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Annual Report
                         FY11-12




Smart Start in Motion!
This past year, Smart Start board members, community partners, parents of young children, staff
                                   and advocates swung into motion with our first Teddy Bear Breakfast that was attended by 250
                                   children and families. While families were shopping at the silent auction, children were immersed
                                   in the “world” of bears. They listened to a story about Corduroy, marched to a teddy bear parade,
                                   sang and danced to music led by Dr. Thomas Moore, renowned child advocate. Of course, our little
                                   bears ate breakfast along with their families and viewed the Charlotte School of Ballet’s colorful
                                   dance performance.

                                   This event and other fundraising initiatives were in response to four consecutive years of drastic
                                   budget cuts. In addition to fundraising, Mecklenburg constituents rallied behind Smart Start as
Robert Furr, Current Board Chair
                                   advocacy efforts increased by contacting and educating our local legislators on the importance of
                                   early care and education, writing letters, emails, and making phone calls and a coordinated Social
                                   Media Campaign was utilized through Facebook and Twitter.

                                   Due to these efforts, Smart Start was able to continue funding effective programs that enhance
                                   the lives of Mecklenburg County’s children and their families, by offering family support to at-risk
                                   children, making sure children are healthy, providing high quality child care, and convening leaders
                                   in the community to develop strategies and determine gaps in services.

                                   We are grateful to both our funders and our community partners who helped us achieve the Smart
                                   Start mission of serving young children and families in making sure they enter school healthy and
                                   ready to succeed. Please take a few moments to review the annual report and learn of our achieve-
                                   ments. Together, let’s stay in Motion on behalf of young children in our county.


                                   Sincerely,
Jane Meyer, Executive Director
                                   Robert B. Furr                                Jane W. Meyer
                                   Smart Start Board Chair                       Executive Director




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Barbara Rein,
                             Program Evaluator

                             Catherine Etters,
                             Chief Financial Officer

                             Dianne Alexander,
                             GPS Coordinator




           Eunice Murray,
         Staff Accountant

          Jennifer Taylor,
Public Education Manager

         Lee Henderson,
Senior Program Manager




                                 Rahel Gashaw,
                                 Senior Accountant


                                 Rosemary Bernauer,
                                 Accountant/Program
                                 Assistant

                                 Sheryl White,
                                 Partnership Coordinator




                                                 10
100%

many families lack the necessary resources to optimally raise their         of YMCA
                                                                            Parents as
young children. Adolescents, adults with limited English, first-time
                                                                            Teachers families
parents and former childhood foster parents often need support and
                                                                            who participated in
information to better prepare their children for school success.
                                                                            75% of their personal
                                                                            visits reported that the
                                                                            program helped them be
right Start…Parent for Life works with parents with a childhood             their child’s best first
                                                                            teacher.
history of foster care services. 95% of participating parents main-
tained stable housing with no periods of homelessness.
                                                                                                                      86%
                                                                                                               of families
                                                                                                         participating in
safe Journey, a school-based teen parent education program,                                           Raising a Reader
reported 85% of active participants demonstrated an increase toward                              for the first time report
a more supportive, nurturing family relationship.                                             increasing the number of
                                                                                                   times they read with
                                                                                                               their child.
smart Start Healthy Families Mecklenburg, a child abuse prevention
program, stated that 98% of mothers with children enrolled for at least 6
months show positive parent-child interaction.




                                                                                                                2
Smart Start of Mecklenburg County’s Board      conflicts. The Board voted to reduce mem-      Kilkka, Elizabeth Peterson-Vita, Peter Safir,
of Directors voted to redesign their Board     bers from 30 to 20. We want to thank our      Allison Schweizer, Kelley Smith, David Snider,
structure. The alternate structure meets       members that are rotating off the Board for   and Phelps Sprinkle.
NCPC’s guidelines which mandate a Board        their dedication, support and service:
of no less than 15, with representation from                                                  We want to welcome new members:
government, services, and the business com-    Nathan Clark, Timika Shafeek-Horton, Glen-
munity. The new structure allows Partner-      da Bernhardt, Pastor Jonathan Coppedge-       Barbara Cantisano, Bess Caughran, Chelsea
ships to choose members that best represent    Henley, Nancy Crown, Randall Darnell, Paul    Heath, Sherry Hinton, Pearlynn Houck, and
their local area with the least amount of      Garafola, Hilda Gurdian, Mike Harrell, Lois   Dawn Peebles




 FY11-12 Board Officers
                                               Jonathan Coppedge-Henley, First               Paul Koehnke, Central Piedmont Community
Robert Furr, Chair, NC                           United Methodist Church                       College
  Cooperative Extension Service                Nancy Crown, Bank of America                  Wynn Mabry, Mecklenburg County Health
Nathan Clark, Vice-Chair                       Darrell Cunningham, Dept. of Social             Department
Glenda Woolf, Treasurer, Woolf Tax               Services                                    LaWana Mayfield, City of Charlotte
Kelly Stewart, Secretary, The Federal          Randall Darnell, NC Employment Secu-          Elizabeth Peterson-Vita,
  Reserve Bank                                   rity Commission                               Mecklenburg Area Mental Health
Timika Shafeek-Horton, Past Chair,             Paul Garafola, Parent Rep.                    Janice Price, First United Methodist CDC
  Duke Energy Corp.                            Hilda Gurdian, La Noticia                     Jennifer Roberts, Mecklenburg County Com-
                                               Mike Harrell, Beacon Partners                   missioner
Glenda Bernhardt, Junior League                Angela Jones, Levine Children’s Hos-          Peter Safir, Mecklenburg County Govern-
Stephanie Civers, Stephanie’s                    pital                                         ment
  Sheltering Arms Day Care                     Jared Keaton, Head Start                      Allison Schweizer, Parent Rep.
Ann Clark, Charlotte-Mecklenburg               Lois Kilkka, Charlotte Mecklenburg            Kelley Smith, Parent Rep.
  Schools                                        Library                                     David Snider, Foundation for the Carolinas
                                                                                             Phelps Sprinkle, Topics Education


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PCC
            95% of                                                               dents at C
                    children                                          92% of stu               d
                                                                                   ntextualize
           enrolled
                    at Cent                                           w ho took co
                             ral                                                     l courses
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          Presch            al                                                  passed wit
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        school
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                                                                   Over
    Nearly 70% of                                                          780 c
                                                                  child          hildre
    preschool-age                                                         care          n rec
                                                                 mont          subsi          eived
                                                                        h, en        dies e
    children and                                                              abling        ach
                                                                 enrol                them
    babies in                                                          l in 4               to
                                                                care          and 5
                                                                     and e           star e
    Mecklenburg                                                progr         duca           arly
                                                                     ams.         tion
    County live in
    families where all care givers work outside the home.
    Therefore, over 79% of Smart Start’s funding is invested in
    Early Care & Education, including subsidy.


3
• Bank of America                      • First United Methodist CDC
• Black Forest Books & Toys            • Foundation for the Carolinas
• Cardinal Lane Book Fairs             • Starbucks Coffee
• Children & Family Services Center    • SunTrust Bank
• Civic Plus                           • Thompson Child & Family Focus


                              Please Note: Private donors are not listed.


                                                                            8
Infant-
                                                              tin g in the
                                                     articipa          custom
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                                 class   rooms p             ceived
                      96% of                            e re                           ram
                                              Initiativ                    se prog
                                   Quality               em t  o increa                  ts.
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                       interven                   ed by P                       ild care
                                y as   measur                         mily ch
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                                                                 d fa                 Initiativ
                                                                                                e
                                            care ce              Main    tenance               eiv-
                                 f child               Quality                       fter rec
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                                  in Star                  their sta                    sistanc
                                                                                                  e,
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                        increas                             mized t
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                  ieved a                                           ild Care                 . Partici-
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                                                                                                        ls
   99% of             end   the pro                yc  hild car                du   cationa
             ecomm                      nd famil                    n and e
    would r                 enters a                     nsultatio           ograms
                                                                                         .
           g child
                    care c                     ing, co            their pr
     patin                     n-s  ite train                s in
                     eived o                       change
     goals  and rec                 g  positive
                       in makin
      to ass ist them




                                                                                                             4
FAMILY SUPPORT
Nurse-Family Partnership
Raising a Reader
Resource and Referral
Right Start-Parent for Life                             EARLY CARE & EDUCATION
Safe Journey’s Parents as Teachers                      Central Avenue Bilingual Preschool
Smart Start Healthy Families Mecklenburg                Child Care Health Consultants
Support for Homeless Families with Preschool Children   Child Care Subsidy
The Incredible Years                                    Director’s Leadership Academy
YMCA Parents as Teachers                                Early Childhood Teacher Education
                                                        Easter Seals UCP Children’s Center
                                                        Healthy Futures Starting in the Kitchen
                                                        Infant Toddler Quality Initiative
                                                        Lakewood Preschool Cooperative
HEALTH
                                                        North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten (NC Pre-K)
Polliwog Project
                                                        Reach for the Stars
Presbyterian Hospital Early Childhood Intervention
                                                        Smart Start Education Award & Textbook Support
                                                        Smart Start Rewarding Excellence
                                                        Smart Start Success @ Online Learning
                                                        Star Guard: Quality Maintenance Initiative
OTHER
                                                        The Learning Collaborative
Parent and Community Education
                                                        Thompson Child Development Center
Program Evaluation/Management


7
P
                                                            Poor health can hinder a young child’s growth, educa-
                                                            ti and development, thereby preventing them from
                                                            tion
                                                            a
                                                            achieving their full potential when they enter school.
                                                            S
                                                            Smart Start funds programs to reduce health risks,
                                                            id
                                                            identify children with unmet health concerns, and help
                                                            y
                                                            young children obtain the services they need to be
                                                            s
                                                            successful.




                       91% of children enrolled in the Polliwog Project who
                       received behavioral support, including a DECA-C
                       Assessment, shared an increase in protective factors
                       and a decrease in behavioral concerns.


303 infants and children were referred to Children’s Developmental
Services or the Health Department from Presbyterian Hospital’s Early
Intervention Specialist.




   5
Fiscal Year 2011-2012
                      Other
                                        Expenditures
                  $374,320 (2.9%)
                                                              Child Care Subsidy
                                                               $5,278,069 (40.5%)
   Family Support
   $1,491,732 (11.4%)


   Health
  & Safety
$552,688 (4.2%)




                                                                  Administration
                                                                   $531,772 (4.1%)
 Non-Traditional
Child Care Subsidy
  $1,048,782 (8.0%)

                                          Early Care &
                                           Education
                                         $3,770,280 (28.9%)



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Smart Start Annual Report FY11-12

  • 1. Annual Report FY11-12 Smart Start in Motion!
  • 2. This past year, Smart Start board members, community partners, parents of young children, staff and advocates swung into motion with our first Teddy Bear Breakfast that was attended by 250 children and families. While families were shopping at the silent auction, children were immersed in the “world” of bears. They listened to a story about Corduroy, marched to a teddy bear parade, sang and danced to music led by Dr. Thomas Moore, renowned child advocate. Of course, our little bears ate breakfast along with their families and viewed the Charlotte School of Ballet’s colorful dance performance. This event and other fundraising initiatives were in response to four consecutive years of drastic budget cuts. In addition to fundraising, Mecklenburg constituents rallied behind Smart Start as Robert Furr, Current Board Chair advocacy efforts increased by contacting and educating our local legislators on the importance of early care and education, writing letters, emails, and making phone calls and a coordinated Social Media Campaign was utilized through Facebook and Twitter. Due to these efforts, Smart Start was able to continue funding effective programs that enhance the lives of Mecklenburg County’s children and their families, by offering family support to at-risk children, making sure children are healthy, providing high quality child care, and convening leaders in the community to develop strategies and determine gaps in services. We are grateful to both our funders and our community partners who helped us achieve the Smart Start mission of serving young children and families in making sure they enter school healthy and ready to succeed. Please take a few moments to review the annual report and learn of our achieve- ments. Together, let’s stay in Motion on behalf of young children in our county. Sincerely, Jane Meyer, Executive Director Robert B. Furr Jane W. Meyer Smart Start Board Chair Executive Director 1
  • 3. Barbara Rein, Program Evaluator Catherine Etters, Chief Financial Officer Dianne Alexander, GPS Coordinator Eunice Murray, Staff Accountant Jennifer Taylor, Public Education Manager Lee Henderson, Senior Program Manager Rahel Gashaw, Senior Accountant Rosemary Bernauer, Accountant/Program Assistant Sheryl White, Partnership Coordinator 10
  • 4. 100% many families lack the necessary resources to optimally raise their of YMCA Parents as young children. Adolescents, adults with limited English, first-time Teachers families parents and former childhood foster parents often need support and who participated in information to better prepare their children for school success. 75% of their personal visits reported that the program helped them be right Start…Parent for Life works with parents with a childhood their child’s best first teacher. history of foster care services. 95% of participating parents main- tained stable housing with no periods of homelessness. 86% of families participating in safe Journey, a school-based teen parent education program, Raising a Reader reported 85% of active participants demonstrated an increase toward for the first time report a more supportive, nurturing family relationship. increasing the number of times they read with their child. smart Start Healthy Families Mecklenburg, a child abuse prevention program, stated that 98% of mothers with children enrolled for at least 6 months show positive parent-child interaction. 2
  • 5. Smart Start of Mecklenburg County’s Board conflicts. The Board voted to reduce mem- Kilkka, Elizabeth Peterson-Vita, Peter Safir, of Directors voted to redesign their Board bers from 30 to 20. We want to thank our Allison Schweizer, Kelley Smith, David Snider, structure. The alternate structure meets members that are rotating off the Board for and Phelps Sprinkle. NCPC’s guidelines which mandate a Board their dedication, support and service: of no less than 15, with representation from We want to welcome new members: government, services, and the business com- Nathan Clark, Timika Shafeek-Horton, Glen- munity. The new structure allows Partner- da Bernhardt, Pastor Jonathan Coppedge- Barbara Cantisano, Bess Caughran, Chelsea ships to choose members that best represent Henley, Nancy Crown, Randall Darnell, Paul Heath, Sherry Hinton, Pearlynn Houck, and their local area with the least amount of Garafola, Hilda Gurdian, Mike Harrell, Lois Dawn Peebles FY11-12 Board Officers Jonathan Coppedge-Henley, First Paul Koehnke, Central Piedmont Community Robert Furr, Chair, NC United Methodist Church College Cooperative Extension Service Nancy Crown, Bank of America Wynn Mabry, Mecklenburg County Health Nathan Clark, Vice-Chair Darrell Cunningham, Dept. of Social Department Glenda Woolf, Treasurer, Woolf Tax Services LaWana Mayfield, City of Charlotte Kelly Stewart, Secretary, The Federal Randall Darnell, NC Employment Secu- Elizabeth Peterson-Vita, Reserve Bank rity Commission Mecklenburg Area Mental Health Timika Shafeek-Horton, Past Chair, Paul Garafola, Parent Rep. Janice Price, First United Methodist CDC Duke Energy Corp. Hilda Gurdian, La Noticia Jennifer Roberts, Mecklenburg County Com- Mike Harrell, Beacon Partners missioner Glenda Bernhardt, Junior League Angela Jones, Levine Children’s Hos- Peter Safir, Mecklenburg County Govern- Stephanie Civers, Stephanie’s pital ment Sheltering Arms Day Care Jared Keaton, Head Start Allison Schweizer, Parent Rep. Ann Clark, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Lois Kilkka, Charlotte Mecklenburg Kelley Smith, Parent Rep. Schools Library David Snider, Foundation for the Carolinas Phelps Sprinkle, Topics Education 9
  • 6. PCC 95% of dents at C children 92% of stu d ntextualize enrolled at Cent w ho took co ral l courses Avenue Bilingu de velopmenta haC Presch al passed wit ool exhibite or better. d progres s toward school readine ss. Over Nearly 70% of 780 c child hildre preschool-age care n rec mont subsi eived h, en dies e children and abling ach enrol them babies in l in 4 to care and 5 and e star e Mecklenburg progr duca arly ams. tion County live in families where all care givers work outside the home. Therefore, over 79% of Smart Start’s funding is invested in Early Care & Education, including subsidy. 3
  • 7. • Bank of America • First United Methodist CDC • Black Forest Books & Toys • Foundation for the Carolinas • Cardinal Lane Book Fairs • Starbucks Coffee • Children & Family Services Center • SunTrust Bank • Civic Plus • Thompson Child & Family Focus Please Note: Private donors are not listed. 8
  • 8. Infant- tin g in the articipa custom ized class rooms p ceived 96% of e re ram Initiativ se prog Quality em t o increa ts. Toddler wing th essmen t ion allo re-P ost Ass interven ed by P ild care y as measur mily ch qualit nters an d fa Initiativ e care ce Main tenance eiv- f child Quality fter rec 100% o Guard: r rating a in Star their sta sistanc e, homes a intained nical as ed or m ech increas mized t rainin g, custo ework. ing group t lleg e cours ip t and co eadersh /eq uipmen Dire ctors’ L aterials ating in clas sroom m s particip ion plan . min istrator om t heir act t care ad goals fr nsultan 98% of child t lea st four He alth Co ieved a ild Care . Partici- cade my ach ed w ith a Ch ssionals A ork rofe ent s that w d care p provem re facilitie ot her chil s cr eated im child ca gram to e home l materia ls 99% of end the pro yc hild car du cationa ecomm nd famil n and e would r enters a nsultatio ograms . g child care c ing, co their pr patin n-s ite train s in eived o change goals and rec g positive in makin to ass ist them 4
  • 9. FAMILY SUPPORT Nurse-Family Partnership Raising a Reader Resource and Referral Right Start-Parent for Life EARLY CARE & EDUCATION Safe Journey’s Parents as Teachers Central Avenue Bilingual Preschool Smart Start Healthy Families Mecklenburg Child Care Health Consultants Support for Homeless Families with Preschool Children Child Care Subsidy The Incredible Years Director’s Leadership Academy YMCA Parents as Teachers Early Childhood Teacher Education Easter Seals UCP Children’s Center Healthy Futures Starting in the Kitchen Infant Toddler Quality Initiative Lakewood Preschool Cooperative HEALTH North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten (NC Pre-K) Polliwog Project Reach for the Stars Presbyterian Hospital Early Childhood Intervention Smart Start Education Award & Textbook Support Smart Start Rewarding Excellence Smart Start Success @ Online Learning Star Guard: Quality Maintenance Initiative OTHER The Learning Collaborative Parent and Community Education Thompson Child Development Center Program Evaluation/Management 7
  • 10. P Poor health can hinder a young child’s growth, educa- ti and development, thereby preventing them from tion a achieving their full potential when they enter school. S Smart Start funds programs to reduce health risks, id identify children with unmet health concerns, and help y young children obtain the services they need to be s successful. 91% of children enrolled in the Polliwog Project who received behavioral support, including a DECA-C Assessment, shared an increase in protective factors and a decrease in behavioral concerns. 303 infants and children were referred to Children’s Developmental Services or the Health Department from Presbyterian Hospital’s Early Intervention Specialist. 5
  • 11. Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Other Expenditures $374,320 (2.9%) Child Care Subsidy $5,278,069 (40.5%) Family Support $1,491,732 (11.4%) Health & Safety $552,688 (4.2%) Administration $531,772 (4.1%) Non-Traditional Child Care Subsidy $1,048,782 (8.0%) Early Care & Education $3,770,280 (28.9%) 6