The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the major source of federal funds for child care subsidy and quality improvement in North Carolina. The Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) uses the funds to provide child care assistance for...

Charlotte Bilingual Preschool is expanding and will be adding a Dual Language Innovation Classroom for the 2018-2019 school year. The Dual Language Innovation Classroom (Innovation Classroom) will allow the Preschool to prepare 36 additional children for kindergarten....

Presented by Bank of America in support of  the Leading on Opportunity Council Leading on Opportunity is all in for education because too many of our children start kindergarten without the skills to succeed or ready by grade 3. The Opportunity Task Force Report...

The National Smart Start Conference is the preeminent event for early childhood systems professionals who are determined to be subject matter experts in the fields of early care and education, childhood health and development, family support, public engagement,...

Nancy Hughes, Executive Director of Mecklenburg Partnership for Children visited WBTV3 on Jan 6th to discuss the organization's collaboration with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to insure every child living in Mecklenburg County has books, regardless of their...

Join Us for Charlotte’s Premiere Family Event for children ages 0-5 Saturday, March 10, 2018 9am - 11am Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Storytelling ~ Breakfast ~ Music ~ Ballet & Step Performances Bear & Book for Each Child ~ Raffles ~ Silent Auction...

Nancy Hughes of Smart Start and Courtney Turner visited Fox46 ~ Good Day Charlotte on Dec 26th to discuss the organization's collaboration with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to insure every child living in Mecklenburg County has books, regardless of their...

A comprehensive review of research on several measures of the quality of early childhood education suggests that the instructional practices of preschool teachers have the largest impact on young children's academic and social skills. The review helps untangle a...

Please join us at Noda Brewing Company on Monday, December 11, 2017 from 4 to 9pm for a You Drink, We Donate event.  $1.00 from each draft beer sold in the tap room at Noda Brewing Company that evening will be donated to Smart Start of Mecklenburg County in...

Healthy Futures - Soups Stocks and More In this workshop, you will learn easy to prepare recipes and how to turn 1 stock into many healthy and delicious meals. One of our favorite workshops returns with new recipes for making soups, stocks and more. You will learn...