ReCONNECT NC – A Three-Year Initiative of the Institute for Emerging Issues
YOUR CHANCE TO BE A PART OF HISTORY IN THE MAKING! Helping to reconnect our state is an important endeavor — bigger than one year, and bigger than Raleigh. For the first time, Institute for Emerging Issues will dedicate a three-year focus aimed at reconnecting North...
Movie Screening/Discussion: Resilience – The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope
Movie Screening / Discussion June 14 | 11:30 AM – 1 PM or 2:30 PM – 4 PM Suzanne H. Freeman Auditorium 1542 Garden Terrace Charlotte, NC 28203 FREE! Registration not required! Come watch, learn, and help create change in our community. RESILIENCE: THE BIOLOGY OF...
Charlotte Today Interview
Lee Henderson, Program Director of Mecklenburg Partnership for Children visited Charlotte Today on April 2nd to discuss the organization’s collaboration with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to insure every child living in Mecklenburg County has books, regardless of...
Upcoming Charlotte Focus Group – March 29, 2018
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...
Bank of America Donates $1M to MECK Pre-K
Did you hear?? On May 7, Bank of America announced a $1 million donation to MECK Pre-K to provide scholarships at UNC Charlotte and Central Piedmont Community College for students to become Pre-K teachers. Click the button below to learn more. Read Full Story
Request for Proposal – Online Data Management System
Mecklenburg Partnership for Children invites you to develop and support a user friendly online grants management software system that integrates planning, application and reporting needs for programs. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and about how Smart...

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