal needs of children, health needs of children and families, and safety needs in our community. While sta s cs may be discouraging and alarming, our community has come a long way in 21 years and we will con nue to come together as a community to posi vely impact our children and families. Our annual mee ng falls on the opening weekend of “A Beau ful Day in the Neighborhood” which is the story of Mr. Fred Rogers; one of America’s most beloved advocates for young children and an advocate of emo onal supports, and above all else, kindness. As Mr. Rogers stated, “look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping…I am always comforted by realizing that there are s ll so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.” Thank you to our Partnership for Children staff, partners, supporters, and friends for “helping” us to do great things with the children and families in Wayne County. Let our journey con nue by being the “helpers” and together we will do great things for our children, families and child care community. Valerie Wallace Execu ve Director

Child’s Champions Charles Ivey, Execu ve Director, re red as of January 1, 2019, a er seven years with the Partnership for Children of Wayne County. During last year’s Annual Mee ng, Mr. Ivey was presented with a plaque by Assistant Execu ve Director, Ms. Valerie Wallace, and the Partnership’s employees expressing all the fond memories they experienced with him at the helm. (Photo le ) Ms. Valerie Wallace, Assistant Execu ve Director, who has been with the Partner‐ ship for 18 years, was promoted into the Execu ve Director’s posi on by the unanimous vote of the Board of Directors. Mrs. Shelly Willis, who has been with the Partnership for nine years, was promoted to Director of Early Care and Educa on as replacement for Ms. Wallace’s posi on. She has 24 years of early childhood experience. Shelly will oversee NC Pre‐K, Child Care Re‐ source & Referral, Incredible Years and will coordinate Safe Kids. Mrs. Willis’ posi on was hard to fill, but a er a lengthy search, the Partnership‘s newest employee, Lorena Esparza, was offered and accepted the posi on of NC Pre‐K Program Specialist. Ms. Esparza comes to us from the Wayne County School System where she was employed for three years in the NC Pre‐K program there. A few of this year’s events: Child’s Sponsors Opera on Medicine Drop—Safe Kids Wayne County collected 179,593 units of medica on during the 2019 Opera on Medicine Drop events. Overall, there were four events held around the county to collect and properly dispose of old, expired, unused and unwanted medica ons. Early Childhood Conference 2019—Over 140 Early Childhood Educators registered for our 2019 Child Care Conference. Through mul ple sessions, educators learned that “it takes a big heart to help shape li le minds”. Teddy Bear Picnic—In recogni on of the Week of the Young Child and Safe Kids Day 2019, the Partnership for Children held the TeddCyhBileda’srAPdicvnoiccataetsWayne Community College. Almost 300 children were in a endance and were able to par cipate in many fun ac vi es and games. Jack and the Wonder Beans—Over 300 children received the opportunity to see a live produc on of Jack and the Won‐ der Beans last October, thanks to an invita on from the Paramount Theater of Goldsboro. Christmas with the Kids—Over 200 children par cipated in our Christmas with the Kids event last December. They were able to play games, make cra s and visit with Santa during the event. Thanks to PetSmart of Goldsboro, each child received a stuffed animal and… Sydney’s Book Club provided books for all! Dr. Seuss’s Birthday Celebra on—We celebrated Dr.Seuss’s birthday in style! We invited child care facili es and fami‐ lies to come to our Partnership to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday. We even had some very special visitors stop by!

EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS  Child Care Resource and Referral  WAGE$ Salary Supplement  Child Care Subsidy  NC Pre‐Kindergarten  CCR&R staff conducted 80 professional HEALTH & SAFETY development trainings for early childhood professionals. PROGRAMS  Health Service Team  464 instances of on‐site technical assistance  Safe Kids were provided in 50 facili es to increase child care quality.  27 facili es received intensive child care health consulta on services.  707 children registering for Kindergarten received a book bag, parent transi on guide  85 instances of technical assistance/ and school supplies through our Kindergarten consulta ons were provided to child care Book Bag Project. facili es via phone and email communica ons.  73% of children in regulated child care in Wayne  11 Safe Kids events were held. County were enrolled in centers with at least 5  196 car seats were checked for proper usage Lead Teacher Educa on points. and installa on. This includes appropriate usage  97 child care providers from 43 facili es of seatbelt systems. received WAGE$ salary supplements. Of those,  12 child seat viola on cita on diversion classes 94% indicated that WAGE$ helps them to were held in conjunc on with the Wayne provide resources for their classroom. 100% County District A orney’s office. were encouraged to stay in their current program.  Approximately 1,886 children were impacted by the WAGE$ project.  The Partnership allocated 41.6% of its Smart Start service dollars for subsidy to support working families totaling $683,103 and provided subsidized child care to 327 children.  32 NC Pre‐K classrooms were housed in 19 facili es including public schools, Head Start and private child care facili es located throughout the county.  652 children were served in high‐quality NC Pre‐K classrooms (566 funded slots).

FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS  Community Services Coordina on  Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond (PB&B)  Parents as Teachers (PAT)  Triple P (Posi ve Paren ng Program)  Incredible Years BASIC Paren ng Program (IY)  Raising A Reader (RAR)  The Partnership par cipated in 38 community events.  215 parents par cipated in comprehensive PB&B prenatal educa on classes. 26 of the 215 par ci‐ pants were teenage moms.  100% of all prenatal educa on par cipants report‐ ed during follow‐up they had more prenatal care knowledge and the instruc on they received helped prepare them for labor and delivery.  716 PAT home visits were conducted with 63 parents impac ng 54 children.  Four Incredible Years series were conducted for 35 parents of children ages three to five.  Triple P, a new posi ve paren ng program, was implemented. Four staff members were cer fied in Triple P, and classes were given in both English and Spanish. 31 parents or caregivers par cipated in the program.  100% of parents a ending at least 12 of 15 Incredi‐ ble Years sessions reported they used effec ve lim‐ it se ng using nonviolent discipline.  130 parents a ended parent workshops in the Raising A Reader Program.  10 child care facili es par cipated in the Raising a Reader program which distributed rota on book bags containing age appropriate books to 314 chil‐ dren.

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